THCA is converted into THC when it is smoked or vaped, giving products that contain the substance the same effects as regulated cannabis products. Because of this, unregulated intoxicating hemp products have proliferated across the country, both in states that have legalized cannabis and those that maintain prohibition.

The Death Row cannabis e-commerce site also stocks other “federally compliant hemp-derived products, including CBD and Delta-9 THC items personally vetted by Snoop,” the company wrote in a statement. “Only the finest buds make the cut—no seeds, no stems, no sticks—just top-shelf flower. The site will also offer beverages, edibles, and other Death Row quality offerings.”

The new Death Row Hemp shop isn’t Snoop Dogg’s first foray into the retail cannabis industry. In July 2024, the entrepreneur opened the S.W.E.D (smoke weed every day) cannabis shop near LAX in Los Angeles. And in December, he launched the brand’s online cannabis shop, featuring intoxicating hemp products including merchandise marketed under the Death Row brand.

Lawmakers Seek Hemp THC Bans

The launch of the Death Row Records online weed shop comes at a time when states and the federal government are taking steps to regulate intoxicating hemp products. States including California and Texas have pursued bans on hemp products with THC, and legislation under consideration in the U.S. Congress includes a similar federal hemp THC ban.

But Tiffany Chin, CEO of Death Row Records Cannabis, says that policymakers should seek regulation, not prohibition.

“You can’t just shut down an entire industry without offering a real solution. Other countries are federally legalizing and raking in billions in exports, while our leaders respond by trying to limit freedom of choice instead of fixing the system,” Chin writes in an email. “Restricting the hemp industry won’t stop demand—it’ll just kill tens of thousands of jobs, erase billions in revenue, and wipe out hundreds of millions in tax dollars. That’s not leadership. That’s just short-sighted.”