Jeffrey Billman, Author at The Assembly NC

Puff, Puff … Pass?

Everyone agrees the hemp industry needs to be regulated. Why can’t lawmakers figure out how to do it?

The N.C. Advisory Council on Cannabis’s preliminary report identified 12 “regulatory gaps” it traced to lawmakers’ failure to deal with hemp.

There’s strong, bipartisan agreement on some rules for hemp. But other thorny questions have made a deal elusive.

A new federal law set to take effect in November will treat intoxicating hemp like it does marijuana.

Hemp businesses operate without regulation, but worry about raids. State officials, meanwhile, say they lack tools to protect public health.

Available data indicate that cannabis-related emergency visits have skyrocketed among people under 18 since the legalization of hemp.

A Guilford County woman sued her employer after she was fired for failing drug tests. She said she took legal, hemp-derived products.

Legal hemp can produce intoxicants that rival anything illegal marijuana has to offer.

Asheville Dispensary opened in October 2018, just before Congress passed the Farm Bill. Within a year, the city had 12 dispensaries.

With federal law changing in November, Trophy expects to shut down production of its THC seltzers in the coming months.