“Folks recognize that the current state of our law is not tenable. There are basically no rules.”
By Claire Michal, NC Newsline
The North Carolina House of Representatives will not vote on a bill that would ban intoxicating hemp products in the state until November. That’s after hundreds of hemp advocates filled the halls of the legislative building on Tuesday—and despite strong support for the bill by law enforcement leaders.
Last month, the Senate passed House Bill 328, which would ban the sale of intoxicating hemp products with more than 0.4 milligrams of THC in North Carolina. The bill would also prohibit the sale of any hemp products, like CBD, or natural kratom consumables to anyone under 21, and would outlaw the sale of xylazine and synthetic kratom.
THC is the psychoactive compound in cannabis. Hemp business owners say that the low threshold allowed by the bill would amount to a ban on nearly all hemp products, crippling what advocates say has become a $4 billion industry that employs some 16,000 people in North Carolina.
The House did not vote on the measure during its Tuesday session, and House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, said it won’t get a vote until after
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