Source: Kari Travis, LAURINBURG EXCHANGE, 7/23/19

 If North Carolina bans smokable hemp, hundreds of farmers will lose money on their crops — and faith in their legislators, says Blake Butler, executive director of the N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission. Hemp and marijuana are different plants, but some House lawmakers want to throw both into the same pot. A House committee on July 17 moved to ban smokable hemp flowers via Senate Bill 352, “Amend NC Controlled Substances Act.” .

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