Source: Michael Praats, WECT, 5/20/22

 Since 2017, farmers in North Carolina have legally grown cannabis sativa, better known as industrial hemp, across the state thanks to a state pilot program which removed the plant from the controlled substances list. Now, as that pilot program comes to an end there is a chance the plant could regain its outlawed status as soon as July 1, 2022, but State Senator Michael Lee says that is something he wants to prevent. The changes have raised some concerns for hemp farmers and retail shops...

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