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Banning hemp to fight pot is reefer madness – Wakeweekly
Eight decades after the anti-pot propaganda film “Reefer Madness” stirred a moral panic over marijuana, cops and prosecutors in North Carolina are bending the truth to bind hemp to its infamous cannabis cousin. Law enforcement groups are lobbying the N.C. House to ban the sale and possession of smokable hemp effective June 1. “Since smokable …
Cannabis Confusion Pushes States to Ban Smokable Hemp – The Pew Charitable Trusts
Hemp plants can be made into anything from rope and insulation to granola. But today, most U.S. hemp farmers are growing hemp to produce cannabinoids, such as CBD — which means they’re growing plants that look like marijuana, smell like marijuana and, increasingly, are rolled into joints and smoked like marijuana. People smoke marijuana to …
Farmersville continues temporary hemp ban – Foothills Sun Gazette
The city is waiting for state regulations before legalizing the crop By Kaitlin Washburn FARMERSVILLE – Farmersville City Council unanimously voted to continue an urgency hemp ban on Dec. 23, which the city first put in place in November. Greg Gomez, the mayor of Farmersville, said the city enacted the temporary ban to wait for …
Moorpark City Council adopts urgent 45-day industrial hemp ban – VC Star
CLOSEBuy Photo Martin Mota clears grass between rows of industrial hemp plants at McGrath Family Farms in Camarillo. (Photo: JUAN CARLO/THE STAR) The Moorpark City Council Wednesday night adopted an urgent 45-day moratorium banning the cultivation, manufacturing, testing, storing and certain sales of industrial hemp in the city. The ban, which went into effect immediately, came in response …
Supervisors to consider extending hemp ban for a year – Eureka Times-Standard
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will consider whether to extend a moratorium on the cultivation of industrial hemp during its regular meeting on Tuesday. The current moratorium is set to expire on Christmas Day. The extension, if approved, would push the moratorium through Dec. 25, 2020. Last month, the board voted unanimously to reject …
Final North Carolina farm bill sets smokable hemp ban date – San Francisco Chronicle
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s annual agriculture measure is getting final votes because negotiators have worked out differences, particularly on when to outlaw production and possession of smokable hemp. The House and Senate scheduled floor votes for Monday evening on the 2019 Farm Act, much of which describes the regulatory framework to expand the …