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RALEIGH — The clock is ticking on hemp licenses for North Carolina farmers.

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. 

RALEIGH — North Carolina hemp farmers are bracing for an onslaught of federal regulation.

RALEIGH — Justin Hamilton’s company farm last year lost an entire greenhouse of hemp — somewhere between $25,000 and $35,000 — because his crop violated the state’s tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) threshold by 0.1%.

RALEIGH — The General Assembly is one step closer to settling the smokable hemp dispute after months of deliberation.

RALEIGH — Lawmakers have reached a compromise on smokable hemp, but their agreement may not make everyone in the hemp community happy. For now.

RALEIGH — Smokable hemp continues to stall lawmakers trying to pass the farm bill.

On Aug. 15, Wisconsin's Department of Health Services announced "a cluster of people with severe lung disease who all reported recent vaping or dabbing (vaping marijuana oils, extracts, or concentrates)."  CNN reports more than 120 similar cases nationwide based on a survey of state health departments.

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s farm bill has passed the House, but it now may be frozen in the Senate. 

SOUTHERN PINES — Dr. James Taylor, founder and CEO of Integrated Hemp Solutions, a physician-led company that provides hemp related medical products to the public, visited South Korea for the second time to spread his CBD knowledge with physicians.