RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Today, the shelves at hemp dispensaries across North Carolina are packed with THC gummies, drinks, vapes and other intoxicating hemp products, but by this fall, most of them could disappear.
A bill approved by the NC Senate on Thursday has hemp business owners bracing for what they say could be a devastating blow.
“This legislation is throwing the baby out with the bathwater,” said Eric Stahl, owner of Modern Apotheca in Raleigh. “It’s getting rid of every single retailer, farmer or manufacturer in North Carolina who carries or manufactures these products and replaces them with nothing other than a ban to make them completely illegal.”…