GREENSBORO, N.C. — People packed downtown Greensboro this weekend for a cannabis crawl, stopping at places like Chandler’s, Little Brother Brewing and Grey’s Tavern to try THC-infused drinks, gummies and other products.
Most of what they were trying isn’t marijuana under North Carolina law — it’s hemp.
Under federal law passed in 2018, hemp is legal if it contains less than 0.3% delta-9 THC by weight. That has opened the door for products made with hemp-derived cannabinoids, including delta-8 and hemp-derived delta-9 — which can still have intoxicating effects…