NC bill seeks ban on synthetic hemp, new regulations on Delta 9 and THC products
NOT RECEIVED A COMPLAINT AND
CANNOT COMMENT. SO THE BIG
STORY AT THE NORTH CAROLINA
CAPITOL TODAY, THE NEW RULES
ON THC PRODUCTS. THIS IS THE
STUFF YOU CAN BUY AT TOTAL WINE
OR AT THE LOCAL SMOKE SHOP DOWN
THE STREET TO THINGS LIKE
DELTA, 9 GUMMIES OR THC,
INFUSED DRINKS. THESE PRODUCTS
ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THE
STATE SENATE WANTS SOME
REGULATIONS. A 21 AND UP AGE
RESTRICTION RIGHT NOW ANYBODY
CAN BUY LIMITS ON HOW MUCH THC
CAN BE IN A SINGLE PRODUCT.
A BAN ON SYNTHETIC. SO LIKE
THE DELTA 8 AND DELTA 10
DERIVATIVES AND MANDATORY
LICENSES FOR GROWERS AND
SELLERS. NOW I KNOW SOME OF
THAT DELTA TALK CAN BE A LITTLE
CONFUSING, BUT LET'S NOT GET
BOGGED DOWN WITH THE TECHNICAL
STAFF TONIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE WHY BEHIND THIS BILL.
SOME LAWMAKERS WILL SAY IT'S
ABOUT PROTECTING KIDS AND
PEOPLE'S HEALTH. AND THERE IS
SOME TRUTH TO THAT, OF COURSE.
BUT THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING
DEEPER GOING ON HERE, TOO.
YOU SEE THIS BILL DOESN'T BAN
THESE PRODUCTS OR THE THG THAT
THEY'RE GETTING FROM THE HEMP.
IT JUST SET SOME GROUND RULES
RULES THAT DON'T APPLY TO THC
FROM MARIJUANA, WHICH REMAINS
ILLEGAL ACROSS THE BOARD IN
NORTH CAROLINA. SO WHY DOES
HEMP GET THIS SPECIAL TREATMENT
TO FIND THE ANSWER? LET'S
FOLLOW THE GREEN, SHALL WE?
AND GOING DEATH.
CALL IT THE WEED WARS THAT
CANNABIS CLASH, THE THC TUSSLE,
THE DANK DEBATE, THE KUSH
CONFLICT, WHATEVER. NOT SO
CLEVER TITLE YOU WANT TO USE
ITS TRUE THIS WHOLE THING IS
A BIT OF A RIVALRY. MARIJUANA
VERSUS HEMP. YOU MIGHT EVEN
CALL IT HIGH STAKES THAT WAS
OUR FAVORITE ONE. WE'VE GONE
IN-DEPTH ON THC PRODUCTS BEFORE
SPECIFICALLY THC DRINKS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN MARIJUANA AND HEMP AND
WHY THE HEMP THC DRINKS ARE
LEGAL IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SPOILER ALERT. IT'S BECAUSE
OF A LOOPHOLE. IF YOU MISS THAT
STORY, YOU CAN CHECK IT ALL OUT
ON THE WRAL YOU TO PAGE.
NOW, LOU, LAWMAKERS COULD CLOSE
THAT LOOPHOLE IF THEY WANTED TO
SOME STATES OR OR AT LEAST
MAKING IT SMALLER, NEBRASKA,
FLORIDA, ALABAMA,
MASSACHUSETTS, TEXAS, ALL THE
STATES SEEM TO HAVE IT OUT FOR
HIM. AND COINCIDENTALLY HAVE
SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMENT
LEGALIZED MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
YOU SEE IN TEXAS, THE MEDICAL
MARIJUANA COMPANY SPENT BIG
MONEY ON LOBBYISTS TO PUSH THE
BAN ON HEMP-DERIVED THC IN IT
MAKES SENSE. JUST LOOK AT
BUSINESS. IF MARIJUANA
COMPANIES CAN STOP HEMP, THEY
CAN STOP COMPETITION. THAT IS
GOOD FOR BUSINESS. AND IN NORTH
CAROLINA, IT'S KIND OF THE
OTHER WAY AROUND THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE COIN. STATE LAWMAKERS
BLOCK MEDICAL MARIJUANA HERE
ALL THE TIME. WRAL HAS COVERED
THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER
YEAR. MEANTIME, THE HEMP
INDUSTRY IS EXPLODING BETWEEN
2018 2022. NEAR NORTH CAROLINA
WENT FROM 0 LICENSE. HEMP
GROWERS TO 1500 THE STATE
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT PREDICTS
THE FARMERS THAT GROW HEMP FOR
FOR THESE CBD OILS. THEY COULD
EARN A GROSS PROFIT OF UP TO
$35,000 PER ACRE. THAT'S NOT
BAD. NORTH CAROLINA IS ALL IN
ON HEMP. IT'S INVESTED AND SO
ARE SOME OF OUR LAWMAKERS.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BELL, FOR
INSTANCE, THIS IS THE CHAIR OF
THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, BUT
HE'S ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF A
CBD COMPANY, A STEREO LAPS.
IT'S LOCATED IN NASH COUNTY
CBD. THAT COMES FROM. HE
BROUGHT WRAL OFF ON A TOUR OF
THAT FACILITY LAST YEAR.
YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK NOW BELL
WAS ALSO JUST NAMED TO GOVERNOR
SIGNS. NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO REGULATE THC
IN THE STATE. AND WHEN YOU ASK
HIM ABOUT IT, HE SEEMS TO THINK
THAT HEMP AND MARIJUANA CAN
COEXIST PEACEFULLY
>> I BELIEVE THE AD WITH PROPER
REGULATIONS.
>> BOTH INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN
CBD INDUSTRY AND THE CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY COULD EXIST IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
LEUNG COULD EXIST WOULD BE TO
BE A VERY BIG BUSINESS HERE IN
THE STATE.
>> IF IT'S DONE RIGHT. IF IT'S
DONE RIGHT.
THAT ALWAYS MAKES IT TOUGH
WORDS. THAT MEAN EXACTLY.
LET'S CONSIDER THIS HOUSE BILL.
328, THE BILL PLACING RULES
ON THC FROM HEMP AND KEEPING
IT LEGAL IS CLEARING HURDLE
AFTER HURDLE IN THE SENATE.
THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT FULLY
UNDERSTANDS THESE PRODUCTS CAN
GET YOU HIGH. AND RIGHT NOW
IT'S GOT SOME SERIOUS MOMENTUM.
HEMP IS ON THE MOVE. BUT THEN
THERE'S HOUSE BILL 1011.
THIS IS THE LATEST PROPOSAL TO
LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
THIS BILL WAS INTRODUCED BACK
IN APRIL AND IT HAS BEEN STUCK
IN COMMITTEE EVER SENSE.
JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER MARIJUANA
BILL THAT MAKES IT TO THE
HOUSE. DESPITE THE FACT THAT
POLLING SHOWS NORTH CAROLINIANS
WANT MINUTE MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
WRAL POLL LAST YEAR FOUND 70%
IN FAVOR OF MEREDITH COLLEGE
POLL FROM FEBRUARY FOUND 71% IN
FAVOR OF IT. IT IS A CONFUSING
ARGUMENT GETTING HIGH FROM WEED
PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN GETTING
HIGH FROM OUR BOOMING HEMP
INDUSTRY ALWAYS NEED A LITTLE
REGULATION.
SOME OTHER IDEAS AS TO WHY HEMP
SEEMS TO BE WINNING THE WEED
WAR CANDIDATES CLASH OR
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR
THOUGHTS. SEND ME AN E-MAIL,
DAN AT WRAL COM. TELL ME WHAT
IS ON YOUR MIND. WE WANT TO
HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR
QUESTIONS SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT
IN THE SPACE. LET ME KNOW AND