Push to close federal hemp loophole sparks industry concern
ARE GOING OUT TO AFFECTED
PATIENTS DURING OPEN ENROLLMENT
RIGHT NOW. POSSIBLE CHANGES
TO HEMP LAWS ARE CAUSING ALARM
FOR BUSINESS OWNERS IN OUR
AREA.
>> AS PART OF THE SENATE'S PLAN
TO REOPEN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. IT WOULD MAKE SOME
THC PRODUCTS ILLEGAL WRAL'S
FLYNN SNYDER SPOKE WITH A RALLY
HEMP SHOP. JOINING US NOW LIVE.
>> WHEN HE'S WORRIED THIS MOVE
COULD HIS BUSINESS.
ASHLEY, THE OWNER OF MODERN UP
HALF THE U.S. SAYS THAT NEARLY
ALL OF THE THC PRODUCTS IN HIS
STORE RIGHT NOW
>> WOULD BE ILLEGAL UNDER THE
CHANGE. SUPPORTERS SAY BAD
ACTORS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE
OF A LEGAL LOOPHOLE. DARK
CHOCOLATE COULD NOT PINEAPPLE
EXPRESS WITH A CHERRY PIE.
NO NOTHING IN THIS CASE AT ALL.
ERIC STOLE CHECKS THE PRODUCTS
IN HIS HEMP STORE THAT HE WON'T
BE ALLOWED TO SELL OF CHANGES
TO FEDERAL HEMP LAWS PASSED
THAT LAW. FACT THAT WE WOULD
MAKE 99% OF THE PRODUCTS IN
MY STORE.
>> AND 99% OF THE PRODUCTS OF
A LULL IN STORES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. THE LEGAL, A PROVISION
IN THE SENATE SPENDING BILL
TO REOPEN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WOULD BAN MOST
HEMP-DERIVED THC PRODUCTS THAT
ARE NOW LEGAL. IF THE HOUSE
PASSES IT.
FEDERAL LAW WILL SAY THAT CAMP
IS THE SAME AS MARIJUANA
PATRICK OGLES BE HAVE POLICY
LAWYER. WHAT IMPACT DO YOU
FORESEE THIS HAVING ON THE
INDUSTRY? THAT'S GOING TO BE
LIFE CHANGING FOR THE INDUSTRY
THAT THEY'RE GONNA NOT HAVING
UNDERSTOOD. YOU'VE GOT THE
MANUFACTURERS IN NORTH CAROLINA
WHO PRODUCE AND SELL
NATIONWIDE. SO THESE HAVE
GUMMIES OR WHATEVER.
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO SELL NATIONWIDE AND COMPLY
WITH NORTH CAROLINA LAW.
THE BILL WOULD LOWER THE AMOUNT
OF THC ALLOWED IN THOSE
PRODUCTS FROM 0.3% BY DRY
WEIGHT. 2.4 MILIGRAMS TOTAL.
SOME CURRENT LEGAL PRODUCTS
HAVE 5 TO 6 TIMES. THE PROPOSED
MILLIGRAM LIMIT. 39 ATTORNEYS
GENERAL, INCLUDING NORTH
CAROLINA'S HAVE CALLED FOR MORE
CLARITY TO THE CURRENT LAW.
>> IN A LETTER TO CONGRESS LAST
MONTH. THEY SAID SOME BAD
ACTORS HAVE USED IT TO FLOOD
THE MARKET WITH PRODUCTS MORE
POTENT THAN MARIJUANA. AND
THERE'S VERY LITTLE YOU CAN DO
TO ASK THOSE BAD ACTORS.
>> TO PLAY BY RULES THAT I AS A
SMALL BUSINESS WANT TO PLAY BY.
>> IT'S A START CALLING FOR
MORE REGULATION RATHER THAN
THE SWEEPING CHANGES THERE OVER
THE SUMMER. GOVERNOR JOSH STEIN
ANNOUNCED A STATE ADVISORY
COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO NORTH
CAROLINA'S CANNABIS INDUSTRY.
HE CALLED IT THE WILD WEST AND
SAYS IT IS CRYING FOR ORDER.