NC Lawmakers Pitch New Bill Banning Use Of Hemp And Kratom For Everyone Under 21
Lawmakers unveiled the rewrite during an agriculture committee hearing
As the legislative session in North Carolina neared the close of its second month, no bill dealing with hemp regulation had moved.
That changed Wednesday, when House lawmakers introduced a rewritten Senate bill that previously dealt with farmland, turning it into one that would make it illegal to sell or give hemp-derived consumables to anyone under 21, or to possess them if under 21.
Lawmakers unveiled the rewrite during an agriculture committee hearing. Rep. Jeffrey McNeely, a Stony Point Republican, offered an additional amendment, which was approved, to add consumable kratom products to the bill’s age restrictions. Rep. Jimmy Dixon, a Seven Springs Republican and senior chair of the agriculture committee, said he thinks the language in the bill “is universally accepted by all of us here, as well as a large number of our constituents out there. We all are completely aware that there are a lot more issues surrounding” cannabis that have been discussed and will continue to be discussed.
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