North Carolina Gov. Signs Bill Marking Legal Hemp Permanent
North Carolina’s pilot hemp program is now here to stay
Hemp is now permanently legal in North Carolina thanks to a bill signed into law by the state’s governor.
The legislation was one of three measures signed on Thursday by Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat. As written, the bill will permanently remove hemp from the state’s list of controlled substances, which brings North Carolina in line with federal law.
Cooper hailed the bill as a win for Tar Heel State farmers.
“Agriculture is North Carolina’s largest industry and giving North Carolina farmers certainty that they can continue to participate in this growing market is the right thing to do for rural communities and our economy,” Cooper said in a statement following the bill’s signing.
Changes to federal law over the last eight years have made it possible for states to cultivate hemp, a policy that has been a boon to the agriculture community.
In 2014, Congress passed a Farm Bill that enabled state governments and research institutions to cultivate and produce hemp under so-called “pilot programs.”
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