Hemp drugs will not be prohibited in NC — or will they?

“With hemp THC drugs wide open 24/7 and unregulated in North Carolina now, I see no chance that they will be fully prohibited. So I think the only hope for North Carolina is to regulate them.” — I wrote that in September, but now in November that Congress is treating hemp like marijuana, I’m not so sure. Here’s what I thought back then:

How does THC correlate with intoxication?

Does a milligram of THC in flower have the same effect as a milligram in an edible?

Yes, supposes the London, England, Mayor’s report. No, say Connecticut and the Marijuana Policy Group.

How the NC hemp bill, HB328, bans CBD — This got fixed

After this post, the NC House stripped out the CBD ban and ended up with only age-gating at 21. The bill moves on to the Senate as of June 26, 2025.

Here’s the original post, for the record:

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The primary intoxicant in marijuana or cannabis is THC. CBD, meanwhile. is universally acknowledged to be non-intoxicating .

But the North Carolina Farm Bill Drug bill that passed the Senate and is heading for the House allows THC but bans CBD. That’s crazy!

A Legislator told me I’m missing something — so I may be wrong here. But I offered a reward on Twitter or X for an explanation of what I’m missing, with no takers.

Let’s take a CBD gummy with no THC of any kind. I think it’s a “prohibited hemp-derived consumable product” under North Carolina House Bill 328.

Preserving the record: Local votes on marijuana taxes in California in 2016

For history, here are results of local votes on marijuana taxes in California at the time of legalization in 2016– from http://www.drugsense.org/dpfca/votersguide1116.html#LOCALS. Voters liked marijuana taxes better than they liked marijuana legalization. At the end is more detail about counties’ results.

In summary, here’s the percentage of votes for local taxes vs. votes for statewide Proposition 64. These are all the counties where a direct comparison is available.

Calaveras County 67 for local taxation vs 47 for Prop 64
Humboldt County 70 vs 67
Inyo County 65 vs 49.8
Lake County 62 vs 59
Mendocino County 64 vs 54
Monterey County 74 vs 64
Santa Cruz County 80 vs 69
Solana County 80 vs 58

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Adelanto – Measure R would impose an excise tax of up to 5% on all types of commercial marijuana activities. PASSED 67-33%

Avalon – Measure X would permit up to two medical marijuana dispensaries, and permit the delivery, cultivation, manufacture and processing of medical marijuana products, subject to a $10,000 annual license tax and a 12% transaction fee/tax on each individual medical marijuana sale. FAILED 36-64%.

Butte County – Measure L would permit commercial cannabis cultivation, distribution, manufacturing and transporatation in most zones, while prohibiting outdoor cultivation in residential zones and establishing an exemption for personal cultivation of up to 100 square feet, and collective cultivation of up to 500 square feet. Read more. FAILED 42.5-57.5%.

Calaveras County – Measure C would impose a $2/square foot commercial cannabis tax on outdoor/mixed light cultivation until the state establishes a track and trace program, at which point the tax will be $45/pound of dry weight trim and $10 per pound of dry weight trim; and $5/sq ft. on indoor culivation until a track-and-trace program is implemented, at which time the tax will be $70/lb. of bud and $15/lb. of trim; and a 7% on gross proceeds from manufacturing or retail medicinal or legal cannabis. Would require legal water source and compliance with regulations issued by the Water Quality Control Board, Fish and Wildlife, etc. PASSED 67-33%.