{"id":4841,"date":"2015-10-10T18:38:32","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T18:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2015-10-10T18:38:32","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T18:38:32","slug":"north-carolina-senate-oks-hemp-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/north-carolina-senate-oks-hemp-production\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina: Senate OKs Hemp Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/north-carolina-senate-oks-hemp-production\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>A bill to legalize industrial hemp production is headed to Gov. Pat McCrory.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate approved the legislation Tuesday after it was introduced and approved in the House a day earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The hemp bill replaced Senate Bill 313 \u2013 which originally dealt with license plates \u2013 as a last-minute addition to the legislative calendar. Hemp production is currently banned in North Carolina, but if the McCrory signs the bill, an appointed N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission would oversee a pilot program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did run an industrial hemp bill several years ago and had opposition from the law enforcement community,\u201d said Sen. Stan Bingham, a Davidson County Republican who presented the bill in the Senate. He added that law enforcement no longer objects.<\/p>\n<p>The new hemp commission would grant applications for hemp farming and coordinate research projects with N.C. State and N.C. A&amp;T universities. The pilot program would operate under federal guidelines established in the 2014 Federal Farm Bill.<\/p>\n<p>Hemp is used in fabrics, building materials and paper products. Collins says it\u2019s a good alternative crop for tobacco farmers who have seen their production contracts cut.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina is home to one of the only hemp processing plants in the country. Hemp, Inc. operates the decortication plant in the tiny Nash County town of Spring Hope, but the hemp it processes comes from other states and overseas. Kentucky and Tennessee already have hemp production pilot programs in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently it\u2019s imported from China into America, and (the bill) will give an opportunity for a market here that we can easily take away from China,\u201d Bingham said.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/gallery\/data\/1412\/1151.JPEG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Jacob Redmond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/politics-columns-blogs\/under-the-dome\/article36968445.html\" target=\"_blank\">NC Senate OKs hemp production<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Colin Campbell<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:ccampbell@newsobserver.com\">Email Author<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: P. Solomon Banda\/The Associated Press<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The News And Observer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill to legalize industrial hemp production is headed to Gov. Pat McCrory.<br \/>\nThe Senate approved the legislation Tuesday after&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2015\/10\/north-carolina-senate-oks-hemp-production\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1607,9,1,3],"tags":[4175],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}