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Hemp users face uncertain future as federal, state regulations tighten

Hemp product users in Ashe County and beyond face an uncertain future as federal and state regulations around the products tighten, according to one local user's concerns about potential illegality under upcoming federal restrictions.

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Federal rules around hemp are tightening, and state regulations are moving the same direction at the same time, leaving High Country users in legal limbo with no idea what comes next. Michael Kennedy, who depends on therapeutic hemp products, faces the real possibility they become illegal under the new federal restrictions. Nobody knows the timeline, nobody knows what the state will do when federal law shifts, and the people using these products right now are stuck waiting for someone to decide their fate. Ashe Post & Times has the details on what's actually changing.

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