Congress Accidently legalized Marijuana and Nobody Knows About it.

 Congress Accidently legalized Marijuana and Nobody Knows About it. By Agent Freak Nasty 

As the owner of Thca4cheap.com in Durham, North Carolina, it's fascinating to see how the landscape around us seems to suggest that marijuana is legal. Walk through our streets, and you'll see storefronts and roadside signs proudly displaying "THC" in glittery letters, with seven-pointed leaves serving as the unofficial mascot of the local businesses. Even the newest addition to our neighborhood, the Stay Lit Smoke Shop, has an alien mascot ripping a bong, welcoming customers to its drive-through.

But let’s be clear marijuana, whether medical or recreational, isn't legal in North Carolina. What people are actually enjoying is the high from hemp.

This curious situation has its roots in the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, more commonly known as the 2018 Farm Bill. This legislation was intended to legalize the production of hemp—a plant long considered Non psychoactive. Lawmakers envisioned it being used for eco-friendly textiles and non-intoxicating supplements like CBD oil and hemp seeds. They probably didn't anticipate that with a bit of chemistry and creativity, hemp could deliver highs that rival those of the dankest marijuana strains.

Here’s the reality: while recreational marijuana use is permitted in only 24 states and Washington, D.C., anyone in the U.S. can legally get high on hemp-derived THC. And trust me, these hemp-based products are just as potent as those in states where marijuana is fully legal. Having sampled recreational pot in places like California and Colorado, I can confidently say that the effects of these legal, hemp-derived products in North Carolina are indistinguishable.

To understand how this came to be, we need to revisit some basic botany. Both hemp and marijuana are varieties of the Cannabis sativa plant, which produces chemical compounds known as cannabinoids. Among the roughly 100 cannabinoids identified, some get you high, while others don't. Marijuana is rich in delta-9 THC, the cannabinoid responsible for the high. Hemp, on the other hand, contains minimal delta-9 THC but is abundant in CBD, a non-intoxicating cannabinoid.

Back in 1937, Congress passed the Marihuana Tax Act, effectively banning both hemp and marijuana by imposing harsh regulatory standards and criminal penalties and even for magic mushrooms available at altgecko.com. When this law was overturned in 1969, Congress doubled down with the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, which explicitly outlawed both plants.

It wasn’t until the 1980s that the push to legalize hemp gained traction, led by cannabis advocate Jack Herer. Herer argued that the federal government had unfairly targeted hemp to protect the interests of industrial giants, such as the du Pont family and William Randolph Hearst, who had vested interests in synthetic fibers and timber. Herer’s book, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, claimed that hemp could replace plastics and timber more affordably and without harming the environment.

Herer’s advocacy shifted the narrative around hemp, focusing on its potential for sustainable textiles, nutritional benefits, and eventually, the medicinal promise of CBD oil. But little did lawmakers know, this advocacy would lead to a loophole that inadvertently legalized a whole new way to enjoy cannabis across the nation.