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8:08

I want education. I want people to have clarification on what they're buying, and I want people to be safe.

Dakota Stapleton

9:20

The 30 people that work here and myself would be out of the job.

Ryan W McConnell

14:39

My life will change drastically.

Lovelies McCollum

6:34

I work in the hemp industry, as well as my wife who works in the hemp industry. It has provided for us for almost 5 years now. We have two daughters that we've put through college by working in the hemp industry

David Goins

3:20

The hemp industry provides a lot of great jobs, and these jobs are like my job, we have health insurance, dental, vision, etc.

Tamara Berry

8:08

I'm all for regulating. The hemp industry. I think any genuine person who cares about the industry. I would love to see thoughtful and Safe regulation. But not prohibition.

Cadence Semple

2:22

A total ban of everything would be detrimental

Hailey Jessen

9:10

If these products were to be banned tomorrow, my daily life would Decimate Into complete and utter oblivion, to be honest with you.

Maximiliano Kuper

3:26

Before I found hemp, I used to use alcohol to uh numb the pain of, of having to deal with the physical effects of the military.

Trevor Bero

2:21

It would really devastate me in a way that I wouldn't be as efficient and effective as at my job and at parenting.

Kristan Wolgamott

2:28

This is one of the very few things that are not partisan.

Jody Luke

3:30

And I would be forced to, um, To go and obtain this illegally, which would inherently be a risk to my personal safety, going to a drug dealer to get cannabis products that may be tampered with or laced with something and also just being in a generally dangerous situation and committing a felony to do that.

Sara Abuirbaleh

4:41

If this was outlawed tomorrow, I would lose the roof over my head.

Evan Kent

10:06

You got veterans out there who struggle every day, who, you know, may or may not be able to get the assistance they need.

Christian Frank

3:41

People may be without jobs because of this.

Jade Haith

4:09

We have regulars at my store that, you know, they come in and it's like friends just checking in with each other whenever they come in.

Stephen McGuinness

1:42

When I found HEMP, I was able to solve both problems in one versus taking a multiple different pharmaceuticals.

Mia Peguese

10:56

There's research that goes into what this plant actually does for our body, and the thought of losing my job and losing my farm is something that is truly inconceivable to me.

Zach costin

2:01

This industry has saved my life.

justin smith

3:21

It’s not just about preference, it’s about having options that actually work for people.

Sebastian

4:20

I have a new career in the hemp industry and for the first time in 27 years of working, I have insurance. Paid time off, sick days, paid holidays.

Emily Justice

4:44

Hemp really helps with my overstimulation symptoms, and if I'd known that years ago, I'd probably be less irritable.

Siobhán

1:06

I would rather use something that's a little more natural.

Emily

3:35

I do wonder what will happen when people do not have access.

Lawrence Benner

2:47

I just found out that my wife is pregnant. So I I'm starting a family, and I really need this job to help Build a family.

Charlie Henderson

3:25

I think hemp helps so many people from sleep deprivation to chronic pain, to inflammation, to mood and behavior problems.

Heaven Holcombe

1:37

It changes everything.

Sophie Wolfe

3:47

This is good for the greater good of everybody in North Carolina

Kevin Dennis Powell

8:41

When I started initially using hemp products, it was because of drinking, and I didn't want to continue to drink as heavily as I was.

Ryan Landis

1:59

It'll take every retail employee in our 60 stores out of work. We have accountants, we have compliance officers, we have warehouse staff.

Meghan Williamson

5:19

This is affecting hardworking Americans, people who pay their taxes. This is affecting Even more millions of Americans who seek Relief.

Rob Devereaux

13:21

Well, there's so much to I just want to make the point that So I really enjoy edibles and drinks. If these products w...

MaryEllis Williams

3:18

I currently work in the hemp industry, so if these products were taken away, it not only would affect me on a personal level, but it would also affect me on a financial level, and it would effectively end my career. I would be considered a criminal overnight under new regulations.

Noah Blanchard

3:51

To the folks in Raleigh that are pushing this ban, I beg you to do a little more research and listen to these folks

Philip MacTaggart

58s

Please don't ban these products that we all know and love.

Casey Walker

1:27

Basically, if the hemp products became illegal tomorrow, my life, along with my wife and our family would drastically change.

2:38

If hemp products were to be banned tomorrow, my life would drastically change.

Stevie

9:19

I work in this industry. It's. How I take care of my family, it's. It's what I built my career on for the last 7 years, and I'm proud of that. I genuinely am.

James Allen

3:00

If you ban hemp, then people are still going to smoke weed and they're just going to do everything illegally.

Donovan Avalos

2:53

Honestly, if it weren't for these products, I'd deal with a lot more chronic pain and not have a way to manage it unless I dug into the pharmaceutical system and, you know, jeopardized my overall health to, uh, for short-term relief.

Sundance Stanley

4:33

Uh, my daily life would To the politicians pushing this ban, Uh, life before hemp was And so, for North Carolina to d...

Brandon andrew

2:21

A lot of people struggle with joint pain and a lot of people use hemp to manage their pain.

April Laye

2:04

I think they need to reconsider all of the potential ramifications that this ban could have on the lives of their constituents and the operations of the small businesses that make up their constituency.

Luke Vreeman

6:19

We want to make sure everyone's getting the products they need to live the lifestyle they need safely.

Caden

3:55

With a fear of sounding dramatic, So many states across the United States To the politicians in Raleigh and the Befor...

Michael James Sims

7:13

There's so much that the cannabis industry can do for the community.

Jonathyn Gonzales

7:32

I employ about 60 people, all of them who rely on me for a job and rely on this plant and these products to continue employment and keep a job.

Dan Hentschke

2:15

Our quality of life would change.

Steve Jones

37s

Hemp is a great and safe alternative to alcohol.

Corey

4:44

If these products were banned tomorrow, I would say to the people in Raleigh Yes, I would like North Carolina I wante...

Pam Hentschke

1:25

I use CBG because it helps with the inflammation and pain, and it doesn't harm my liver like NSAIDs do.

Evan Miller

3:07

It's the hemp that really does more than anything else that I've ever tried.

Kevin Shlossman

5:08

Cannabis has made an unbelievable impact in my life.

Wais Ahmad

1:19

I would ask them to look at the bigger picture. And if one of their family members was on CBD. And it had been working for them, why would you take it away?

Lily P

8:06

How would my daily life change if they were banned tomorrow? Well, I would probably be a lot more depressed. My anxiety would probably be a lot or a lot higher than what it is, and it's pretty high already.

Joshua K Stafford

2:36

Y'all are missing out on potential income that could boost this economy.

Cody Wilson

59s

It's just ridiculous.

Sebastian D Breckenridge

2:57

The company I work for here in North Before finding hip products, What would I say to the politicians Hello. If these...

Chris East

2:58

What I also want people from North What I would say to the politicians Um, my daily life would change Hello, my name ...

Kenneth Dowdy

1:16

I think it would be important for them to know that it's not just like selling drugs to people to get high and stuff.

Ryan Schaffer

3:41

Before I found hemp, For the politicians in Raleigh who My daily life would change tremendously I use a wide array of...

Tripp Liles

1:32

If these products were banned tomorrow, Uh, I would tell politicians in So hemp matters to me because it helps Uh, pr...

Luke Beijer

1:31

You don't actually understand what this product is.

Nathan Alan Pohnert

2:11

Hemp is my livelihood. A lot of businesses, a lot of employees that depend on this industry, a lot of farmers. There's a lot of money behind it, money that affects real people.

Michael Yow

2:53

I really don't know where I'd even begin, uh, to deal with the stresses and going back to dealing with any type of anxiety.

Kyle Saunders

1:27

Being in the industry for the last 5 years, I've seen nothing but success stories, how people have turned their lives around, how things have changed for the better

Shari Nelson

48s

It's Going in the wrong direction. To Ban something that is making over $3 billion a year.

Tim staub

1:40

Please just do some more research, talk to the people that you're in control of, and just try to get an accurate representation of what the people want.

Taylor Lunsford

3:45

Politicians who are pushing the band, I plead with you and urge you to educate yourselves and to please listen to these stories, to listen to the things that it helps people with.

Jordan Minor

4:31

And if it has anything to do with um. Uh Uh, you know, higher power. Or, you know, I'm talking to a friend, right? It's like, so, so which, which God, which God are you trying to please doing this? Which God are you trying to please?

Daniel Kutcher

1:39

I use hemp products such as pre-rolls, concentrate, disposables.

Rose snipes

3:26

If these products were banned tomorrow, So I have a metal elbow. As I don't have exact numbers. I have a wide range o...

Olli

1:26

I think the politicians don't understand how many people use these products all the way up from people with sports related injuries to your grandmother.

Kevin

3:37

It really just brings me down.

Ashley Marie Grindstaff

1:53

I would ask them to look at the bigger picture, do more research on it before you just assume it's everyone just wanting to get high.

Justin R Pittman

2:39

I think people who are pushing this ban don't realize how big of an industry hemp is.

Audri

48s

The truth of the matter is I would just turn to the streets again, um, and I think we all know that that would just put the cartels back in power.

Harrison Dean

4:16

I've been helping manage a dispensary for about 5 years now, and I smoke just about every day. And I got an emotional...

Billy Woods

9:42

And so probably 5 or 6 years ago is whenever, you know, I jumped into it and. Uh, started getting more like knowledge and get more in depth, you know, besides just smoking the smoke and, you know, actually learning more about hemp and what it can do for your body medically.

Bryan Hanson

3:50

So I first started off with flour, then came dispos carts, and then with my tolerance, you know, going higher, I, you...

Paola Leon

3:18

I use multiple hemp products from smokable THCA to edible CBD, CBG, and combinations of different cannabinoids, inclu...

Rebekah Renew

4:23

Hey, so, um, what hemp products do I use and what do I use them for? So I use raw flour, um, raw flour cannabis, um, ...

Darold Rice Jr

2:24

I think that, um, North Carolina needs to know that hemp is very important to a lot of people, that it is not some kind of devil's lettuce that everybody thinks it is.

Barbie Edd

42s