North Carolina
Hemp Grower in NC Looks to Medical Marijuana’s Future
By DREW C. WILSON, The Wilson Occasions
WILSON, N.C. (AP) — Wilson County’s solely business hemp grower says if medical marijuana turns into authorized in North Carolina, he shall be a superb candidate to develop it with the data he has gained.
Delmer Langley, proprietor of D.E.L. Hemp Farm, obtained a license to develop hemp from the U.S. Division of Agriculture on Jan. 7, following the Jan. 1 switch of hemp regulatory management from the North Carolina Division of Agriculture’s N.C. Industrial Hemp Program administered by the N.C. Hemp Fee.
Langley stated he’s happy with the federal regulatory management, from the testing to the convenience of entry to federal officers.
“You’ve bought to be FBI fingerprinted earlier than you may get your license,” stated Langley, who runs a rural farm in western Wilson County.
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Langley put his first hemp vegetation into the bottom on April 16, 2019, and now harvests hemp about each 5 weeks from 4 climate-controlled, grow-lighted greenhouses.
The primary couple of years have been powerful for Langley, who struggled to pay his payments with the meager proceeds from his crop of CBD hemp.
However since then, issues have rotated and enterprise is sweet for Langley, whose smokeable hemp, hemp tinctures, salves and hemp gummies have been promoting nicely at hemp shops, vape shops, {hardware} shops and truck stops up and down the East Coast.
Langley is offered on the healing capabilities of the hashish sativa plant and is poised to make use of the data he has gained from rising hemp to make use of in rising medical marijuana if North Carolina follows nearly all of different U.S. states in decriminalizing it for medicinal makes use of.
“Medical marijuana is coming actual fast,” Langley stated.
The North Carolina Compassionate Care Act, a invoice presently being thought of within the Common Meeting, would “prioritize the safety of public well being and security within the creation of a system for the cultivation, processing and promoting of medical hashish.”
Rep. Linda Cooper-Suggs, D-Wilson, a backer of the invoice, just lately visited Langley’s operation.
“I’ve had the nice fortune of going out and spending about two hours with him, listening and seeing the complete operation and the way actually advanced it’s,” Cooper-Suggs stated.
The legislator stated the invoice might cross the Senate throughout this brief session, which begins Could 18.
If it passes the Senate, it might then come to the Home.
“We will relieve residents by passing this invoice,” Cooper-Suggs stated. “Medical marijuana can deliver wanted ache reduction to some sufferers if prescribed and used correctly, and it must be regulated.”
Cooper-Suggs stated entry to medical marijuana will assist sufferers escape dependency on opioids.
“We all know that the opioids are simply abused and we now have a significant societal drawback with opioid abuse,” she stated.
Cooper-Suggs stated North Carolina ought to be taught from the 36 states which have already discovered methods to legalize medical marijuana.
“We should guard in opposition to hashish grown outdoors of a authorized framework,” Cooper Suggs stated. “As we see with Mr. Langley, the whole lot is managed. It’s a managed surroundings. We must always fastidiously regulate it, and we must also stop underage use as soon as it’s handed. And we must always fund robust packages to coach potential customers.”
Cooper-Suggs stated “we within the South ought to be the gold customary for implementing a framework that permits North Carolinians to learn from elevating, producing and promoting hashish.”
The consultant stated safeguards ought to be put in place for medical marijuana which might be even stronger than the state’s Alcohol Beverage Management system for liquor.
“Additionally, we must always use the income to assist a sturdy public well being advocacy marketing campaign,” Cooper Suggs stated.
The invoice requires some 10% of income from medical marijuana suppliers to be given to the state.
“I stay up for this invoice, Senate Invoice 711, coming to the Home as we enter this brief session in order that we will relieve and in addition deliver trade into North Carolina,” Cooper-Suggs stated. “I’m very constructive about it. I hope that it may be a bipartisan invoice, as a result of it might profit our state. It will profit individuals who’re in ache, from babies with these grand mal seizures and the way medical marijuana may help them and their households.
“I stay up for us working collectively to have the ability to cross this invoice, so I’m very constructive.”
Chris Flippo, a USDA-certified retailer of hemp merchandise together with a few of Langley’s merchandise, plans to open a retail hashish gross sales and distribution location known as Hero Medz this month.
He and his spouse Jessica Flippo presently promote their merchandise out of a tiny workplace in Wilson.
“In a yr, I’d love to listen to that I used to be no less than working with an organization that had a medical marijuana license or that I had one myself, that might be even higher,” Flippo stated.
Flippo, who was one of many first hemp growers in Wilson County, stated Langley’s hemp is all the time grown with perfection and consistency.
Langley admits that he has realized an immense quantity via trial and error and will really prepare others the best way to greatest develop hashish.
“I feel I’d be one of many skilled growers to the place if it turns into obtainable that I’d take into account it,” Langley stated. “I already know what’s going to be achieved with this place. It’s going to appear like Fort Knox.”
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North Carolina
3 men charged in connection with woman’s death at Cook Out restaurant in North Carolina
Two men have been charged with murder in the death of 29-year-old Davicia Jean Ann Lee at a Cook Out restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, last month. A third is facing a weapons charge.
Two men have been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a woman at the fast-food restaurant Cook Out in North Carolina.
Twenty-three-year-old Alexander Kenyon Carlton Jr. and 19-year-old Calvin Jerade Spence Jr. have been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 29-year-old Davicia Jean Ann Lee late last month in Durham, the Durham County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release on Friday.
A third man, 18-year-old Jamari Treyvon McKnight, is charged with one count of going armed to the terror of the people, which basically means terrorizing someone with a weapon like a gun.
USA TODAY could not immediately find attorneys representing the three men.
The shooting occurred just after 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the Cook Out on South Miami Boulevard, according to the sheriff’s office. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found Lee dead.
The sheriff’s office called the shooting “an isolated incident” that happened after shots broke out following a fight, WNCN-TV reported.
Arrests made in fatal shooting of Davicia Jean Ann Lee
Detectives arrested Spence and Carlton on Thursday and took them to the Durham County Detention Center without bond on charges of carrying a concealed gun, felony conspiracy, going armed to the terror of the people and first-degree murder, the sheriff’s office said.
McKnight was also taken into custody and arrested Thursday night on misdemeanor going armed to the terror of the people, according to the sheriff’s office. The Morrisville police arrested him and he is currently being held in the Wake County Detention Center until his first court appearance, the agency added.
The investigation into Lee’s homicide is ongoing, while all findings are now in the process of being turned over to the Durham County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution, according to the sheriff’s office.
The USC Trojans are in pursuit of flipping two class of 2025 recruits, Nela Tupou and Alex Payne. Can the Trojans flip one or both of these players before national signing day?
Nela Tupou Player Profile
Nela Tupou is a 6-4, 220 pound tight end/defensive end out of Folsom, California. He is rated as a three-star recruit and ranked as the 43rd-best ATH in the class of 2025 per 247Sports.
Tupou committed to the Utah Utes in February of 2024, but he just recently visited USC last weekend for the Trojans’ 28-20 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
On3 is now predicting that Tupou will likely flip this commitment from Utah to USC.
Alex Payne Player Profile
Alex Payne is a 6-5, 265 pound offensive tackle out of Gainesville, Florida. He is rated as four-star recruit and ranked as the 16th-best offensive tackle in the class of 2025.
Payne committed to the North Carolina Tar Heels in January of 2024, but he as well as Tupou, visited USC last weekend.
In 247Sports recruiting analyst Tom Loy’s updated crystal ball prediction, he had Payne flipping his commitment from North Carolina to USC. Loy has a good track record of predicting where recruits will end up as his all-time hit rate for predicting recruits’ final destinations is 81.64 percent.
USC Bolstering Up Offensive Line to Go Along With Weapons
One of the glaring holes for the USC Trojans this season has been the offensive line. For USC to bounce back next season, they will have to get much better in the trenches. This has been exposed in their first season in the Big Ten. Landing Tupou, who can both be a factor in the run blocking scheme as a blocker, and Payne, one of the top tackle prospects in the country, would go a long way for next season and the future of the program.
Barring a flurry of transfer portal decisions, the Trojans will have an abundance of skill position talent coming back next season.
Freshman running back Quinten Joyner has been the second best back this season behind senior running back Woody marks.
Four of the Trojans five leading receivers are sophomores. Makai Lemon, Zachariah Branch, Ja’Kobi Lane, and Duce Robinson all have shown flashes of potentially being a number one wide receiver next season.
Add in the Trojans starting sophomore quarterback Jayden Maiava and they have one of the youngest teams in the Big Ten. If USC continues to address the offensive line in the last days of the 2025 recruiting cycle and in the transfer portal this offseason, the Trojans could be a dangerous team next season.
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Sledding in Haw Creek Dec. 9, 2018
The Tracey family enjoys the snow in Haw Creek with some sledding.
Angeli Wright, Asheville Citizen Times
Some school systems in Western North Carolina are closed Friday, Nov. 21, due to winter weather.
- Avery County Schools: Closed, remote learning day.
- Graham County Schools: Closed, workday for staff.
- Madison County Schools: Closed, optional teacher workday.
- Mitchell County Schools: Closed, remote learning day.
- Watauga County Schools: Two-hour delay.
- Yancey County Schools: Closed, remote learning day.
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