# The economics of North Carolina's hemp industry

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/the-economics-of-north-carolina-s-hemp-industry
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/the-economics-of-north-carolina-s-hemp-industry.md
Podcast: [Charlotte Talks With Mike Collins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304)
Published: 2026-07-20T14:46:09+00:00
Episode link: https://www.wfae.org/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2026-07-20/the-economics-of-north-carolinas-hemp-industry
Audio file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s380/audio/2026/07/ctpod20260720.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/episodes/the-economics-of-north-carolina-s-hemp-industry
Duration seconds: 3077

## Resource

North Carolina’s hemp industry has largely been unregulated, but that may soon change, and this multi-billion-dollar sector of our state’s economy hangs in the balance. A federal law banning intoxicating hemp products is scheduled to go into effect in November and the General Assembly is considering its own prohibitions. A look at what this may mean for the industry and the 16,000 people working in it.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/episodes/the-economics-of-north-carolina-s-hemp-industry/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/the-economics-of-north-carolina-s-hemp-industry.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.