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Federal hemp restrictions poised to upend NC’s $3.2 billion industry

States Newsroom · October 12, 2026

Chris Karazin started Carolindica with his brother and a friend in 2019, making homemade CBD products in a kitchen while working other jobs to pay the bills. “I didn’t even get a paycheck until three years ago,” Karazin said. Seven years later, the Raleigh-based company has grown into a multi-store hemp business with…

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Federal hemp restrictions poised to upend NC’s $3.2 billion industry

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