NC mom smoked legal hemp for anxiety. Police charged her with marijuana possession.
FOUR OAKS — In February, a car accident crushed Amanda Furstonberg’s left foot, leaving her with shooting pains and lingering fear. So on a friend’s advice, she tried smoking hemp flower — a legal form of cannabis with no psychedelic kick.When she smoked it from a pipe in her Four Oaks apartment, she felt relaxed all over but not high — a feeling so satisfying she cut back on prescription pain pills. Then in April, the police showed up.Officers from the small Johnston County […]