Hemp Madness: Why The Government Is Waging War Against Marijuana’s Legal Cousin

IN the early morning hours of late September, some 30 Drug Enforcement Administration agents in tactical gear, with high-powered rifles drawn, raided a warehouse near Raleigh, North Carolina. The officers seized intoxicating hemp-derived THC vapes and joints, along with cash, computers and cars. The agents, who were armed with a federal search warrant, froze the company’s $1.5 million bank account, and seized half a million dollars’ worth of product. “They came in full force,” says…