A vape shop owner in North Dakota who sells CBD has succeeded in getting criminal drug charges against him dismissed after a two-year battle that went to the state’s Supreme Court.
Hamda argued the products were legal because they came from hemp.
But he agreed to a plea deal and deferred sentence of probation in exchange for being able to appeal on the legality of CBD.
North Dakota’s high court denied his appeal on technical grounds in February, saying CBD legality was not “a matter of great public concern.”
But a new prosecutor dismissed those drug charges last month, ending Hamda’s probation and canceling the deferred sentence.
The prosecutor did not address the broader legality of hemp-derived CBD in North Dakota.
