CBD Stores Open Throughout Region

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published December 18, 2018 at 12:10 PM CST

Ranaga Farbiaz stands with business partner, Loudy Bousman, in front of their new hemp-CBD American Shaman shop in downtown Fayetteville.

The latest farm bill, passed earlier in December, lifts an 80-year-old prohibition on industrial hemp. The crop is used to make a variety of products, including the dietary supplement cannabidol, or CBD. We learn how hemp-based CBD could become a cash crop in Arkansas.

Beyond the Ozarks

Jacqueline Froelich

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.

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