For years, law-enforcement officers could use the smell of marijuana as probable cause to search someone’s vehicle. Now hemp is legal, and the smells are the same.
Michael Hewlett
Michael Hewlett is a courts and law reporter for The Assembly. He was previously a legal affairs reporter at the Winston-Salem Journal and has won two Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Awards.
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Satana Deberry’s Bid for the Democratic AG Nomination Tests How Far Progressive Policies Can Take Her
Deberry became Durham’s DA on promises to bring reform to the county’s criminal justice system. Now she’s running against a congressman and social media star to become North Carolina’s top prosecutor.
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A UNC Student’s Overdose Death at Duke
A Carolina freshman was found unconscious in a Duke University dorm room in March and died two days later of a drug overdose. Neither university said anything publicly about her death until contacted by The Assembly.