Tray of hemp seeds. A lab technician inspects a tray of hemp seeds at the Province Brands of Canada laboratory in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. Instead of infusing a drink with cannabinoids like THC or CBD, then masking the oily, bitter concoction with sugar as many beverage makers do in the U.S., Province Brands is developing beer brewed directly from the cannabis plant. (Photo: Cole Burston/Bloomberg)

Where tobacco once flourished on Gator Williams' North Carolina farm, he now plants 1,380 acres of cannabis.

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