DA likely to drop case clouded by marijuana-hemp confusion

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are planning to drop all charges in a New York City case that spotlighted how similarities between legal hemp plants and marijuana can cause confusion.
The Brooklyn district attorney’s office said Tuesday that Ronen Levy’s felony marijuana possession case will likely be dismissed Dec. 2.
Levy was arrested Nov. 2 after going to a police station to collect 106 pounds (48 kilograms) of plants that were seized during shipping from a Vermont farm. They we