Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Friday answered a key question about the state’s controversial new law on consumable products that contain ingredients from hemp.

It will be illegal to sell or possess smokable hemp products starting July 1, according to William Califf, a spokesman for Marshall.

Possession or sale could subject individuals to a Class C felony, punishable by one to 10 years in prison.

It was already known that the smokable products would be banned - that was clear in the new law.

But companies that sell the products told AL.com they were unsure when the products banned by the new law would become illegal.

The confusion was the result of two dates in the new law, known as HB445, which the Legislature passed and Gov. Kay Ivey signed in May.

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