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Hemp gets nod from the House
Instead of letting farmers leap into hemp production, the Kentucky House has voted to take a small step toward reintroducing a one-time agricultural mainstay.
Hemp push
The Government should move quickly to remove any restrictions on growing hemp, ACT MP Owen Jennings said today. A meeting is to be held in Motueka tonight where the Associate Minister for Economic Development, Phillida Bunkle, is to discuss the issue of allowing trial cultivation of industrial hemp.
Hemp’s State Fans Want It to Grow Here
Part of a national push for the legalization of industrial hemp, Illinois lawmakers are considering a proposal that would authorize the state’s two largest public universities to study the possibility of growing hemp legally.
Hemp-growing trials get Minister’s support
Customs officials are confident they have the ability to control any industrial hemp grown in New Zealand to ensure it could not be used as a cover for illegal cannabis growing.
High Court Says Harrelson Must be Tried for Marijuana Possession
Actor Woody Harrelson today lost his battle to draw a legal line between industrial hemp and its narcotic cousin marijuana. The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled there is no difference and said Harrelson has to go back to Lee County to be tried for possession of marijuana.
High on Hemp
Wendy Schneider and Jill Smith have heard all the jokes. You get that when you’re in the hemp business. But the partners in EarthGoods LLC quickly stress they market industrial hemp used to make everything from paint to paper, not its mind-altering relative marijuana.
House Committee Approves Hemp Bill, Prosperity’s seed or insidious weed?
Legislation aimed at creating a Kentucky industry around hemp — don’t call it marijuana — was approved by a House committee Thursday. The long, willowy hemp plant has a market among manufacturers as a fiber for paper, fabric — even interior panels of Ford vehicles, supporters said.
House Passes Watered-Down Hemp Bill, The Associated Press
Instead of letting farmers leap into hemp production, the Kentucky House voted Wednesday to take a small step toward reintroducing a one-time agricultural mainstay.
Industrial Hemp Bill Adopted by Maryland House of Delegates
Establishing a 4 and one-half year pilot program to study the growth and marketing of industrial hemp; providing for the purpose of the pilot program; requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the pilot program in consultation with specified State and federal agencies; requiring the Secretary to ensure safe cultivation of industrial hemp by conducting specified activities; providing that only State property may be used to grow industrial hemp; etc.
Industrial Hemp Production Measure is Moved to House for Consideration
An Illinois House committee has approved a measure that would allow Southern Illinois University to study the feasibility of industrial hemp production, despite opposition from law enforcement.