CheckoutThe Kentucky Supreme Court Thursday derailed Woody Harrelson’s crusade to legalize hemp cultivation, ordering the actor to stand trial for planting four seeds of the marijuana relative in 1996.
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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.
Woody’s Case Up in Smoke
Neo-hippie activist Woody Harrelson’s latest hemp cause has apparently gone up in smoke. The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled today that the former Cheers barkeep and cultivation-friendly film star must stand trial for marijuana possession, following his well-publicized arrest for planting four hemp seeds in 1996.
Kentucky House Passes Amended Hemp Bill
The state House yesterday voted for the return of industrial hemp to Kentucky, but only as a strictly regulated experiment at a public university.
Kentucky Hemp Museum Celebrates Crop’s Past
Versailles near the east edge of town, along U.S. 60 at Paynes Mill Road, there’s a bronze marker commemorating the important role hemp once played in Kentucky agriculture. It isn’t unique. There are similar signs in Boyle, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Madison, Mason, Scott, Shelby and Clark counties.
House Passes Watered-Down Hemp Bill
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.
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.
Ex-governors back hemp as crop
It was an unlikely setting for an unlikely event: Four former governors gathered in the bar at The Coach House restaurant in Lexington yesterday to say they support a bill that would allow Kentucky farmers to grow hemp.
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.
Hemp bill heads to full House
A bill that would allow Kentucky farmers to grow hemp squeaked out of the House Agriculture and Small Business Committee yesterday, but appears unlikely to become law.