Pubdate: Sun, 17 Feb 2013
Source: Enid News & Eagle (OK)
Copyright: Enid News & Eagle 2013
Contact:  http://www.enidnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2012
Note: from CNHI News Service

KENTUCKY WANTS TO MAKE HEMP A CASH CROP AGAIN

FRANKFORT, Ky. - State lawmakers would like to see a plant that is
biologically similar to marijuana once again grow tall in Kentucky
fields.

The state Senate passed a bill to legalize growing hemp if the federal
government - which currently bans growing the plant - legalizes its
production or grants the state a waiver.

Meanwhile, Kentucky's two Republican U.S. Senators, Rand Paul and
Mitch McConnell, along with Oregon Democratic Senators Jeff Merkley
and Ron Wyden, introduced legislation to allow American farmers to
cultivate and profit from industrial hemp.

Their bill would remove federal restrictions on domestic cultivation
of industrial hemp, which currently is a Schedule I controlled substance.

Hemp used to be a major crop in Kentucky. Famed statesman Henry Clay
was a major producer and seller of the plant, which can be used to
manufacture paper, composite materials and oils for a variety of
products and uses. 
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