Pubdate: Thu, 30 Jan 2014
Source: Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover, NH)
Copyright: 2014 Associated Press
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/160

NH SENATE VOTES TO STUDY INDUSTRIAL HEMP

Concord, NH (AP) - The Senate has voted against letting New Hampshire 
farmers legally grow industrial hemp and instead propose establishing 
a committee to study the idea.

The Senate voted Thursday to amend a House-passed bill that would 
forbid industrial hemp, a botanical cousin to marijuana, from being 
listed as a controlled substance. The bill now goes back to the House.

Supporters say hemp was once an important crop in the United States, 
but has not been grown in New Hampshire for decades. They say the 
plant has lower levels of THC, a principal chemical in cannabis, than 
marijuana and can be used for a variety of non-illicit products.

The proposed study would examine the viability of a hemp crop and 
develop procedures for destroying crops not in compliance with state 
and federal regulations.
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