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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Pushes for Hemp Legalization

posted by chromas on Thursday March 29 2018, @04:20AM   Printer-friendly
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takyon writes:

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will introduce a bill to legalize the production of hemp by removing it from the list of controlled substances. The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 would remove the need for a federal permit to grow hemp. Since 2014, the federal farm bill (Agricultural Act of 2014) has allowed state agricultural departments to designate hemp projects for research purposes, with 34 states subsequently authorizing research and production occurring in 19:

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced a new bill on Monday that would legalize hemp as an agricultural product.

The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 would legalize hemp, removing it from the federal list of controlled substances and allowing it to be sold as an agricultural commodity, according to WKYT.

"Hemp has played a foundational role in Kentucky's agriculture heritage, and I believe that it can be an important part of our future," McConnell said in a statement.

See also: McConnell looks to complete hemp's comeback as crop
Hemp gains powerful ally to free it from marijuana ties

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  • (Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @04:52AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @04:52AM (#659850)

    Puts the republicans another step ahead of the democrats. Once again we'll be looking very small changes in congress

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @07:19AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @07:19AM (#659875)

    You might actually see Democrats fight against this, with the pretend reasoning (rather than blatant partisanship) being that it would ruin the medical cannabis. Already a fight in Oregon about that.
    http://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2015/02/southern_oregon_medical_mariju.html [oregonlive.com]

    • (Score: 2) by insanumingenium on Thursday March 29 2018, @04:14PM (1 child)

      by insanumingenium (4824) on Thursday March 29 2018, @04:14PM (#660023) Journal

      There are some real potential issues here. It makes me wonder if there are any other crops where cross pollination carries such a risk, and if so how that is mitigated. The only thing close I can think of is cross pollination by roundup resistant crops, but everything I can find indicates that isn't the issue some people claim. Seems obvious there would have to be some sort of compromise.

      • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Thursday March 29 2018, @06:09PM

        by captain normal (2205) on Thursday March 29 2018, @06:09PM (#660106)

        That could be a two way street. Where pollen from someone's recreational Indica patch pollinates a field of fiber and seed hemp.

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