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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: 5, Interesting) by DonkeyChan on Thursday March 29 2018, @06:34AM (6 children)

    by DonkeyChan (5551) on Thursday March 29 2018, @06:34AM (#659864)

    Industrial hemp is legally importable. As much as you want. The fact that it's legally importable but illegal to grow is the most insulting thing about all of this.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @09:58AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @09:58AM (#659900)

    Enjoy yer Freedoms that Men died fer. 'MURICA.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @09:59AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @09:59AM (#659902)

      Can't even hang myself with hemp rope I cri evertime

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @05:07PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @05:07PM (#660059)

      no shit motherfucker now please tell us what bastion of liberty you hale from.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @07:43PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @07:43PM (#660162)

        Certainly not the U.S., then.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @02:26PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @02:26PM (#659972)
    The further irony is that no less illustrious personages than George Washington and Thomas Jefferson had cultivated large fields of hemp in their day. Washington had in fact grown several varieties of hemp on all of his plantations, and there is some speculation that he might have even perhaps smoked "that Indian hemp" (Cannabis sativa indica) whose female plants he was keen on separating, as the female plants are much more psychoactive. It's rather sketchy though.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by captain normal on Thursday March 29 2018, @06:23PM

      by captain normal (2205) on Thursday March 29 2018, @06:23PM (#660117)

      Back in their day hemp was important for for the fiber which could make very strong rope and cloth for ship sails and clothing. Every navy depended upon it.
      Washington and others then may (or may not) have used some of their crop for it's herbal properties, but separating the female plants was more likely done for the seeds for the next years crop.

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