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Lawmakers working to fix Oregon’s broken hemp law

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 10:08

SALEM — Hemp farmers and an expert say a bill moving through Salem that’s proposed as a way to get Oregon’s hemp industry off the ground is too restrictive and would make marijuana the state’s favored cannabis plant.

Oregon lawmakers passed a law in 2009 to legalize hemp, which has been classified as a drug federally for decades because of its relative: marijuana.

But bureaucratic delays since 2009 and changes in the last year in how federal authorities view the plant have kept Oregon farmers from getting seeds in the ground.

Amendments to House Bill 2668 were presented as a way to research the plant and lead to a thriving commercial market for the plant that’s grown for its myriad benefits, but a hemp expert says the bill caters to medical marijuana growers rather than hemp growers.

“It’s very clear that only the concerns of medical marijuana growers and future...

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