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Legalising cannabis hemp farms ‘to solve’ Southern Australia’s jobs crisis

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 07/14/2015 - 08:45

Industrial Hemp Association SA spokeswoman Ruth Trigg, with hemp products, and Greens MP Tammy Franks, holding a block of hempcrete.

LEGALISING cannabis farms to make clothes, building materials and beauty products could be part of the solution to South Australia’s looming post-Holden manufacturing crisis, a hemp industry expert and state politician say.

The newly formed Industrial Hemp Association of SA and Greens MLC Tammy Franks say hemp farms would create new jobs and inject much-needed cash into the state’s economy.

Hemp is a form of cannabis. However, it only contains 1 per cent THC — the chemical responsible for the “high” people feel when smoking marijuana, which contains about 5 to 20 per cent THC.

Growing industrial hemp under license is already legal in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.

Ms Franks said the industry could help SA recover from the fallout of the closure of...

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