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4 Notable Quotes From Kentucky's Legalization of Industrial Hemp Farming

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 03/05/2016 - 08:04

Kentucky is one of several states that have legalized the farming and research of industrial hemp, but it is the only state in the South to do so. Other states that have legalized such cultivation and research include Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.

Federal law still sees hemp as a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act, which has sparked debate in Kentucky about the plant. 

Here are four quotes about issues surrounding then industrial hemp farming issue in Kentucky.

1. "With their investment, jobs have been created, jobs are going to be created, and they've signed contracts with family farmers. Hemp equals jobs and true economic growth, which is what we predicted when we launched Senate Bill 50 two years ago."
– Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, during a news conference on May 5, 2015, announcing that...

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