Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Farmers Call For End To Hemp Ban


By Drew MacKenzie
 
The American Farm Bureau Federation, a powerful and influential farmers’ lobbying group, is demanding the repeal of the classification of industrial hemp as a controlled substance.
The ban, which has been heavily criticized by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, prevents American farmers growing hemp while the United States has been importing products from overseas that derive from hemp.
At the federation’s annual meeting last week in Texas, the group voted to approve a resolution from the Indiana Farm Bureau supporting the de-classification of industrial hemp as a controlled substance under the Drug Enforcement Administration guide lines, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader’s website Kentucky.com.  MORE
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