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Hemp Production Is On The Verge Of Get Legalized In Kentucky

Hemp Production

<p>Once Hemp used to thrive in the state of Kentucky&comma; but it has been the decades when the growing of this plant got banned in the state&period; The main reason that was give to stop the production&comma; is that Hemp plant looks similar to marijuana and people can take advantage of it illegally&period; Now again the pep of growing Hemp is warm as the legislature of Kentucky approves the bill to legalize hemp-production&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The decision of legalize the hemp-production in the state will provide benefits directly to farmers&period; Also Mr&period; James Comer&comma; Agriculture Commissioner of Kentucky state agreed that the decision could bring economic boost in the state&period; He added that it will help the state to provide different types of job in paper making and cosmetics industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;&quest;attachment&lowbar;id&equals;2776" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-2776"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-2776 aligncenter" alt&equals;"Hemp Production" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;03&sol;Hemp-Production&period;jpg" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"333" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Not just farmer will be benefited by growing Hemp&comma; other people who are unemployed in the state will get job in cosmetic industry&period; The state government will create lots of new jobs for people by opening paper making factories&period; Also the production of Hemp will boost the production of cosmetic production and it would require new people to work in cosmetic firms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Protester who are against the decision say that leaves of hemp look similar to marijuana&comma; and hence the bill should not be passed&period; The production of hemp can be easily used to disguise marijuana&period; The fact is hemp doesn’t contain THC&period; This is the psychoactive element that marijuana leaves contain and people who want to get high use marijuana leaves frequently&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However according to the bill&comma; people who want to grow hemp have to get permission from the state government&period; A license will be given after throughout criminal background check that allow a farmer to grow the plant&period; One farmer can only get the limited license to produce hemp only in ten acres of land&period; Anything more than that parameter would be an illegal and punishable offense&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The bill got passed at the eleventh hour by an convincing 88-4 margin&period; Now the bill is at the governor’s desk waiting to become a law&period; The governor of Kentucky Mr&period; Steve Beshear has a few days until 6<sup>th<&sol;sup> of April when either give the green signal or prohibit the legislation&period; It is all down to Washington overturn&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It’s the federal law which is the biggest impediment on the way of hemp production&period; There are other states including Montana&comma; Oregon&comma; Maine&comma; Washington&comma; Vermont&comma; West Virginia&comma; North Dakota and Colorado&comma; that already approved the production of hemp and waiting for federal law to give the production of hemp a green signal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the James Comer&comma; the general assembly has made it clear that Kentucky is serious about the industrial production of hemp&period; He added that we are looking forward to glow the crop in the way which is correct and legal&period; He also added that we are waiting for the governor decision as if the governor says yes&comma; we will head towards the Washington to request the waiver&period; Finger crossed as in few days the picture will be clear whether Kentucky will grow hemp in the future or the farmers have to wait more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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