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Hemp has a rich tradition in Kentucky dating back to its domestic production during World War II. Industrial hemp is woven throughout American and Kentucky history, and this week that history and a recent revitalization of hemp is being celebrated during Hemp History Week. As part of the...

Hemp and cannabis research was illegal until 2014 when Congress allowed it in the Farm Bill. A little-noticed provision of the new medical marijuana law in Florida allows state universities to conduct research. That's a first for Florida, but not for other states such as Kentucky, which is leaps...

A western Kentucky business is bringing industrial hemp to market. Kentucky Hemp Works has opened a processing facility in Christian County. Owner Katie Moyer says the small, family-run business is taking hemp seed and turning it into oil that can be used in a number of products, including...

elect Kentucky farmers will be growing more hemp in 2016 than at any time since the federal government effectively banned the crop in the 1930s, along with its hallucinogenic cousin, marijuana. This year, 144 farmers and 10 universities across the state will engage in the third year of pilot...

With Kentucky farmers set to begin planting under the state's third year of hemp pilot research projects, a main industry association is hosting its second annual gathering of experts, farmers and backers at the University of Kentucky. The Kentucky Hemp Industries Association hosted a slate...

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has authorized planting of nearly 4,500 acres of hemp for pilot projects this year, compared with about 900 acres of hemp production last year, and 33 acres in 2014, the first year of pilot projects. Since 2015, the number of university-led research...

State Sen. John Schickel of Boone County is the chair of the Licensing & Occupations Committee in the Kentucky Legislature. He decides what bills will be heard in this committee. There are two bills regarding cannabis sitting in the committee, where they will die. SB 263 is a comprehensive...

Kentucky is accelerating hemp production in the third year of testing its potential as a cash crop. The state Department of Agriculture said Friday it has authorized planting of nearly 4,500 acres of hemp this year in the next round of statewide pilot projects, up from about 900 acres of hemp...

Kentuckians for Medical Marijuana met at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Pikeville to discuss the support of the use of medical marijuana being approved in Kentucky. Over 80 individuals packed the conference room to listen to supporters such as Jaime Montalvo, Eric Crawford and Dan Seum Jr...

Alyssa Faith Erickson is cofounder of both Kentucky Hempsters and United Hemp Industries. She talked with Tom Martin about the move to bring hemp farming and production back to Kentucky. Podcast of Tom Martin's interview with Alyssa Faith Ericson Q: Tell us about these organizations. Since...

Hemp has been branded an outlaw for decades because it looks like its mind-altering botanical cousin, marijuana. But before steamships, free trade, synthetic fibers and reefer madness, this useful plant was Kentucky's biggest cash crop. Kentucky grew most of America's hemp throughout the...

Kentucky is at the forefront of efforts across the country to legalize industrial hemp production. In the U.S., 22 states have enacted laws legalizing industrial hemp farming. After a 70-year absence, the Bluegrass State is one of 13 states to establish a commercial industrial hemp program, but...

A worrisome component of veteran post-traumatic stress disorder with chronic pain is the constant, ever-hovering specter of addiction and suicide among the veteran population. The suicide rate is reported to be as much as 22 a day. That may seem too high an estimate, but a suicide a day is 30 a...

Mark Twain said he wanted to be in Kentucky when the world ended because in Kentucky the end would come 20 years later. In 1996, I lost re-election for Congress, which, to most politicians, is the end of the world. Twenty years later, I'm back on the campaign trail, but not as a candidate or...

Could legalizing marijuana be a boon for Kentucky business? State Sen. Perry Clark, a Democrat who represents central and western Jefferson County, thinks so. He's pre-filed a bill called the "Cannabis Freedom Act" (officially, BR 161), which seeks to legalize marijuana use and have the state...

More than two decades ago, hospital staff looked the other way when his brother smoked marijuana to help maintain his appetite while battling AIDS, former U.S. Rep. Mike Ward said. Now the ex-congressman wants to bring medical marijuana into the mainstream in Kentucky. Ward, who served one...

Tucked away off a narrow country road in Clark County, in the middle of a farm, 27 acres of hemp grew all summer. Now, the plants will be harvested and processed. Kentucky, hailed as a leader by industrial hemp advocates, has grown the hemp. Now the state is working on growing the industry...

A plant the federal law says is a Schedule I controlled substance was used to make the U.S. flag that will fly over the Capitol on Veterans Day. Industrial hemp could be a boon for small farmers, say proponents, including the U.S. veteran who grew the hemp used to make the flag. An American...

Below is a link to a petition in which you send an email to kentucky Officals to support Perry Clark's SB129 (a.k.a. The Gatewood Galbraith Medical Marijuana Act) The Gatewood Galbraith Medical Marijuana Act of 2012 | Petition2Congress Don't forget to pass this like a J. Find me on...