Ron Strider
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For 80 years, hemp and marijuana were legally bound together. Now, thanks to some enterprising Kentuckians, they are poised to get a divorce.
Four congressmen — two Kentucky Republicans, a Virginia Republican, and a Colorado Democrat — have introduced legislation to remove hemp from the federal list of controlled substances. The bill has the support of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the powerful libertarian senator Rand Paul, both also from Kentucky.
If the bill passes, hemp — a plant as likely to get you stoned as a cup of soybeans — will become legal to grow everywhere. It will be a major reversal of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, which essentially made both plants illegal to grow, and the 1970 law that designated them both equal to heroin and more dangerous than opioids.
If it passes, the law will be good for rural Maryland. Several farmers around Frederick and the Eastern Shore have expressed interest in growing industrial hemp, a plant with many uses. It can be spun into fiber for clothing, pressed into oil for cooking, processed into food and used for insulation in everything from houses to automobiles. Its active ingredient, cannabidiol, was long used in medicines to treat conditions ranging from the common headache to epilepsy.
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Four congressmen — two Kentucky Republicans, a Virginia Republican, and a Colorado Democrat — have introduced legislation to remove hemp from the federal list of controlled substances. The bill has the support of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the powerful libertarian senator Rand Paul, both also from Kentucky.
If the bill passes, hemp — a plant as likely to get you stoned as a cup of soybeans — will become legal to grow everywhere. It will be a major reversal of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, which essentially made both plants illegal to grow, and the 1970 law that designated them both equal to heroin and more dangerous than opioids.
If it passes, the law will be good for rural Maryland. Several farmers around Frederick and the Eastern Shore have expressed interest in growing industrial hemp, a plant with many uses. It can be spun into fiber for clothing, pressed into oil for cooking, processed into food and used for insulation in everything from houses to automobiles. Its active ingredient, cannabidiol, was long used in medicines to treat conditions ranging from the common headache to epilepsy.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Op-Eds - Baltimore Sun
Author: Rona Kobell
Contact: Customer service - Baltimore Sun
Photo Credit: Ann Arbor Miller
Website: Baltimore Sun: Baltimore breaking news, sports, business, entertainment, weather and traffic - Baltimore Sun
