Kentucky hemp bill becomes law
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear allowed Senate Bill 50 to become law last week as he chose neither to sign nor veto the bill, which will allow industrial hemp to be grown in the state - if the federal government also passes similar legislation.
“I strongly support efforts to create additional legal cash crops for our farm communities,” Beshear said. “At the same time, we have a tremendous drug problem in Kentucky, and I want to make sure th...
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