URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n226/a01.html
Newshawk: Free The Weed
Webpage: http://www.omaha.com/article/20140304/NEWS/140309383/1016
Pubdate: Wed, 05 Mar 2014
Source: Omaha World-Herald (NE)
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Author: Martha Stoddard, World-Herald Bureau
BILL TO PERMIT PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP EASILY WINS 1ST-ROUND
APPROVAL IN NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE
"This bill is no way intended to be a gateway to recreational use" of
marijuana, said State Sen. Norm Wallman, who introduced the measure.
"This bill is about agriculture. It's really that simple."
Lincoln, Nebraska - Thirteen years ago, industrial hemp's resemblance
to marijuana sank legislation to legalize growing of hemp in Nebraska.
On Tuesday, a bill to allow production and marketing of industrial
hemp sailed through first-round debate in the Nebraska Legislature.
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