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Votes: 0
Pubdate: Fri, 23 May 2014
Source: Monroe Evening News (MI)
Copyright: 2014, Associated Press
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Website: http://www.monroenews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2302
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/industrial+hemp
HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE INDUSTRIAL HEMP RESEARCH
LANSING, Mich. ( AP ) -- The Michigan House has overwhelmingly passed
legislation to allow industrial hemp research.
Two bills passed Thursday would allow the state agriculture
department, a college or a university to grow industrial hemp for
agricultural or academic research. Hemp being grown for research
purposes would be excluded from marijuana laws in the Public Health Code.
The changes come in response to the new federal farm bill, which
allows agriculture departments to designate hemp research projects in
states that allow hemp growing.
Industrial hemp is in the same species as marijuana but has a
negligible amount of marijuana's active ingredient. It can be used in
the production of plastics, fuel, textiles and food.
MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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