Pubdate: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 Source: Albuquerque Journal (NM) Copyright: 2015 Albuquerque Journal Contact: http://www.abqjournal.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/10 SENATE PANEL OKS INDUSTRIAL HEMP A bill to allow New Mexico farmers to grow an industrial version of marijuana's nonintoxicating cousin has passed a Senate panel. The Senate Conservation Committee voted unanimously this week to send the Industrial Hemp Farming Act to the Senate Judicial Committee without a recommendation. Sen. Cisco McSorley, an Albuquerque Democrat, recently filed the legislation, Senate Bill 94, aimed at legalizing the selling of hemp and licensing of farmers to grow the crop. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom