Pubdate: Fri, 25 Sep 2015
Source: La Crosse Tribune (WI)
Copyright: 2015 The Associated Press
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HEMP LEGALLY HARVESTED IN MINNESOTA FOR STUDY

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Hemp has been legally harvested in Minnesota 
for the first time in more than 60 years.

A new state law passed this year allows researchers from the 
University of Minnesota to collect wild hemp. Researchers scoured the 
overgrown grounds at Fort Snelling Wednesday and cut some wild hemp.

Dr. George Weiblen has been studying hemp for more than a decade. 
Weiblen says he has not been able to collect wild cannabis seed until 
now and had to import it from the Netherlands and Canada.

Weiblen says he and other researchers hope to create new varieties 
with an aim toward reviving a domestic hemp industry in the U.S. He 
says that unlike traditional marijuana, the wild hemp has very little 
THC, the psychoactive compound.
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