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USDA OKs hemp plans for Louisiana, Ohio, New Jersey
Source: Associated Press
USDA OKs hemp plans for Louisiana, Ohio, New Jersey
December 26, 2019
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved industrial hemp licensing plans for Louisiana,Ohio and New Jersey, the department announced Friday. The states are the first to get such approval, though 34 other states have hemp research or pilot projects under a 2014 law.
“This is exciting,” said Eric Steenstra, spokesman for the nonprofit hemp advocacy group Vote Hemp.
He added, “I was surprised to see that Louisiana, New Jersey and Ohio were approved because they didn’t grow hemp last year.”
The federal government last year legalized hemp, which is related to and looks like marijuana but contains only traces of THC, the chemical in marijuana that gets people high.
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December 26, 2019
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved industrial hemp licensing plans for Louisiana,Ohio and New Jersey, the department announced Friday. The states are the first to get such approval, though 34 other states have hemp research or pilot projects under a 2014 law.
“This is exciting,” said Eric Steenstra, spokesman for the nonprofit hemp advocacy group Vote Hemp.
He added, “I was surprised to see that Louisiana, New Jersey and Ohio were approved because they didn’t grow hemp last year.”
The federal government last year legalized hemp, which is related to and looks like marijuana but contains only traces of THC, the chemical in marijuana that gets people high.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/05abd38393f1550946cdef0ae0199266