Kentucky
Agriculture Commissioner James Comer has landed a high-profile supporter for his
efforts to legalize hemp in Kentucky.
The
state’s largest business group, the Kentucky Chamber, has come out in support of
industrial hemp for oil and fiber, provided there is a sound regulatory
process.
Many
of the state’s federal lawmakers support the issue as well, including
Congressmen Andy Barr, John Yarmuth and Thomas Massie and Senator Rand
Paul.
A
bill to legalize hemp was filed in the Kentucky Senate Friday by the
agriculture committee chair.
Comer
has long argued that hemp could help many farmers, especially those growing
tobacco, turn profits. Comer does not support legalizing hemp's cousin crop,
marijuana.
4 comments:
Kentucky does show that the GOP is not all losers...
then again, where are all the Dems on this issue?
GOP, Dems, two sides of the same face. Make a third party come to life here and get rid of extremists.
It takes a rebel to stand up for hemp! Typical politicians are too afraid of what "people" will think. They are waiting to see where the masses stand before they get on the bandwagon.
And while they wait, people lose jobs.
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