It is always welcome news when I can post an a new state taking on the hemp issue. So far Kentucky, Colorado, California, Oregon, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Dakota, South Dakota and North Carolina have all got some news items on this blog. Washington joins the frey, and I am hoping to start a New York initiative here, hopefully reps Jerrold Nadler who co-sponsored Ron Paul's bill and Carolyn Maloney
(NY's 8th and 12th districts) will support this. All 50 states could benefit, so let's see 40 more posts of this genre - and of course let's get lots more signatures on the petition to the White House at www.minawear.com/about-us/
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A
legislative committee has approved a bill that would allow Washington farmers to
grow industrial hemp.
Washington officials are in the
process of establishing a system to legalize the production and sale of
marijuana for recreational use, following passage of Initiative 502 last fall.
But that initiative didn't cover the production of hemp or hemp products.
House Bill 1888 would permit development of an
industrial hemp industry in Washington. A House
committee approved the bill Thursday, sending it to the full House for
a vote.
Nine other states have passed
laws allowing hemp production, but none grows hemp as a crop. The federal
government still bans the plant.
Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Legislative-committee-approves-hemp-bill-4298715.php#ixzz2LaSgdjOo
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