Kentucky House Skeptic about Legalizing Industrial Hemp
By: Chris Veech
Updated: February 18, 2013
The industrial hemp bill that sailed through the Kentucky Senate faces a more skeptical House. The bill would regulate the crop if the federal government lifts its ban on hemp. Hemp vanished from U.S. farms decades ago when the federal government classified it as a controlled substance related to marijuana. This legislation's next stop is the House Agriculture Committee. The state agriculture commissioner is promoting hemp as a job creator, but the ag committee's chairman says he hasn't made up his mind.
