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Federal Lawmakers to Vote on Industrial Hemp Amendment to Farm Bill

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2013.

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by Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director

Senator Ron Wyden has introduced an amendment to Senate Bill 3240, the Senate version of this year’s federal farm bill, that requires the federal government to respect state laws allowing the cultivation of industrial hemp. Hemp is a distinct variety of the plant species cannabis sativa that contains only trace (less than one percent) amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis.

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