By the Editorial Board | St. Louis Post Dispatch
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When the history of the legalization of marijuana is written, October 2013 will go down as a key month.
Three moments this month, seemingly unrelated, might have hastened the day when Colorado and Washington will be the norm, not the outliers, in a country reliving the end of Prohibition for the second time.
This month, on his farm in southeastern Colorado’s Baca County, Ryan Loflin harvested a 55-acre hemp crop, believed to be the first legal hemp crop harvested in the U.S. in more than five decades. When Colorado voters legalized marijuana, it opened the door on cultivating hemp crops, which were an agricultural staple in many states — including Missouri — in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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If you’d like to discuss medical marijuana, contact Ryan Hurley, director of the Rose Law Group Medical Marijuana Dept. rhurley@roselawgroup.com
