Let ‘em grow hemp, bill says

hemp-crop-photoBy Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star

Calling it good for agriculture, two Republican lawmakers from Lake Havasu City are pushing to allow farmers to grow hemp without violating state marijuana laws.

“I’m not a big proponent of marijuana,” Sen. Kelli Ward told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. “I am a proponent of economic development and ways to help Arizona to thrive.”

That means removing at least one legal hurdle that keeps Arizona farmers out of the hemp business, she said. SB 1122 would say the laws against marijuana do not apply if the concentration of THC, the psychoactive elements, is less than three-tenths of 1 percent.

Rep. Sonny Borrelli said the ban makes no sense.

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