Hemp farming fails to grow in Senate committee

Paul Bobbee with a leaf of an industrial hemp plant. Industrial hemp plants contain only traces of the drug tetrahydracannabinol (THC), about 0.1%, not enough for any drug effect.
Paul Bobbee with a leaf of an industrial hemp plant. Industrial hemp plants contain only traces of the drug tetrahydracannabinol (THC), about 0.1%, not enough for any drug effect.

By Matthew Hendley | Phoenix New Times

Arizona’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted against a bill that would allow industrial hemp farming in the state.

Hemp farming is illegal in most states, despite the fact that smoking the plant, which is related to marijuana plants, won’t get you stoned.

Just as more pro-marijuana bills are showing up around the country, there have been proposals in more than a dozen states to legalize industrial hemp farming, too.

Now it’s not likely that it’s going to be legalized in Arizona this year.

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