Industrial Hemp Legislation First Pushed By Ron Paul Could Drop in Senate Next Week
By ELIZABETH FLOCK
February 8, 2013
Has Capitol Hill suddenly gone green?
Just a day after Democratic Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado introduced legislation to decriminalize marijuana, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced another bill Thursday in support of industrial hemp, currently illegal in the U.S. because it comes from the same plant as marijuana.
And now, Sen. Rand Paul's office tells Whispers it could introduce companion legislation in the Senate "as soon as next week."
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The bill the younger Paul is set to introduce in the Senate will include the same three-pronged approach—which is to define industrial hemp, remove it from the controlled substances list, and leave regulations up to the states.
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