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As support for legalizing marijuana grows across the country, so too does the call to decriminalize industrial hemp, which can be used to make fabric, food, fuel, plastics, construction material, and paper. Indiana is one of 13 states to establish a commercial industrial hemp program, but...

A Southern Indiana lawmaker will push to legalize medical marijuana during the legislative session. Representative Terry Goodin of Austin said he wants to make sure those who would benefit from cannabis oil have legal access to it. House Bill 1158 will exempt individuals and physicians...

Indiana is among several states that have taken steps toward legalizing hemp production for industrial purposes in recent years. Until the 2014 Farm Bill passed, hemp production had been banned at the federal level for several decades. This is because of hemp's relationship to marijuana...

A northwest Indiana state senator will try again to legalize medical marijuana, but acknowledges she's not expecting to get far. Portage Democrat Karen Tallian says she'd prefer to join the states which have decriminalized marijuana across the board, but argues the medicinal uses of the drug...