In Debate Over Hemp, A Question About State vs. Federal Drug Laws

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Recent calls by high-ranking Kentucky officeholders to legalize industrial hemp have put the spotlight on the crop and what it might mean for Bluegrass State farmers. Both U.S. Senator Rand Paul and Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer say they want to see federal and state law changed to allow farmers to grow hemp legally.

WKU agriculture professor Todd Willian says legalizing hemp at the state level could create a clash with federal drug laws.

"If hemp was legalized for experimental usage in the state, it would still be under federal jurisdiction because it's a schedule one narcotic. So that brings up all kinds of issues," says Professor Willian.

Schedule one drugs are illegal to manufacture and sell.

WKU Public Radio is currently pursuing a feature story about the possible economic merits of legalizing hemp. We'll post that story at our website and Facebook page as soon as it's ready.

Most of the attention given to hemp's economic potential centers around ways hemp fibers can be used to make clothing and rope. But Professor Willian says hemp seeds could also be used to produce food for humans and animals, as well as cosmetics, paints, and inks.

The growing of hemp is legal in many parts of the world, including Canada, Europe, and parts of Asia.

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[terrylawrence]

Really they could of been giving the cows grass that actually would've left them feeling pretty good instead of feeding them gummie bears and candy when the solar flares left the US in a state of drought. Hemp and sugarcane make great bio-fuel so I don't understand why the sick and elderly have to depend on who's in government to get their medicine. Even worse the US now has a hypocrit who wouldn't be where he is if he had to live by the laws he's now placed on your kids who might just try it someday since the power is in the hands of the fast and the furious. Harper even worse playing guitar singing he likes to get high with a little help from his friends...as if this is really happening. Can't wait for evolotion to occur, sick of the lieing illuminati ways!