Bill would authorize research on Alabama-grown hemp (al.com)

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on March 09, 2016 at 6:56 PM, updated March 09, 2016 at 6:59 PM

Two Alabama lawmakers are sponsoring legislation to allow research on growing industrial hemp in the state.

Hemp, like marijuana, is a form of cannabis, but has only trace amounts of THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana.

The bill by Sen. Paul Bussman, R-Cullman and Ken Johnson, R-Moulton, would allow the state Department of Agriculture and Industries or a state university to research hemp production.
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The federal Farm Bill passed in 2014 authorizes state agriculture departments and state universities to research hemp production in pilot programs.

About 28 states have passed legislation authorizing the research projects, including the four states bordering Alabama.
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The comments are more interesting than you might expect, mostly favorable.

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1. I've found that most comments on hemp topics are positive.

You'll always have the low-information troll here and there, but the growing of hemp has a broad spectrum of supporters