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Fact Finders: Marijuana in Missouri hotels and motels?

ELGIN, N.D. – Out in a field that can be viewed from the windows of a farmhouse in southwestern North Dakota, Clarence Laub III, finished seeding his industrial hemp crop on June 1.

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Medical Marijuana In Hawaii Still Conflicts With Federal Law

Farmers throughout the Ohio Valley want to revive a crop that was once a staple in the region: hemp.

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Minnesota is in the hemp business again – Cannabis News

For the first time in generations, Minnesota farmers are planting hemp.

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Cannabis advocate and Superbowl Champ to host Arizona Celebrity golf classic

Sen. Ron Wyden maintains that there is a big difference between hemp and weed.

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Michigan: State wants to help marijuana businesses find an alternative to banks - Cannabis News

Sen. Ron Wyden maintains that there is a big difference between hemp and weed.

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Cannabis activists plan smoking protest on steps of U.S. Capitol, risking arrest - Cannabis News

American clothing company Patagonia has joined calls urging Congress to legalize industrial hemp farming in the United States.

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France to ask public opinion on recreational cannabis

One enterprising group of farmers in Appalachia, made up of veterans hoping to eke out a better living for their families, has turned to hemp, and it’s making a stand in a wholly unique - and patriotic - way.

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How to buy and enjoy cannabis legally in Alaska

LINCOLN — A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher said Tuesday that he’s received federal approval to plant the state’s first research plot of industrial hemp.

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LeBron James' Foundation announces plans for multimillion-dollar Akron medical facility

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) -- The Manufacturing of Industrial Hemp for commercial purposes was approved according to Virginia's Legislation Information System.

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Hemp Manufacturing Legalized in Virginia – Marijuana News

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) -- The Manufacturing of Industrial Hemp for commercial purposes was approved according to Virginia's Legislation Information System.

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Legal gray area leaves potential cannabis growers in limbo

INDIANAPOLIS -- Marijuana’s high-less cousin is a step closer to returning to Indiana. Lawmakers have allowed the state seed commissioner to license farmers to grow industrial hemp - if and when the federal government stops treating it like a Schedule I drug.

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Touchless Automation is Streamlining Cannabis Production & Compliance

INDIANAPOLIS -- Marijuana’s high-less cousin is a step closer to returning to Indiana. Lawmakers have allowed the state seed commissioner to license farmers to grow industrial hemp - if and when the federal government stops treating it like a Schedule I drug.

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Concerns remain about new Hawaii hemp law

The cannabis plant’s unsteady transformation from outlaw weed to mainstream commodity is poised for another step forward as entrepreneurs lay plans to launch hemp derivatives.

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Amid layoffs and falling sales, Colorado’s Cannabis Industry grapples with an economic downturn

A tractor cuts a small plot of hemp at a University of Kentucky research plot near Lexington. Image: Dylan Lovan, Associated Press via Washingtonpost.com
 
Tobacco isn’t the reliable cash crop it once was. And that has hundreds of other farmers across the South revisiting a plant from deep in the region’s past: industrial hemp.
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In Seattle US old-timers rediscover the high life on cannabis tours - Cannabis News

Pam Bosch, Homeowner, Highland Hemp House, with a ball of hempcrete. Video Image via National Geographic
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Times are changing for the cannabis cousins. States are legalizing marijuana, and the U.S. is easing its ban on growing hemp. Will a hemp boom follow?
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Napa County Ballot to Include Initiative for Commercial Cannabis Cultivation

A warning sign at a Purdue University research farm cautions visitors against taking cannabis sativa plants grown for research purposes. Image: Maureen Hayden/CNHI
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ROMNEY  – The high fence surrounding a Purdue University research farm here was installed to keep out pesky deer, but this summer it served a second purpose: Keeping federal drug agents at bay.
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Ireland’s Hemp Farmers Battling Red Tape

John McKay, CSU associate professor of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, and Ph.D. student Brian Campbell research industrial hemp. Image: Colorado State University
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Researchers are taking advantage of new federal measures that allow universities to conduct research on industrial hemp.
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Standard unit of THC established for cannabis research

Matt A.V. Chaban ~ New York Times ~
 
A former Wall Street analyst believes hemp-based building materials can transform both agriculture and construction throughout New York.
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