HUFFINGTON POST: … Speaking at the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s country ham breakfast, Paul, with the backing of the state’s Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, said he would revive the deactivated Kentucky Hemp Commission, which was organized nearly a decade ago to gauge the economic impact of growing hemp. It never convened.
“The rest of the world can grow hemp and we’re not, so we’re losing out on that product,” Paul said. “You know our farmers are one of the greatest parts of our economy. We do things very well in agriculture. If we would legalize hemp I think we would be one of the leaders of the world. I think we have a chance of passing it.”
Paul has also helped spearhead a federal effort in the Senate to separate industrial hemp from broader marijuana, which is currently classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule I drug. The bill, sponsored by Paul and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) would allow farmers to grow hemp and operate on a state-by-state basis… (more)
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