Thomas Massie and Rand Paul seek clarification on federal hemp position

[tsai3904]

Kentucky congressional delegation, Comer seek clarification on federal hemp position

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky farmers should be permitted to grow industrial hemp under existing federal and state law, Agriculture Commissioner James Comer and other Kentucky leaders wrote in a letter to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration seeking clarification of the agency’s position on industrial hemp.

“The federal government has said it will respect state laws regarding marijuana cultivation and sales, so we feel that hemp should be treated the same way,” Commissioner Comer said. “Farmers and processors need to be assured that they won’t be harassed by the DEA if they grow and process hemp, and that’s the purpose of this letter.”

Commissioner Comer was joined by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul; U.S. Reps. John Yarmuth and Thomas Massie; and Brian Furnish, chairman of the Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission, in asking the DEA to clarify that hemp production and processing are legal in states such as Kentucky that have legalized hemp and enacted a framework for licensing and regulating hemp production. The letter was mailed to Washington on Tuesday.

“There is solid standing for Kentucky to move forward with the reintroduction of industrial hemp,” said Sen. Rand Paul. “It is time for the Department of Justice to recognize this and allow production to move forward. Thanks to the regulatory framework set up by Senate Bill 50, we are in in a position to make industrial hemp production in Kentucky a reality again.”

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More:
http://www.kyagr.com/Kentucky-AGNEW...k-clarification-on-federal-hemp-position.html

Massie's HR 525, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013, is up to 49 cosponsors. Ron Paul's bill in the last Congress had only 37 cosponsors.

 

[IndianaPolitico]

I was thinking, just a few years ago action like this would be unheard of. Liberty truly is rising.

 

[tsai3904]

Here's the letter they wrote to the DEA:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/187637133/KY-Hemp-ltr-to-DOJ

It says Kentucky intends to move forward with the production of industrial hemp.

 

[jkr]

Prison
MURDER
THEF T


IS THAT Clear?

 

[philipped]

I was thinking, just a few years ago action like this would be unheard of. Liberty truly is rising.

Maaaaan, this proves things are changing.

 

[Keith and stuff]

Here's the letter they wrote to the DEA:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/187637133/KY-Hemp-ltr-to-DOJ

It says Kentucky intends to move forward with the production of industrial hemp.

Excellent. It has already happened in KY and Obama did nothing.

 

[amisspelledword]

did clarification ever come? any response?

 

[philipped]

did clarification ever come? any response?

bump

 

[Occam's Banana]

They should just do it - and to hell with whatever the DEA or DoJ think.