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Ohio General Assembly passes bill to legalize hemp and CBD products
Source: Cleveland.com
Ohio General Assembly passes bill to legalize hemp and CBD products
Updated Jul 17, 7:45 PM; Posted Jul 17, 7:03 PM
By Laura Hancock, cleveland.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio General Assembly sent a bill to Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday that would allow farmers to grow industrial hemp and stores to sell products with its ingredient, known as CBD.
Senate Bill 57 passed the House and then returned to the Senate for concurrence on a number of changes the House made. The Senate OK’d the changes.
The federal government allowed states to implement hemp programs in the 2018 Farm Bill and Ohio is one of the few states without a program, said Rep. Kyle Koehler, a Springfield Republican.
Hemp is used for building materials, energy, textiles, paper products, food and household goods, he said.
Under state law, hemp is lumped in with marijuana drug laws. SB 57 would decriminalize hemp.
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Updated Jul 17, 7:45 PM; Posted Jul 17, 7:03 PM
By Laura Hancock, cleveland.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio General Assembly sent a bill to Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday that would allow farmers to grow industrial hemp and stores to sell products with its ingredient, known as CBD.
Senate Bill 57 passed the House and then returned to the Senate for concurrence on a number of changes the House made. The Senate OK’d the changes.
The federal government allowed states to implement hemp programs in the 2018 Farm Bill and Ohio is one of the few states without a program, said Rep. Kyle Koehler, a Springfield Republican.
Hemp is used for building materials, energy, textiles, paper products, food and household goods, he said.
Under state law, hemp is lumped in with marijuana drug laws. SB 57 would decriminalize hemp.
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Read more: https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/07/ohio-general-assembly-passes-bill-to-legalize-hemp-and-cbd-products.html