Westword, 21 Jun 2013 – Last month, Colorado’s legislature passed a hemp-farming registry bill that Governor John Hickenloopersigned into law. But can hemp escape the role of marijuana’s sober sister on a national scale? A new development gives it the best chance of doing so in ages. Colorado Representative Jared Polis was among legislators pushing a hemp amendment to the giant farm bill — and after he took to the House floor citing George Washington’s advocacy and the possibility that Betsy Ross’s original flag was made of the fiber, the item passed. The video and details below. Here’s the video of Polis and colleagues speaking on behalf of the hemp amendment to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, better known as the FARRM Bill. The legislation would prevent the federal government from interfering with colleges and universities that choose to research industrial hemp in states, like Colorado, where doing so is legal.
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