Rand Paul and Others Introduce Bill to Legalize Industrial Hemp; Kentucky Senate Passes Similar Hemp Bill

While most are were out celebrating Valentine’s Day with their sweethearts, Kentucky Senators Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, and Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden introduced a piece of groundbreaking legislation regarding industrialized hemp.

According to Senator Rand Paul’s official website, “The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013 would remove federal restrictions on domestic cultivation of industrial hemp.” To be more precise, “Specifically, the bill would remove hemp from the Schedule 1 controlled substance list under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, and would define it as a non-drug so long as it contained less than 0.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).” Essentially, hemp would be legalized as long as it contains less than enough of the active substance that is capable of producing a high.

The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013 is the Senate’s sister bill to the House’s HR 525, which was introduced just last week.

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