Southern Oregon medical marijuana growers fear industrial hemp could ruin …

Southern Oregon medical marijuana growers fear industrial hemp could ruin
Edgar Winters, of Eagle Point, got a permit this month to grow industrial hemp on 25 acres in Jackson County, the heart of the state's outdoor marijuana growing region. Outdoor marijuana growers say the proximity of the proposed hemp farm threatens …
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Under the Microscope: Hemp Extract Remains out of Reach, Even after
Pippa Hull sits on her mother's lap across the kitchen table in their Parkville home. She is an outgoing and talkative seven-year-old girl, who just happens to have a rare and severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Pippa's mother …
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Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul push legalizing hemp growth
Hemp legalization legislation has been considered in Congress since 2005, when then-Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) pushed the issue. But the current bills have champions in positions of power, including the Senate majority leader and a potential White House …
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Medical pot growers fear hemp will ruin their crop

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Medical pot growers fear hemp will ruin their crop
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Southern Oregon farmers growing marijuana for medicine don't want fields of pot's prosaic cousin, industrial hemp, growing nearby. They say cross-pollination could turn their high-grade buds into throwback, seedy marijuana, …
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Kentucky lawmakers press Congress to back hemp
"I've heard from countless Kentuckians about the success of our initial 2014 industrial hemp pilot programs and university studies in the commonwealth," McConnell said in a statement last month, noting those projects got federal help in last year's …
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