|
Source: Tal Axelrod, THE HILL, 12/20/18
President Trump legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp Thursday when he signed a widespread, bipartisan farm bill aimed at boosting the agriculture industry. The fiber of hemp, a non-intoxicating derivative of the cannabis plant, is used to make a variety of products, such as cardboard, carpets, clothes, paper and more. Hemp production and sales have historically been illegal under the same federal prohibition against marijuana. For more of this story, click here.
|