Industrial Hemp Bill Adopted by Maryland House of Delegates
Establishing a 4 and one-half year pilot program to study the growth and marketing of industrial hemp; providing for the purpose of the pilot program; requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to...
View ArticleMaryland House and Senate Pass Industrial Hemp Bill
An industrial hemp bill establishing a four-year pilot program passed the Maryland House of Delegates on March 31 with a 128-8 vote, and unanimously passed the Maryland Senate April 3.
View ArticleMaryland Authorizes the Production of Hemp
Maryland yesterday became the fourth state in the nation to authorize the production of hemp, a hardy fibrous crop with many commercial uses that sponsors hope will offer Maryland farmers a profitable...
View ArticleWoman Crusades Against Hemp Law
Joyce D Nalepka’s battle against marijuana began in 1977 with a Kiss. When she went to the rock band’s concert with her two sons, she saw the pervasiveness of pot and a drug culture that threatened...
View ArticleA hazy future
Tobacco farmers, who face giving up the crop upon which Colonial Maryland’s economy was built, are struggling to answer one burning question: What could they grow that could possibly be as profitable?...
View ArticleSkepticism greets plan to raise hemp instead of tobacco
Maryland is pushing ahead with plans for a pilot project to examine industrial hemp as an alternative to tobacco — even though most of the officials associated with the project have doubts about the...
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