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Kentucky

otherone

(973 posts) Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:38 PM Apr 2013

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what is the hemp situation in Kentucky?

is it gonna be legal?

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what is the hemp situation in Kentucky? (Original Post) otherone Apr 2013 OP

There's a guy named Davey on the corner of ... Kennah Apr 2013 #1

Kennah, shhh! nt Mnemosyne Apr 2013 #3

Doh! Sorry. Didn't think anyone who didn't already know was listening. Kennah Apr 2013 #5

They listen, Kennah, they listen. nt Mnemosyne Apr 2013 #7

Are you my conscience? Kennah Apr 2013 #10

I am the Walrus, coo coo kachoo! Mnemosyne Apr 2013 #12

Gesundheit! I never knew walruses caught colds. Kennah Apr 2013 #13

Snout and whiskers get pretty gross, luckily a rare occurrence. See how they fly? nt Mnemosyne Apr 2013 #14

The bill passed A Little Weird Apr 2013 #2

our US attorney general may go there and personally cut it down...easier than standing up to msongs Apr 2013 #4

Who is objecting to the growth of hemp in Kentucky? rdharma Apr 2013 #6

The timber and cotton industry. nt SunSeeker Apr 2013 #8

Law enforcement A Little Weird Apr 2013 #9

Why not? Grew it in WWII! Patriotic weed. Luck Strike,really green, has gone to war era veteran Apr 2013 #11

Kennah

(14,465 posts)

1. There's a guy named Davey on the corner of ...

Reply to otherone (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:39 PM

Apr 2013

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

3. Kennah, shhh! nt

Reply to Kennah (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:05 PM

Apr 2013

Kennah

(14,465 posts)

5. Doh! Sorry. Didn't think anyone who didn't already know was listening.

Reply to Mnemosyne (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:20 PM

Apr 2013

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

7. They listen, Kennah, they listen. nt

Reply to Kennah (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:26 PM

Apr 2013

Kennah

(14,465 posts)

10. Are you my conscience?

Reply to Mnemosyne (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 11:17 PM

Apr 2013

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

12. I am the Walrus, coo coo kachoo!

Reply to Kennah (Reply #10)

Thu Apr 11, 2013, 11:27 AM

Apr 2013

Kennah

(14,465 posts)

13. Gesundheit! I never knew walruses caught colds.

Reply to Mnemosyne (Reply #12)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 08:07 PM

Apr 2013

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

14. Snout and whiskers get pretty gross, luckily a rare occurrence. See how they fly? nt

Reply to Kennah (Reply #13)

Sat Apr 13, 2013, 01:03 AM

Apr 2013

A Little Weird

(1,754 posts)

2. The bill passed

Reply to otherone (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:53 PM

Apr 2013

The bill passed and Beshear did not veto it so I guess as soon as the federal government lifts it's ban on industrial hemp then farmers can start growing it. Seems like much ado about nothing since it's still not legal under federal law.

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/04/06/2589056/beshear-lets-kentucky-hemp-bill.html?fb_action_ids=559272750770186&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[121554001372047]&action_type_map=["og.recommends"]&action_ref_map=[]

msongs

(70,170 posts)

4. our US attorney general may go there and personally cut it down...easier than standing up to

Reply to otherone (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:07 PM

Apr 2013

criminals who are "too big" to arrest and prosecute

rdharma

(6,057 posts)

6. Who is objecting to the growth of hemp in Kentucky?

Reply to otherone (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:26 PM

Apr 2013

It's NOT DOPE!

SunSeeker

(53,655 posts)

8. The timber and cotton industry. nt

Reply to rdharma (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 01:15 AM

Apr 2013

A Little Weird

(1,754 posts)

9. Law enforcement

Reply to rdharma (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 07:04 AM

Apr 2013

Even though hemp and marijuana are not the same thing, law enforcement keeps saying it will be a problem. I'm not sure of their motivation but they are mostly the ones that have been vocal against hemp. Maybe they think it will be hard to tell them apart?

I do think the timber and cotton industries oppose hemp on the national level, but I haven't heard any opposition from those groups in Kentucky. Cotton is not a Kentucky crop.

era veteran

(4,069 posts)

11. Why not? Grew it in WWII! Patriotic weed. Luck Strike,really green, has gone to war

Reply to otherone (Original post)

Thu Apr 11, 2013, 05:00 AM

Apr 2013

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