{"id":4913,"date":"2015-10-24T22:02:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T22:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=3871"},"modified":"2015-10-24T22:02:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T22:02:50","slug":"pa-lawmaker-sees-industrial-uses-for-hemp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/pa-lawmaker-sees-industrial-uses-for-hemp\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Lawmaker Sees Industrial Uses For Hemp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/pa-lawmaker-sees-industrial-uses-for-hemp\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>State Rep. Marty Flynn has read a lot about hemp, the name for cannabis plant varieties grown for industrial uses, such as fiber.<\/p>\n<p>During his research, he kept thinking about the legal status of the plant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me it seemed like there was no reason for it to be illegal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn, D-Scranton, became a key co-sponsor of House Bill 967, which creates a pilot program for growing hemp in Pennsylvania. The House Agriculture Committee just voted 24-0, with three members not voting, to move the bill out of the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn sees industrial hemp as a potential boon for the state.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why he thinks it could come to a vote soon in the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the temperature is right,\u201d he said. \u201cThe state needs money and more industry. This is definitely a way to improve those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill, sponsored by Russ Diamond, R-Lebanon, would allow the Department of Agriculture and universities to grow hemp under the pilot program. The bill also creates regulations for growing the plant. Flynn said he may propose expanding who is allowed to grow the crop.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau supports Diamond\u2019s bill and another proposal. The bureau also warned that hemp won\u2019t be a panacea for farmers looking for business and said it is worried that farmers could face consequences because of federal laws that treat cannabis plants as illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Hemp and marijuana are both from the cannabis plant. Hemp has a much lower content of tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive compound in the plant.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pa-lawmaker-sees-industrial-uses-for-hemp.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Jacob Redmond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/citizensvoice.com\/news\/lawmaker-sees-industrial-uses-for-hemp-1.1955999\" target=\"_blank\">Lawmaker Sees Industrial Uses For Hemp<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Bill Wellock<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:bwellock@citizensvoice.com\">Email Author<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: Ecowatch<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/citizensvoice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Citizens Voice News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Rep. Marty Flynn has read a lot about hemp, the name for cannabis plant varieties grown for industrial uses, such as fiber.<\/p>\n<p>During his research, he kept thinking about the legal status of the plant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me it seemed like there was no reason for it to be illegal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn, D-Scranton, became a key co-sponsor of House Bill 967, which creates a pilot program for growing hemp in Pennsylvania. The House Agriculture Committee just voted 24-0, with three members not voting, to move the bill out of the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn sees industrial hemp as a potential boon for the state.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why he thinks it could come to a vote soon in the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the temperature is right,\u201d he said. \u201cThe state needs money and more industry. This is definitely a way to improve those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill, sponsored by Russ Diamond, R-Lebanon, would allow the Department of Agriculture and universities to grow hemp under the pilot program. The bill also creates regulations for growing the plant. Flynn said he may propose expanding who is allowed to grow the crop.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau supports Diamond\u2019s bill and another proposal. The bureau also warned that hemp won\u2019t be a panacea for farmers looking for business and said it is worried that farmers could face consequences because of federal laws that treat cannabis plants as illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Hemp and marijuana are both from the cannabis plant. Hemp has a much lower content of tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive compound in the plant.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pa-lawmaker-sees-industrial-uses-for-hemp.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Jacob Redmond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/citizensvoice.com\/news\/lawmaker-sees-industrial-uses-for-hemp-1.1955999\" target=\"_blank\">Lawmaker Sees Industrial Uses For Hemp<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Bill Wellock<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:bwellock@citizensvoice.com\">Email Author<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: Ecowatch<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/citizensvoice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Citizens Voice News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1607,9,1,3],"tags":[4175],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}