{"id":6012,"date":"2016-05-11T02:34:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T02:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=4813"},"modified":"2016-05-11T02:34:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T02:34:37","slug":"alabama-legislature-passes-bill-to-research-hemp-as-cash-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/alabama-legislature-passes-bill-to-research-hemp-as-cash-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Legislature Passes Bill To Research Hemp As Cash Crop"},"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\/alabama-legislature-passes-bill-to-research-hemp-as-cash-crop\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>A bill to allow research on growing hemp for industrial uses passed the Alabama Legislature tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Robert Bentley could sign it into law.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, by Rep. Ken Johnson, R-Moulton, authorizes the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries to administer research, including studies by state universities, on developing hemp as a crop that could benefit the agriculture industry in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Hemp, like marijuana, is a form of cannabis, but has only trace amounts of THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Hemp is used to make a wide variety of products used in manufacturing and construction.<\/p>\n<p>The federal Farm Bill passed in 2014 authorizes state agriculture departments and state universities to research hemp production in pilot programs.<\/p>\n<p>About 28 states have passed legislation authorizing the research projects, including the four states bordering Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s bill passed the state Senate tonight by a vote of 27-1. The House had passed it earlier by a vote of 94-0.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4814\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/alabama-legislature-passes-bill-to-research-hemp-as-cash-crop.jpg\" alt=\"hemp-harvesting-1\" width=\"795\" height=\"470\" \/>News Moderator: Robert Celt <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2016\/05\/legislature_passes_bill_to_res.html\" target=\"_blank\">Alabama Legislature Passes Bill To Research Hemp As Cash Crop<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Mike Cason<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/contactus\/\" target=\"_blank\">AL.com<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit:\u00a0None found<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AL.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill to allow research on growing hemp for industrial uses passed the Alabama Legislature tonight.<br \/>\nGov. Robert Bentley could&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2016\/05\/alabama-legislature-passes-bill-research-hemp-cash-crop\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/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\/6012"}],"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=6012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}