{"id":638,"date":"2012-09-01T07:08:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T07:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=19785"},"modified":"2012-09-01T07:08:25","modified_gmt":"2012-09-01T07:08:25","slug":"as-convention-politics-dominate-it-is-important-not-to-lose-sight-of-hemp-developments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/as-convention-politics-dominate-it-is-important-not-to-lose-sight-of-hemp-developments\/","title":{"rendered":"As Convention Politics Dominate It is Important not to Lose Sight of Hemp Developments"},"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\/as-convention-politics-dominate-it-is-important-not-to-lose-sight-of-hemp-developments\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"176\" height=\"223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rand-paul.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"rand paul\" title=\"rand paul\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19786\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/as-convention-politics-dominate-it-is-important-not-to-lose-sight-of-hemp-developments\/attachment\/rand-paul\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19786\" title=\"rand paul\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rand-paul-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/paul.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rand Paul<\/a>, the son of the popular marijuana legalization advocate Ron Paul, has secured a passionate following in his own right.\u00a0 Rand Paul is a U.S. Senator from Kentucky, a state with an extremely rich hemp history.\u00a0 This week he spoke at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Republican National Convention<\/a>, of course to no one&#8217;s surprise he did not bring up hemp and marijuana reform.\u00a0 We will not hold Rand Paul accountable for that as the RNC heavily vetted his speech, perhaps worried he would channel some of the ideas the Paul&#8217;s that are not in step with the GOP.\u00a0 However, while August has been a highly national political month as the presidential election kicks into full gear, another issue has gained momentum.\u00a0 Joining Rand Paul is Kentucky<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamescomer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Agricultural Commissioner James Comer<\/a> who is also seeking to reform outdated an ill advised laws restricting hemp farming.\u00a0 The two would like to alter Kentucky law before it becomes fashionable for other states to do so.\u00a0 Kentucky has traditionally been the center of hemp production in the U.S. and the feeling is that economic prosperity could return to Kentucky if they act now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wkyufm.org\/post\/sen-paul-agriculture-commissioner-want-industrial-hemp-legalized\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"176\" height=\"223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rand-paul.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"rand paul\" title=\"rand paul\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19786\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/as-convention-politics-dominate-it-is-important-not-to-lose-sight-of-hemp-developments\/attachment\/rand-paul\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19786\" title=\"rand paul\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rand-paul-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/paul.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rand Paul<\/a>, the son of the popular marijuana legalization advocate Ron Paul, has secured a passionate following in his own right.\u00a0 Rand Paul is a U.S. Senator from Kentucky, a state with an extremely rich hemp history.\u00a0 This week he spoke at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Republican National Convention<\/a>, of course to no one&#8217;s surprise he did not bring up hemp and marijuana reform.\u00a0 We will not hold Rand Paul accountable for that as the RNC heavily vetted his speech, perhaps worried he would channel some of the ideas the Paul&#8217;s that are not in step with the GOP.\u00a0 However, while August has been a highly national political month as the presidential election kicks into full gear, another issue has gained momentum.\u00a0 Joining Rand Paul is Kentucky<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamescomer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Agricultural Commissioner James Comer<\/a> who is also seeking to reform outdated an ill advised laws restricting hemp farming.\u00a0 The two would like to alter Kentucky law before it becomes fashionable for other states to do so.\u00a0 Kentucky has traditionally been the center of hemp production in the U.S. and the feeling is that economic prosperity could return to Kentucky if they act now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wkyufm.org\/post\/sen-paul-agriculture-commissioner-want-industrial-hemp-legalized\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[429,52,409,430,55,151,56,9,51,70,309,414,1,3,61],"tags":[3007,2632,2987,3008,2635,2729,2636,2631,5,2887,2992,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638"}],"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=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}