Posted on 03/26/2018 12:17:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The U.S. Senate's top leader said Monday he wants to bring agricultural hemp production back into the national mainstream by removing it from the list of controlled substances.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told a group of hemp advocates in his home state of Kentucky that he will introduce legislation to legalize the crop as an agricultural commodity. The versatile crop has been grown on an experimental basis in a number of states in recent years.
"I believe hemp has a bright future in our state," McConnell said. "It's now time to take the final step and make this a legal crop for every state that wants to file a plan with the U.S. department of agriculture."
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Why does he hide behind the “hemp” euphemism?
Hemp makes great clothing!
Has nothing to do with marijuana! ;-)
Kentucky’s number one cash crop.
Tobacco is a distant second................
Turtles get hungry....
Way to go Mitch. Happy to see that you got your priorities in the right place. /s
So shut up and do it.
Squirrel!
Good to have a Majority leader who knows what is important./s
POS
Well you know Sessions isn’t going to stand for it.
This weasel can stick a truckload of hemp “where the sun don’t shine”.
Now hemp has been very very darn good ta me. Thay ...err senate is wawking agayn ayn’ was nahwt a-goin’ ta allow these raheet wing cooks ta shut down thay ...err govnt. Keep the gravy trayn open ayn’ the taxes flowing. We need thay ...uhh house ayn’ thay ...uhh preysidency ta get things done around here. Oh, wait - Mitch Mcconell
I guess I don’t understand why everyone on this thread is so upset about legalizing hemp?
Why does he hide behind the “hemp” euphemism?
= = =
He thought they said “rump”.
Considering the Omnibust bill that he came up with last week, he has obviously been smoking it for a while.
Because McConnell is a fraud.
I hope the same can’t be said about Bitch McConnel.
Because 40 odd years ago a bunch of dope smoking hippies got together and ruined the fun of sending somebody else's kid to fight in Vietnam.
Just great, another distraction for Sessions.
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