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Where is it legal to grow hemp?

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“(1) the industrial hemp is grown or cultivated for purposes of research conducted under an agricultural pilot program or other agricultural or academic research; and. read more

As the headline suggests, hemp is permissible to grow in several states, but doing so is against federal law because the federal Drug Enforcement Administration has improperly been given regulatory authority over substances and plants like hemp (and the DEA treats hemp the same as marijuana, though hemp is marijuana's poor cousin and contains only a fraction of THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana). read more

Currently there are thirteen states with statutes establishing commercial industrial hemp programs. This means that the following 14 states can legally grow and process industrial hemp and hemp seeds: CA, CO, IN, KY, MA, MO, ND, OR, SC, TN, VT, VA, NC and WV. read more

Some states have made the cultivation of industrial hemp legal, but these states — North Dakota, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Oregon, California, Montana, West Virginia and Vermont — have not yet begun to grow it because of resistance from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. read more

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Hemp Seeds Can Legally Be Produced in 14 States - Hemp Inc.
Source: hempinc.com