Hemp has many more uses than just CBD oil. | stock photo
Hemp has many more uses than just CBD oil. | stock photo
After legislation sponsored by Sen. Dan Lauwers (R-Brockway Township) was passed in the Michigan Legislature, farmers are one step closer to being able to legally grow hemp in the state for commercial purposes, according to MiSenateGOP.
“Hemp is best known for CBD oil but also produces fibers used in fabrics, textiles, yarns, paper, home furnishings and a number of other objects,” Lauwers said in the press release. “While it is a variety of the the same plant species as marijuana, it contains almost none of marijuana’s psychoactive component, THC, and has long been cultivated for non-drug use. Michigan farmers will benefit greatly from being able to grow hemp.”
The legislation would enact the Industrial Hemp Growers Act and allow a state-operated hemp program. It would also allow institutions of higher education to grow hemp for research purposes.
Sen. Dan Lauwers
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In 2018, it became legal to farm and process commercial hemp in Michigan, but farmers had to be part of a licensing and registration program.
“I always found it ironic that the state of Michigan required me to use a hemp rope on the hand-operated manlifts of the grain elevator but prohibited us from producing hemp to produce such a rope,” Lauwers said, according to MiSenateGOP.
The legislation in now waiting for a signature from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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