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Senate backs bill to allow hemp research in New Mexico (SF New Mex)

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Senate backs bill to allow hemp research in New Mexico

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    Posted: Monday, March 2, 2015 6:30 pm | Updated: 12:21 am, Tue Mar 3, 2015.

    By Milan Simonich
    The New Mexican     | 0 comments

    America’s long war on hemp as an illegal drug is softening, and so is New Mexico’s.

    State senators voted 33-8 Monday for a bill to permit research of hemp as a commercial agricultural product. The sponsor, Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque, next will pitch his bill in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

    A companion bill in the House has been held up intentionally by Democrats so that McSorley could have a final version of his proposal in place.

    Read more here: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/senate-backs-bill-to-allow-hemp-research-in-new-mexico/article_6a284bd9-d6a9-58fb-b2b5-709e1b0a47dc.html?_dc=206953922286.62967