HB393 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ken Johnson

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Industrial hemp, manufactured by Agriculture and Industries Department or university, Agriculture Dept. to authorize, exemption from definition of marijuana for purposes on controlled substances list, Sec. 20-2-2 am'd.

Description

This bill would authorize the Department of Agriculture and Industries to administer an industrial hemp research program. This bill would allow the department or an institution of higher learning could apply for a permit or waiver to grow industrial hemp for the manufacture of hemp products.

This bill would revise the definition of marijuana in the controlled substances law to exclude industrial hemp.

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Subjects

Agriculture