Wisconsin Senators support McConnell hemp bill

Wisconsin Senators support McConnell hemp bill

 

Both of Wisconsin’s Senators have signed onto Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s bill that would remove industrial hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act.

Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin join Wisconsin Representatives Glenn Grothman, Ron Kind, Mark Pocan, Gwen Moore, and Mike Gallagher in supporting hemp as an agricultural crop.

Wisconsin is in its first year of growing hemp since the 1930’s when it was a national leader in hemp production.

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