Just dropped off some hemp presents to my Senator. I'm sure he'll enjoy them. #hemp #mnleg pic.twitter.com/UYyYztuV7Q
— Mary Franson (@MaryFranson) April 9, 2015
Earlier today, Bluestem posted in Grumpy cat Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen still grumpy about industrial hemp's infernal roots in Hell that the Alexandria Republican state senator and former Douglas County Sheriff was deeply concerned that allowing Minnesota farmers to grow the substance formerly known as ditch weed would only lead to reefer madness:
"To me, it is baby steps toward recreational marijuana and I think we will find that out by the end of the session," Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, said Wednesday after a committee approved a bill to allow hemp to be grown by researchers.
Ingebrigtsen predicted attempts will be made to amend the hemp bill to include recreational marijuana use. Minnesota law allows a limited use of medical marijuana, but recreational use remains illegal. . . .
Many law enforcement officials oppose legalizing hemp because it looks so much like marijuana that they say the illegal plant could be hidden within a hemp field. . . .
Thom Petersen of Minnesota Farmers Union said the only legal problem Canada had when it legalized hemp years ago was that people would steal it out of fields. They were disappointed when they tried to smoke it and it did not give them a high, Petersen said, adding that the thefts only lasted a year or two.
Ingebrigtsen and Petersen's remarks were first reported by Forum News Service's Don Davis.
Senator Kent Eken is the author of SF618, the senate companion bill to Franson's HF683, which would allow research in the cultivation of industrial hemp and the development of an industrial hemp industry in Minnesota.
At the current time, hemp products like the soap and treats that Franson gave to her state senator are legal for sale in the state, but farmers and manufacturers can't grow or process the raw product--and reap the profits of this value-added industry.
Perhaps the soap will reassure the retired lawman that growing and processing hemp won't turn Minnesota into a bunch of dirty hippies.
Photos: tweeted images of the goodie bag.
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Is Grumpy Bill holding off because he doesn't think that industrial hemp can be as big a profit as, say, allowing rich people to buy lots of fancy weaponry for your police force so they can put on badges and go human hunting?
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/deputy-who-killed-man-after-mistaking-gun-for-taser-is-an-insurance-exec-who-pays-to-play-cop/
Posted by: Phoenix Woman | Apr 14, 2015 at 08:07 PM