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Hemp, Inc. Reports: Nebraska on Track to Legalize Industrial Hemp
Hemp, Inc. Reports: Nebraska on Track to Legalize Industrial Hemp.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n Hemp, Inc. Reports: Nebraska on Track to Legalize Industrial Hemp\n \n \nHemp, Inc. Reports: Nebraska on Track to Legalize Industrial Hemp\n \n SPRING HOPE, NC--(Marketwired - Feb 28, 2017) - \"Industrial hemp has absolutely no recreational applications. It only has medical and industrial applications. Sorry, you can't get high on hemp. If there is any federal pushback against recreational marijuana, this would not affect industrial hemp or Hemp, Inc.,\" said Bruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP). For the past six days, Hemp, Inc. has reported on a series of states that are on track to legalizing industrial hemp -- Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois. Nebraska joins that list today with hopes of bolstering research and development of industrial hemp for use in agribusiness, alternative fuels and opportunities in other areas.\n \"With the succession of states legalizing or on track for legalizing industrial hemp, the industrial hemp industry in America is rapidly reaching a tipping point,\" says Bruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP). \n So what is making industrial hemp so important to Americans and so important to states that they are willing to simply ignore a federal ban now? As the uninformed become informed on the difference between hemp and marijuana and the fog of ignorance dissipates, a miracle crop stands in clear sight as ways to help the economy and expand sources of revenue are sought.\n Last week, legislative bill (LB) 617 was heard in the Nebraska Agriculture Committee. Introduced by Senator Justin Wayne of Omaha, LB617 would create the Industrial Hemp Commission within the state Department of Agriculture. The commission would oversee a five-year research project conducted with the University of Nebraska that would include seed research and the planting, cultivation and analysis of industrial hemp demonstration plots. \"We have expert farmers, scientists, industrialists and centuries of history to prove that hemp is safe and can be used to make money for Nebraskans,\" said Sen. Wayne.\n According to The Nebraska Legislature official news source, there was a lot of support for legalizing industrial hemp in Nebraska. John Hansen, president of the Nebraska Farmers Union, said, \"Nebraska farmers are exploring alternative crops such as wheat, small grains, le...