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	"author_name": "NORML",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/norml",
	"title": "Indiana: Establish A Hemp Pilot Program",
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	"description": "Update: House Bill 1137 unanimously passed the House on January 31. It now awaits action from the Senate Committee on Commerce and Technology. Legislation is pending, House Bill 1137 to authorize the Indiana state department of agriculture  to establish an agricultural pilot program to study the growth, cultivation, and marketing of industrial hemp and industrial hemp products. Language in the federal Farm Bill explicitly authorizes states to engage in licensed activity involving hemp, absent federal reclassification of the plant. Over two-dozen states have enacted legislation permitting licensed hemp cultivation in a manner that is compliant with this statute. Despite the passage of hemp-specific legislation in 2014, officials have never moved forward to authorize licensed hemp production in the state. A federal report, entitled &quot;Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity,&quot; produced by the Congressional Research Service finds that the hemp plant is &quot;genetically different&quot; from cultivated cannabis and acknowledged that its components may be utilized in the production of thousands of products, including paper, carpeting, home furnishing, construction and insulation materials, auto parts, animal bedding, body care products and nutritional supplements. It concludes, &quot;[A] commercial hemp industry in the United States could provide opportunities as an economically viable alternative crop for some US growers.&quot; It&#x27;s time to give Indiana farmers an opportunity to grow this important agricultural product. Please enter your information below to contact your lawmakers and urge them to support this effort. Follow Indiana NORML on Twitter, like them on Facebook, and visit their website.",
	"url": "http://norml.org/action-center/item/indiana-establish-a-hemp-pilot-program"
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