SD lawmaker expects another push for hemp

Published February 24, 2014 2:40pm ET



YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — One of the South Dakota lawmakers behind a failed effort to ease restrictions on hemp production said he expects the issue to come before the Legislature again next year.

A resolution urging the federal government to reconsider hemp’s status as a controlled substance and recognize its viability as a crop was approved overwhelmingly in the state House but failed in the Senate last week.

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