House votes to legalize industrial hemp research

Published May 22, 2014 10:50pm ET



LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan House has overwhelmingly passed legislation to allow industrial hemp research.

Two bills passed Thursday would allow the state agriculture department, a college or a university to grow industrial hemp for agricultural or academic research. Hemp being grown for research purposes would be excluded from marijuana laws in the Public Health Code.

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