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From NORML.ORG:

Industrial Hemp Bill Introduced in Wisconsin!

Dear NORML Supporters:

NORML is pleased to announce that Assembly Bill 146, an act to create a legislative committee to study the uses of industrial hemp in Wisconsin, has been introduced in the legislature and referred to the Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development. If passed, the proposed committee would conduct a review of the published literature on industrial hemp, evaluate the economic benefits of industrial hemp, and report its findings to the legislature. (Read the full text of the bill: click here.

According to a 2005 Congressional Resource Service (CRS) report, the United States is the only developed nation that fails to cultivate industrial hemp as an economic crop. Hemp is a distinct variety of the plant species cannabis sativa that contains only minute (less than 1%) amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Farmers worldwide grow hemp commercially for fiber, seed, and oil for use in a variety of industrial and consumer products, including food and clothing.
 
Please take two minutes of your time to write your Representative, as well as members of the Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development, and tell them how important it is that they support Assembly Bill 146. For your convenience, Committee member contact information, along with a pre-written letter, can be found by following this link: click here.

Sincerely,
Erin Dame
NORML Outreach Coordinator