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USDA: States can't ban hemp trucks once fed regs take effect; link to full story

Posted by Betsy May 30, 2019

States won’t be able to ban the transport of hemp through their states once the U.S. Department of Agriculture publishes hemp production regulations later this year, Post Register reporter Nate Brown writes, according to an advisory opinion from a lawyer for the department.

The opinion also said states already can’t ban the transport of hemp that is grown legally under a 2014 law, and it took issue with a recent ruling in a pending case involving 6,700 pounds of hemp seized in Ada County in January.

The cultivation of hemp, a non-psychoactive cousin of marijuana that has industrial uses such as rope and fabric manufacturing, was legalized federally under the Farm Bill that passed in December. While many states are working on plans to regulate hemp cultivation, Idaho remains one of the few where driving a load of it through the state might get you serious prison time.

Three truckers moving hemp through Idaho have been arrested in Ada County over the past year or so. You can read Brown's full report here at postregister.com, or pick up today's Idaho Press; it's on the front page. (The Post Register is our sister paper; both the Idaho Press and the Post Register in Idaho Falls are owned by Adams Publishing, as is the Idaho State Journal in Pocatello and several smaller Idaho papers.)

Source: https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/usda-states-can-t-ban-hemp-trucks-once-fed-regs/article_91f186c8-4fc9-5bef-ac14-5cbf701ef599.html