A proposal to regulate industrial hemp in Kentucky received a late push from House Majority Leader Rocky Adkins, who has filed an amendment that would establish a five-year study on the crop. Adkins, D-Sandy Hook, discussed industrial hemp Friday with Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, who is leading the charge to establish a regulatory framework to cultivate the illegal plant. Senate Bill 50 would not legalize the crop, which has been federally banned because it is of the same plant species as marijuana.
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