Growing industrial hemp remains illegal in Kentucky despite recent state
legislation and a U.S. Department of Justice memo dealing with
marijuana prosecutions, Attorney General Jack Conway said Wednesday.
Conway expressed his views in a six-page advisory letter to State Police
Commissioner Rodney Brewer. Conway's legal analysis drew support from
Gov. Steve Beshear but vitriol from the office of state Agriculture
Commissioner James Comer.
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