Industrial Hemp Now A Legal Tennessee Crop

by Adam Ghassemi

 

A number of new state laws went into effect Tuesday, but one could plant a seed for the Tennessee’s future.

Industrial hemp is now legal, though the state Department of Agriculture which will oversee it has yet to establish complete rules for growers.

David Waddell, administrative manager for the department’s Consumer and Industries Services Division, has been working on bringing industrial hemp to Tennessee for some time.

Now the Volunteer State is among a few others to classify hemp as a legal crop.

“We’re getting in on the ground floor,” Waddell said.

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Ex-New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson named CEO of Nevada-based marijuana company

File-This Nov. 3, 2011 file photo shows former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson addressing the 2011 Drug Policy Alliance conference in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 it was announced that Johnson had been named the CEO of a Nevada-based company that hopes to make medical and recreational marijuana products. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A Nevada-based startup that plans on selling medical and recreational marijuana products named former New Mexico governor and U.S. Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson as its CEO and president, the company announced Tuesday.
The announcement came as Cannabis Sativa Inc. said it had acquired marijuana research business Kush while company officials work to navigate changing state laws on marijuana and potential challenges from the federal government, which still views marijuana as a controlled substance.
Johnson said he hoped to expand Cannabis Sativa into a major marijuana business and intends to work out of New Mexico to help develop products that are legal in states like Colorado and Washington.
 
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