Farm Bill Passes Second Chamber With Hemp, No Drug Testing

The Senate has passed the version of the Farm Bill sent to it last week by the House of Representatives, meaning that the legislation, which includes a section authorizing industrial hemp growing by universities for research, will now go to President Obama for his signature.

Also positive is that drug testing legislation for food stamp recipients, included in the House’s first Farm Bill passed last summer, is absent. Two victories!

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