All We Are Saying, Is Let Us Grow Weed
The Drug Enforcement Administration is always on the lookout for tetrahydrocannabinols (THC). That's the key ingredient in marijuana, and if it turns up in other products, like industrial hemp, well, then as far as DEA's concerned, those products are just as illegal. Now two North Dakota farmers are challenging that position by suing the agency in federal court in an effort to end a ban on commercial hemp farming. They've already got licenses from the state Agriculture Commission to grow the crop.