Hemp Growth Legalization Bill Clears Key Hurdle, but with a 'Tremendous Amount' of Regulations
By Sam Karlin, The Advocate, Baton Rouge
A proposal to legalize the growth of hemp in Louisiana cleared a key hurdle Tuesday, but not before lawmakers added a long list of regulations and conditions to the industry and the sale of popular CBD products that are already widely available. State Sen. Francis Thompson, a self-described skeptic of hemp and CBD products and chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, tacked an extensive list of amendments onto the bill before the committee cleared the legislation on a 5-2 vote.