Hemp spawns new industry in Colorado
Colorado's Amendment 64 is known nationwide as the ballot item that legalized marijuana here, turning the state into one of the country's test sites for decriminalizing and regulating the use of pot for people 21 and over.
But Amendment 64 legalized more than just pot. It also made legal growing industrial hemp, the non-psychoactive cousin of marijuana that is poised to create a new industry in Colorado.
While they both come from the same plant, different varieties are used for marijuana and for hemp. They are different both in their botanic composition and their cultivation, according to the Rocky Mountain Hemp Association.
Hemp has no psychoactive effects because of its low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical in marijuana that produces such effects. Even so, hemp was outlawed at the federal level in 1957.
A large variety of products can be made from hemp, including food products, paper, clothing, composite board...
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