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| Subject: OZschwitz: High hopes for industrial use cannabis Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:05 pm | |
| GROWING cannabis becomes legal in NSW today - provided you are a licensed farmer who will harvest hemp for industrial use.
After years of debate, the State Government has approved large-scale hemp farming and will consider licence applications under a new scheme.
Hemp needs little water, grows quickly and the fibrous stems can be used in clothing, cosmetics, livestock and animal feeds, and building materials. The police-approved cannabis varieties all have low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, the compound people smoke to get high.
"Industrial hemp has the potential to provide farmers with a much-needed additional fast-growing summer crop option that can be used in rotation with winter grain crops," said the Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald. "It's a potentially lucrative industry due to [its] environmentally friendly nature."
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