Rules for Utah colleges to study hemp are too strict, group says

October 23, 2014
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Utah State University researchers are considering growing and studying hemp on campus.

And state leaders are trying to set parameters for that research — including requiring criminal background checks for employees and allowing police into college labs and grow fields at any time.

Technically, Utah universities could apply for a permit to research hemp next month. But with state agriculture leaders still tweaking the rules, that timeline could change.

“We don’t expect to have industrial hemp fields around the universities anytime soon,” said Scott Ericson, Utah’s deputy agriculture commissioner.

Legislative members of the Administrative Rules Committee discussed the draft rules — and a critique from the libertarian-leaning Libertas Institute — at a meeting Wednesday. [Read More]

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