Patrick Leahy Signals Support For Hemp Legalization

WASHINGTON -- Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday signaled to advocates that he would support an amendment to the farm bill that will legalize industrial hemp production, according to Tom Murphy of Vote Hemp. Leahy's office, he said, told the group Rural Vermont that he'd be backing the effort, and a Leahy aide confirmed his support to HuffPost. Leahy's backing is a major boost, because his committee oversees the Drug Enforcement Administration, which has jurisdiction o...