But, the PM did concede that hemp is quote, "a perfectly sound alternative to the Leader of the Opposition's lunatic notion of an internationally illegal marijuana industry." End quote.
The Attorney General is drafting the necessary legislation - and he told us where's he's at with that today,.
Hon. Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney General
"It's already legal to grow hemp. We have to create regulations. The minister of agriculture along with the minister of health, because we have to make sure that it's really hemp. As you know legal hemp is 0.3% THC content. So they will have to be some monitoring. It's not like you are growing tomatoes or bananas. There will have to be constant monitoring by the authorities that it is hemp you are growing. The hemp and marijuana are first cousins, if not very close half-brothers. So we have to be careful that people are growing hemp and that the THC content is within the legal limitations. So we have to craft legislation to make sure that it won't be cumbersome for people to apply to grow, but at the same time we make that's its hemp and not marijuana."
Peyreffite says that legislation should be ready by next week.
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