South Carolina Senate Committee Considers Bill to Regulate Hemp Intoxicants
A committee under the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources in South Carolina is currently reviewing a measure that, if passed, would regulate the state’s hemp industry. The state re-legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp in 2017, in accordance with the federal 2014 Farm Bill. Senator Deon Tedder, who sponsored the regulation measure, introduced it in the Senate on January 14th this year. Tedder explained that businesses in the state wanted to follow the law as well as be protected and regulated while they operated legally in the state. This development comes after the Health and Environmental Control department introduced…