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Congress just quietly passed a law that could spark a boom for the $1 billion marijuana-linked CBD industry

Congress just quietly passed a law that could spark a boom for the $1 billion marijuana-linked CBD industry

14 Dec 2018 12:20 PM | Deleted user

This week, a plant that's nearly identical to marijuana is set to become legal to grow in the US.

Thanks to the US Farm Bill, which the House passed on Wednesday in a 369 to 47 vote, American farmers will be able to plant and harvest hemp, a strain of the same plant species from which marijuana originates. The bill passed the Senate Tuesday in an 87 to 13 vote, and President Donald Trump has indicated his support.

Hemp legalization has been a longtime goal of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, who believes it can help replace tobacco as a key crop for his state's farmers.