Former Kentucky Governor Endorses Industrial Hemp

In 2001, former Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn explained why after learning the facts, he decided to support reintroducing industrial hemp as a legal crop in the United States. In his  commentary published by The Lexington Herald-Leader, Gov. Nunn  wrote that “I was opposed to the legalization of hemp for years because I had been of the opinion that hemp was marijuana. I was shortsighted in my thinking, and I was wrong.” He explained that it is important to replace “misleading and intimidating rhetoric” with the facts, pointing out that industrial hemp “is not a drug, and never was.”

Former Kentucky Governor Endorses Industrial Hemp

In 2001, former Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn explained why after learning the facts, he decided to support reintroducing industrial hemp as a legal crop in the United States. In his  commentary published by The Lexington Herald-Leader, Gov. Nunn  wrote that “I was opposed to the legalization of hemp for years because I had been of the opinion that hemp was marijuana. I was shortsighted in my thinking, and I was wrong.” He explained that it is important to replace “misleading and intimidating rhetoric” with the facts, pointing out that industrial hemp “is not a drug, and never was.”