7. Hemp
On top of a voter initiative to legalize all drugs in the Grand Canyon State, Arizona voters will likewise have the opportunity to legalize industrial hemp this upcoming November.
Meanwhile, legal hemp pioneering state Colorado is maintaining crucial hemp crop diversity with an expanded seed base. As reported by the Herald Times, on December 11, the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) approved four distinct hemp seed types—Beniko, Tygra, Elite and Bialobrzeskie—as each passed statewide THC validation (industrial hemp must contain no more than 0.3 percent THC), as well as observation trials. These four hemp seed types are now eligible to be cultivated in 2018 and beyond by the Colorado Seed Growers Association in order to produce CDA-approved seed.
