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Hemp products booming, but U.S. farmers hampered by its Schedule I status

Criminalized for decades as a form of cannabis, hemp is now making a state-by-state comeback.

Is industrial hemp, a variety of cannabis and a relative of marijuana, as versatile and important a crop as some of its proponents believe?

It certainly appears to be a much underutilized resource for American agriculture.

According to a report released in March by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, there are more than 25,000 hemp products being used internationally.

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