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To the Members of the California State Senate:
I am returning Senate Bill 676 without my signature.
This measure would establish a pilot program for the cultivation of industrial hemp in four counties in California.
Federal law clearly establishes that all cannabis plants, including industrial hemp, are marijuana, which is a federally regulated controlled substance. Failure to obtain a permit from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration prior to growing such plants will subject a California farmer to federal prosecution.
Although I am not signing this measure, I do support a change in federal law. Products made from hemp - clothes, food, and bath products - are legally sold in California every day. It is absurd that hemp is being imported into the state, but our farmers cannot grow it.
Sincerely,
Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
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Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA)
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