From Capitol Hill to Westminster Palace — hemp is finally getting the hearing it deserves.

Last week I was in Washington DC for the Global Cannabis Regulatory Summit, where Sir Mike Penning, Shawn Hauser, Ricardo Geada and I discussed what it takes to turn good policy ideas into functioning law.

It was a stark reminder that wherever you are in the world — from state-by-state legislation in the US to banking restrictions under POCA in the UK — the barriers holding back industrial hemp are almost never scientific or economic. They're regulatory. And they’re fixable.

This week, the UK took a step forward. The inaugural meeting of the new All-Party Parliamentary Group for Hemp Carbon Capture & Rural Development brought parliamentarians, veterans, investors, and industry leaders together in Westminster.

If we want locally grown Sustainable Aviation Fuel feedstock, UK-made green construction materials, rural regeneration and jobs for our children who might not want to spend their lives in the city — we need industrial hemp. And to scale hemp, we need regulatory reform.

Join us.

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