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CHEYENNE – House Bill 230, introduced in the Wyoming State Legislature on Tuesday, would offer Wyoming the chance to grow industrial hemp for research purposes, joining 20 others states in the development of what was once a standard American crop.

As defined by the bill, “Industrial hemp means all parts and varieties of the plant cannabis sativa, containing no more than three-tenths of one...