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Dina Titus: “Use less water, grow hemp. But you know, there's a market…”

Featuring: Dina Titus, Democratic | U.S. House Nevada, District 1

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NCIA's Voice of Cannabis Podcast | Ep. 6: Congresswoman Dina Titus w/ Aaron Smith & Jimmy Young

Published | Video Starts at 24:46

And so we. They grow a lot of alfalfa up in central Nevada, uses up a lot of water, and then they just ship it to China. I said Use less water, grow hemp. But you know, there's a market for that here at home and you don't have to ship it to China and it uses less water. So I think you could look at a number of environmental things around this issue that might give you some allies. (24:46–24:54)

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Asserts that growing hemp uses less water than alfalfa and has a local market.

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