THAT BURNING FIELD OF SEMI-HEMP OUTSIDE OF BAKO

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A crop of cannabis in Kern County — a hotbed of anti-THC fanaticism — was destroyed this week, allegedly for testing too high in the chemical.Kern county has 7,000 registered acres of hemp and is one of the state's leading producers.Bakersfield Californian

• Reports are that law enforcement destroyed some fields that were under contract by a local hemp researcher who had failed to register some local acreage. Two dozen samples tested higher than the .03 legal limit, with some as high as seven percent.
• County sherriffs wouldn't comment . . .
  

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