Apparently, hemp makes strange bedfellows, not to mention indestructible bed linens. Besides raising the sales tax, he called out the National Guard to stop Vietnam War protesters at the University of Kentucky. Now he's the state's No.1 hemp promoter, a cause usually associated with, well, pacifist hippie types. Yeah, just a little. These days the former governor is plugging hemp as the state's best alternative to tobacco.
Problem is, it's illegal.
Kentucky law doesn't distinguish between hemp and its relative, marijuana, even though only marijuana contains enough THC to carry a Cheech and Chong movie. I was short-sighted in my thinking, and I was wrong. He notes the Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. He argues, persuasively, that police in other countries can and do distinguish between hemp and pot. This is a fine cause but not one I would have associated with Louie Nunn.