WASHINGTON _ The Senate farm bill would bar people convicted of drug felonies from growing hemp _ but some states already go further than that.
In some cases states bar those with drug-related misdemeanors as well.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who has led the Senate effort to make it easier to grow legal hemp, represents a state that bars anyone convicted of any felony or any drug-related misdemeanor from securing a hemp license for 10 years after the conviction.
