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FRANKFORT (AP) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Moffett says he is willing to "go to the carpet" to legalize the production of industrial hemp in Kentucky.

The Louisville businessman voiced his support for industrial hemp in a question and answer session with Lexington voters on Thursday and again Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.

Moffett is one of two Kentucky gubernatorial candidates who have voiced support for hemp farming. Lexington attorney Gatewood Galbraith, a perennial candidate running as an independent, has promoted industrial hemp for years.

Industrial hemp, a cousin to marijuana, is used to make paper, lotion and other products. It is illegal because it contains trace amounts of a mind-altering chemical that makes marijuana intoxicating.

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