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Industrial hemp can replace sugar, lawmaker says

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

While Harry Ako, left, talked with the media, state Rep. Cynthia Thielen measured the height of a hemp plant last July. Ako and his research staff initiated the first harvest of the University of Hawaii’s Industrial Hemp Research Project in Waimanalo.