ACTOR WOODY HARRELSON ACQUITTED OF MARIJUANA CHARGES IN KENTUCKY

A jury acquitted actor Woody Harrelson of misdemeanor marijuana
possession charges Thursday in Beattyville, Ky., ending Harrelson's
four-year court battle to get Kentucky to differentiate between hemp
and marijuana.

Harrelson planted four hemp seeds in 1996, knowing he would be
arrested, so he could challenge a law outlawing possession of any part
of the cannabis plant. The jurors deliberated about 25 minutes before
finding him not guilty.

``Regardless of what the Supreme Court says and regardless of what the
legislators say, those people don't think it's right that someone
should go to jail for growing industrial hemp,'' Harrelson said.