![Industrial hemp plants grow in a greenhouse at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Mid-Florida Research & Education Center in Apopka. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/ Orlando Sentinel file) Industrial hemp plants grow in a greenhouse at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Mid-Florida Research & Education Center in Apopka. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/ Orlando Sentinel file)](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_os-bz-hemp-farming-1_2_1_EP619H3T_L227604534.jpg?w=525)
A WhatsApp group chat called "Save Florida Hemp" reveals frantic attempts by leaders in the hemp industry to raise millions of dollars for the Republican Party of Florida shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the hemp bill that would have killed the industry.
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