The Northern Territory Government is set to green-light the industrial hemp industry, and moves are afoot to commercially cultivate medical marijuana.

Draft legislation to legalise the growing of industrial hemp has gone to Cabinet, a Government spokesperson said, with new laws that would bring the Territory into line with other Australian states expected to pass by the end of the year.

A trial crop in Katherine has proven successful, with the region's climate conditions expected to give the NT a "big commercial advantage".

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Bridget Judd and Emilie Gramenz ~ ABC.net.au via 420Intel.com ~