LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker has introduced legislation to legalize industrial hemp as a cash crop and a source for alternative fuels.Sen. Joey Pendleton, a Democrat from Hopkinsville in southern Kentucky, said the time is right to cash in on hemp, because the plant is already legal for research purposes in Kentucky, along with seven other states, and Congress has legislation before it to decriminalize hemp.Industrial hemp is used in alternative automobile fuels and in such products as paper, cloths, cosmetics, and carpet. —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]