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Topia!: Society: Issues: Business: Agriculture: Industrial Hemp (89)
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 Vote Hemp - Registers voters online, educates about Industrial Hemp, provides online voter guide, and sends email Action Alerts.Fornits' Industrial Hemp Archive - Very useful "resource" list of industrial hemp articles and sites. North American Industrial Hemp Council - The comprehensive information source for the North American hemp industry. Learn all about industrial hemp and its many uses. Banning the growing of this product is like banning both corn and cotton. Californians for Industrial Renewal - C.A.I.R., the Campaign for Agricultural and Industrial Renewal, is a non-profit lobbying organization (501c4) dedicated to renewing the legal status of Industrial Hemp and reintroducing the crop to farmers and agri-businesses. Industrial Hemp Movement Growing - An article by the National Drug Strategy Network, an anti-drug organization, showing industrial hemp in a positive light, implicitly supporting it Hemp, as Defined in Enc. Britannica - 1856 - This is a fascinating look at history, both in itself and in the history of hemp before the insane demonization that started in 1930s America. Hemp as Biomass - "About 6% of contiguous United States land area put into cultivation for biomass could supply all current demands for oil and gas" (and employ farmers instead of subsidizing them), using Hemp as fuel. Ralph Nader on Industrial Hemp - Ralph Nader's column In the Public Interest: This week's topic "The DEA should get out of regulating hemp agriculture." Hempology - Hemp History - Features historical documents, photos and information relating to hemp. An excellent resource with a lot of hard to find information. Acts of the 1999-2000 Vermont Legislature - Vermont J.R.S. 98 - Text of the Vermont joint resolution urging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Congress to reconsider federal policies that restrict the cultivation and marketing of Industrial Hemp and related products. Alternative Agricultural Strategies in Vermont: The Case of Industrial Hemp - By Catherine Chan Halbrendt, Qingbin Wang, and Matthew C. Mole. Paper presented at the Vermont Agricultural Economic Development Conference, December 16, 1996. Hemp Embargo - Begun in response to DEA/Customs efforts to stop/seize legal Canadian hemp shipments from coming into the US. Presents this case and other efforts to illegally prohibit Industrial Hemp products. The University of Vermont Legislative Research Shop - Viability of Industrial Hemp. NAIHC Position Paper - Separating the Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Issues - A clear, well written paper on legalizing Industrial Hemp. Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News - The Hawaii Industrial Hemp Research Project will hold a Hemp Field Day on Sept. 5 at 11 a.m. at the Wahiawa site. Putting Cannabis Into Cars: March 97 - Popular Mechanics story about Industrial Hemp in automobile parts. Funded Research - USDA Record - An economic analysis of the market for Industrial Hemp. University of Vermont. Funded Research - USDA Record - Alternative crops in North Dakota. Among the study topics is : Assess the market potential for hemp production. Hemp ban lifted - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News. Legalizing hemp back in spotlight - By Mark Schaver, The Courier-Journal. Woody Harrelson in the news. Woody Harrelson Tests Kentucky Law, Risking Jail for Farmers - By Charles Beal, Esq., McCoy & West. Coloradan to aid actor in hemp trial - By John Sanko, Denver Rocky Mountain News Capitol Bureau. Former Colorado lawmaker Lloyd Casey to help Woody Harrelson. SaveHemp.org - The DEA is proposing new regulatory language that would allow it to prohibit people from importing hemp products into the United States. This site opposes these proposed regulations and encourages readers to do something about it. Mountainfreak Magazine - Industrial hemp is too good to be true, so why isn't it legal, yet? The Mountainfreak hemp report on history, uses, and all the facts. TestPledge - Trace THC standards for shelled hempseed and hemp oil. Sioux fight Feds, this time over hemp - By Jon Bonné, MSNBC. Woody Harrelson acquitted of marijuana charge - By Steve Bailey, Associated Press Writer. This is a longer version of the story. President Bush Names Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy - The White House, Office of the Press Secretary. Letter to the DEA - By Anita Roddick, OBE, founder and co-chair, The Body Shop. There is a great paradox about Cannabis sativa - By Ned Behrensmeyer, letters to the editor of The Quincy Herald-Whig. Text of Appeal No. 99-1082 - New Hampshire Hemp Council, Inc. v. Marshall, Acting Administrator, United States Drug Enforcement Administration (1/28/2000, No. 99-1082), United States Court of Appeals, For the First Circuit. The Colorado Hemp Production Act of 1995 - by Thomas J. Ballanco. Published in: University of Colorado Law Review, Volume 66, Issue 4 (1995). Industrial Hemp petition - Full Text of the resource conservation alliance Industrial Hemp Petition. Includes replacement Rules. Recommended. United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - as amended by the 1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961. Article 28 states: 2. This Convention shall not apply to the cultivation of the cannabis plant exclusively for industrial purposes (fibre and seed) or horticultural purposes. Farmers Sue to Grow Hemp - By Mark R. Chellgren, The Associated Press. Our Word - Hemp - Editorial, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper. Industrial Hemp as an Alternative Pulp for Paper - By Sara Marinucci, Lewis and Clark College. Senior Thesis for Environmental Studies, April 24, 1998. The paper pulp industry is a major cause of deforestation and water pollution. Industrial hemp can be a cleaner compliment for or alternative to paper pulp. Hemp a possible solution to environmental concerns, low crop prices - By George Green, The Daily Nebraskan, the official student produced publication for the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Air Force Drug-Use Program Threatened - By Senior Master Sgt. Andrew Stanley, Air Force Press News The Communicator, Air Force Personnel Center Vol. 8, No. 08. House bill would allow hemp study by universities - Legislative Briefs, The Lexington Herald-Leader. Hemp-legalization proponents display products at conference - By Charles Wolfe, Associated Press. The story is about the Midway College Industrial Hemp Conference in Kentucky. Industrial hemp not really a demon weed - By Becky Somerville, Gazette Staff. University of Western Ontario, Canada. Material possibilities - Proponents say industrial hemp should be legalized for agricultural production. By Jim Witty and Joan Conrow, Honolulu, Hawaii Star-Bulletin. The Honourable Senator Lorna Milne - News, past and current speeches, biography, Canadian Senate information, and a good links page. Includes Industrial Hemp legalization history. Legislature should resurrect hemp research bill - Editorial opinion in the Lexington, Kentucky Herald-Leader urging passage of House Bill 855, an industrial hemp research authorization bill. Hemp bill up in smoke - By Alexa Aguilar, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper. Illinois chose old stereotypes over economic potential - Editorial, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper. Hemp bill clears one test - By Nancy Chesley, Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa. Donated truckload of Canadian hemp coming to Pine Ridge - By Peter Baniak, Herald-Leader Frankfort Bureau and Heidi Belle Gease, Journal Staff Writer. Nader Protests Industrial Hemp Restrictions - By Eun-Kyung Kim, The Associated Press - Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader joined people who want to grow and market industrial hemp today in criticizing federal agencies for making it difficult for farmers to grow the crop. Supporters Have High Hopes for Hemp - By Erin Hayes, ABCNEWS.com. Interest in hemp is growing as a beauty aide, trendy fabric and even an ingredient in beer. Some see profit in Hawaii hemp - By Malia Zimmerman, PBN Staff Reporter. Pacific Business News (Honolulu). Kentucky hemp helps Oglala Sioux building project - By David Melmer, Indian Country Today. Harrelson trial highlights benefits of industrial hemp.(Woody Harrelson) - By John S. Rausch , National Catholic Reporter. U.S. to ban food made from hemp - By Roberta Rampton, Western Producer, Winnipeg bureau. UI (University of Illinois) may begin study of industrial hemp - By Kate Clements, The News-Gazette, Springfield, Illinois. Use Of Marijuana For Industrial Purposes - Abstract: DEA is planning to publish three rules simultaneously in the Federal Register regarding the status of products manufactured from the cannabis plant. It is anticipated that the three rules will be as follows. Hemp oil sales in jeopardy - By Roberta Rampton, Western Producer, Winnipeg bureau. Bill to Legalize Hemp Growing Introduced Again in Legislature - By Jake Bleed, Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald Bureau. Hemp it up - Homegrown hemp aspires to be soybean of new millennium. By Jennifer Bain, Food writer, The Toronto Star. Story includes recipes. Hemp bill heads to Ryan's desk - By Diane M. Komiskey, Journal-Standard Reporter, Freeport, Illinois Oregon Senate Bill 89 - Relating to industrial hemp; creating new provisions; amending ORS 475.005, 475.992, 475.999 and 561.144; and appropriating money. 71st Oregon Legislative Assembly--2001 Regular Session. Hemp crop study comes up for vote in Illinois - By Nancy Chesley, Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa. Cloudy fate awaits hemp bill - By Anne Marie Tavella, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper. Impact of hemp food on drug tests studied - By Roberta Rampton, Western Producer, Winnipeg bureau. Tribe gets hemp gift - By Peter Baniak, Herald-Leader Frankfort Bureau. Volesky seeks to legislate industrial hemp - By Robert Pore, the Plainsman. Legalization of hemp debated - By Ken Hambleton, Lincoln Journal Star. Merits of industrial hemp debated in committee - By Gwen Tietgen, The Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Hemp bill advances out of committee - By Ken Hambleton, Lincoln Journal Star. State Legislative Action For The Development Of A Hemp Industry In The U.S. - Links to state legislatures and hemp bills. Prepared for Representative Cynthia Thielen, State of Hawaii, updated: 5/3/2001. Move to legalize hemp grows in heartland - By Craig Savoye, Special to The Christian Science Monitor. Industrial hemp measure goes before committee - By Ericka Schenck Smith, Missoulian State Bureau. Support hemp research - Editorial opinion in the Lexington, Kentucky Herald-Leader urging passage of House Bill 100, an industrial hemp research authorization bill. The Drug War Comes to the Rez - When Alex White Plume planted a field full of industrial-grade hemp, he hoped that his crop might lift his family and community out of poverty. Then the DEA came to Pine Ridge. By Leora Broydo, Mother Jones. Official: Considering hemp could quiet opposition - By Warren Hastings, Concord Bureau, The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. Ky. House backs hemp research - Bill OK'd to explore future of crop - Associated Press story, The Cincinnati Enquirer. Iowa Legislators consider legalizing hemp - By Wendy Weiskircher, Iowa State Daily. It is time to separate reality from rhetoric - By Louie B. Nunn, Commentary in The Lexington Herald-Leader. Editor's note: Republican Louie B. Nunn was the governor of Kentucky. Hemp good for Iowa - By Editorial Board, Iowa State Daily. The war against hemp - By Nina Willdorf, The Boston Phoenix. Restoring hemp to natural place in Japan's culture - By Angela Jeffs, The Japan Times. Hempsters Go to Washington - By Mari Kane, North Bay Bohemian. DEA Clarifies Status of Hemp in the Federal Register - DEA News Release. ATF Policy for beverage alcohol products made with hemp or hemp components - ATF News, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Hemp's Home on the Internet - History of the plant, its cultivation today, and promotion of it as a crop in the United States. Vermont State Auditor - Cannabis Eradication Report - Final report written by Edward S. Flanagan, State Auditor. Report finds that a large percentage of cannabis eradicated is feral hemp. South Dakota Industrial Hemp Council - Educates the public about hemp. Includes news and resources. The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance / Alliance Commerciale Canadienne du Chanvre - A non-profit national group of hemp processors, marketers, farmers, and information specialists.
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