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False Arrest Disrupts Industrial Hemp Production

Monday, 09 January 2006 13:42

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Jan. 9, 06 BBC News, Belgrade - "A UK charity is to sue the Albanian government after being accused of cultivating the drug cannabis for the black market. It comes after Albanian police arrested several farmers and seized over a tonne of legitimate industrial hemp which was destined for the US textile industry. . . The charity Partnership for Growth says it plans to sue for loss of earnings." That's the story of a supposed "major drugs haul" which instead turned into a case of badly mistaken identify -- mixing up industrial hemp with its distant cousin. Unfortunately, since the charity is still trying to collect more than $100,000 in compensation for the last mistaken seizure in 2001, the charity reports that despite the many economic and environmental benefits offered by industrial hemp production, it is "reconsidering its decision to encourage the production of hemp. . ." For the complete BBC News story, Click here.