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Congress got a taste of gourmet hemp foods when Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) introduced federal legislation, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, to make it legal once again to grow industrial hemp in the U.S.A. As part of the festivities, Ralph Nader, the former pre...
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“In June, a Texas congressman introduced legislation to legalize the growing of hemp in the United States for the first time since 1937. Hemp products are legal in the United States, but growing hemp is not. . . To hear advocates tell it, hemp is a gold...
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California is one of 26 states which have introduced hemp legislation. After committee hearings held April 27, 2005, it could become the fifteenth state to pass such legislation. This includes five states which have legalized industrial hemp. Click here f...
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"Hemp as a Potentially Important Crop and Area of Research" Analysis of the uses and value of industrial hemp, a research paper presented by NAIHC founding member Dr. Shelby F. Thames of The Univesity of Southern Mississippi, Thames-Rawlins Research Group...
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For a comprehensive perspective on industrial hemp past, present and future, read the 43-page chapter “Hemp: A New Crop with New Uses for North America” in Purdue University's Trends in New Crops and New Uses, edited by Jules Janick and Anna Whipkey....
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"From Petro to Agro: Seeds of a New Economy" by Robert E. Armstrong. In Defense Horizons, published by the Center for Technology and National Security Policy at the National Defense University, Dr. Armstrong writes that: "Today, the hydrocarbon molecule...
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For a comprehensive perspective on industrial hemp past, present and future, read the 43-page chapter “Hemp: A New Crop with New Uses for North America” in Purdue University's 2002 book Trends in New Crops and New Uses, edited by Jules Janick and Ann...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Editorial
The Case for Hemp
Saturday, March 9, 2002
THE FEDERAL government's attempts to persuade Americans to stop using illegal drugs have long been weakened by the outright silliness of some of its methods. For example,...
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In 2001, former Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn explained why after learning the facts, he decided to support reintroducing industrial hemp as a legal crop in the United States. In his commentary published by The Lexington Herald-Leader, Gov. Nunn wro...
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Sioux vs. DEA, Round Two Article from MotherJones.com - "Federal agents have destroyed Alex White Plume's industrial hemp crop for the second year running. But the courts may soon decide whether Native Americans can grow THC-free cannabis."...
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Canada Gazette, Part I Volume 135, Number 30 OTTAWA, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2001 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT Notice to Interested Parties - Proposal to Review the Existing Regulatory Framework for the Commercial Cultivation of I...
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American Indian Tribe Challenges U.S. Government on Growing Industrial Hemp
PRESS RELEASE July 26, 2001 Oglala Lakota Nation Asserts Treaty Rights to S.D. US Attorney in Industrial Hemp Dispute Pine Ridge, SD -- A July 18, ...
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Summer 2001 "Hemp Report" As well as current news items, the report's research section includes Paul Mahlberg's and Eun Soo Kim's report on "THC Accumulation" and Marc Deeley's analysis relating industrial hemp to climate change...
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British Perspective on Industrial Hemp May 10, Guardian Newspapers Hemp hits its stride - "The cousin of cannabis is perfect for an industry looking for greener resources . . . It is green, high in fibre, improves strength and reduces weight. This is not ...
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New Zealand Moves Ahead on Industrial Hemp May 7, 2001 Press Release - NZ Hemp Industries Association congratulates “the current government towards establishing a hemp industry. ”...
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Canada's Tax on Industrial Hemp to End The Canadian Government proposes changing the Excise Tax Act to "zero-rate" the tax on "the grain or seeds, or the mature stalks (i.e., straw), of industrial hemp plants. This treatment would apply where their sale o...
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The Spring 2001 issue of The Hemp Report is loaded with information -- and front-loaded with a sobering editorial which opens: "Hemp in Canada is now entering its 4th year of cultivation, but this time around the sun, I don't think there will be much of a...
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USDA Promotes Industrial Hemp - in 1942 Film Transcript of the original 1942 United States Department of Agriculture Film, "Hemp for Victory," extolling some of the many uses of this ancient plant and premier world resource....
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Press Release from The Resource Conservation Alliance (RCA) WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2001 Contact: Leda Huta (202)387-8030 Washington, DC - The Resource Conservation Alliance (RCA) has asked the Bush administration to reconsider a decision, ...
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WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2001 Press Release from The Resource Conservation Alliance (RCA) Contact: Leda Huta (202)387-8030 Washington, DC - The Resource Conservation Alliance (RCA) has asked the Bush administration to reconsider a ...
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