Industrial hemp is an agricultural product grown around the world for centuries, and is still grown today in many countries. Well known products in history made from industrial hemp include fuel, food, and fiber. Hemp products were used for the first drafts of the US Declaration of Independence, Gutenberg and King James Bibles, the first American flags and Levi's Jeans, canvas for sails on ships, and medicines. More recent applications include health foods, birdseed, low pollution bio-diesels and methanol, environmentally friendly inks, paints, paper, clothes, jewelry, plastics, and building materials.
When marijuana was banned in the US, industrial hemp (which cannot get you high at all) was included in the ban, at the behest of oil, chemical, cotton, and lumber companies who simply see hemp as a competitor. The last state in the United States to have legal hemp growing was Wisconsin in 1957.
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Registers voters online, educates about Industrial Hemp, provides online voter guide, and sends email Action Alerts.
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.
Features historical documents, photos and information.
A non-profit national group of hemp processors, marketers, farmers, and information specialists.
by Thomas J. Ballanco. Published in: University of Colorado Law Review, Volume 66, Issue 4 (1995).
An objective 19th century description of hemp, its origins, and imports to the UK from a time before it was made illegal in the United States.
The single most useful page on hemp on the Internet. By Ernest Small and David Marcus. Reprinted from: Trends in new crops and new uses. 2002. p. 284–326. J. Janick and A. Whipkey (eds.). ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA. Paper also available as a PDF download.
An article by the National Drug Strategy Network, an anti-drug organization, showing industrial hemp in a positive light, implicitly supporting it
Non-profit organization based in the Netherlands that is dedicated to the advancement of Cannabis through the dissemination of information.
Trace THC standards for shelled hempseed and hemp oil.
Running commentary on hemp news around the world and all things related to hemp.
By Mari Kane, North Bay Bohemian.
(October 24, 2002)
Associated Press story, The Cincinnati Enquirer.
(February 15, 2001)
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.
(February 13, 2001)
By Malia Zimmerman, PBN Staff Reporter. Pacific Business News (Honolulu).
(July 09, 1999)
Registers voters online, educates about Industrial Hemp, provides online voter guide, and sends email Action Alerts.
An objective 19th century description of hemp, its origins, and imports to the UK from a time before it was made illegal in the United States.
Non-profit organization based in the Netherlands that is dedicated to the advancement of Cannabis through the dissemination of information.
Trace THC standards for shelled hempseed and hemp oil.
by Thomas J. Ballanco. Published in: University of Colorado Law Review, Volume 66, Issue 4 (1995).
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.
A non-profit national group of hemp processors, marketers, farmers, and information specialists.
An article by the National Drug Strategy Network, an anti-drug organization, showing industrial hemp in a positive light, implicitly supporting it
Features historical documents, photos and information.
Running commentary on hemp news around the world and all things related to hemp.
The single most useful page on hemp on the Internet. By Ernest Small and David Marcus. Reprinted from: Trends in new crops and new uses. 2002. p. 284–326. J. Janick and A. Whipkey (eds.). ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA. Paper also available as a PDF download.
By Mari Kane, North Bay Bohemian.
(October 24, 2002)
Associated Press story, The Cincinnati Enquirer.
(February 15, 2001)
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.
(February 13, 2001)
By Malia Zimmerman, PBN Staff Reporter. Pacific Business News (Honolulu).
(July 09, 1999)
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