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Monthly Archives: March 2000
Minnesota’s dope idea
Legislators sat around a table late into the evening passing around a bag of hemp—hemp chips, that is. Legislators in the House Agriculture Committee were debating the merits of a bill that would allow the University to conduct research on industrial hemp. Made from the same plant as marijuana—cannabis sativa L.—the product is thus illegal to grow.
Other states addressing legalization of industrial hemp
As the Battle to legalize hemp flounders in the commonwealth, other states also are considering and passing legislation that will legalize the crop in one form or another.
Lawmaker Pushing For Hemp Legislation
Idaho lawmakers didn’t take to the idea of industrial hemp as an alternative crop this session. A proposed $50,000 study of industrial hemp cultivation was shot down in committee last month.
Industrial Hemp Production Measure is Moved to House for Consideration
An Illinois House committee has approved a measure that would allow Southern Illinois University to study the feasibility of industrial hemp production, despite opposition from law enforcement.
Shampoo High
Customs and the Drug Enforcement Administration bigs are wondering how to respond to the latest missive from White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey. In a March 5 letter to both agencies, McCaffrey demanded that agents seize all imports of products made with industrial hemp, which holds tiny amounts of marijuana’s active ingredient, THC.
University of Illinois Pushes Industrial Hemp
Seventy-five years ago, soybeans were introduced as a potential cash crop and now they are second only to corn in importance to Illinois farmers. In the next few decades, industrial hemp may become the emerging cash crop for Illinois farmers, grown for use in the manufacture of construction materials, fabric, paper, and even composite plastic.
“There’s no better quality than hemp”
At Eco’fields, O’Brien sells shampoos, body oils, soap, shirts, towels, jewelry, clothing, vests, jackets, ties, luggage and building materials, all made from some hemp component.
Seeing good in potential of “evil weed”
Scientists say hemp would make a versatile, profitable crop for state farmers. But opponents who associate hemp with a popular recreational drug, better known as marijuana, want to scuttle state plans to study the fibrous crop’s potential.
Not The Mall
The Soulflower shop on Grand Avenue in St. Paul sells hemp clothing, tie-dyed shirts and incense. It’s not a head shop, but it is unabashedly a hippie shop. The smell of incense permeates the Soulflower. The small Grand Avenue shop sells funky candles, tie-dye T-shirts, unusual jewelry and hemp products, and even trades bootlegged music with customers. But, no, Soulflower is not a head shop, according to co-owner Mike Shoafstall.