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Democrats and Republicans respond to VoteHemp.com Survey!
Today, VoteHemp.com in releasing preliminary data of the Position Request Survey of Republican and Democratic Congressional and Senatorial Candidates they are showing with 4.5% return, 72.5% support for Industrial Hemp Agriculture in America.
Dispelling misconceptions about hemp-based agriculture
A small item appeared in the July 22 Herald Whig so misleading and distorted it really must be challenged. The report concerned a patch of “wild and uncultivated” marijuana in Hancock County consisting of about 600 plants hauled away by the sheriff’s department. Ascribed to Sheriff John Johnson was a statement referring to the value of “the cultivated marijuana” as equal to about $1,000 a plant making the haul potentially worth “$600,000.” So which was it, “wild and uncultivated” or “cultivated?” Sheriff Johnson is quoted as saying under the right growing conditions wild marijuana can have almost the same amount of THC as cultivated marijuana. This last statement must be refuted.
Drug warriors may need to hire a botany expert
National Guardsmen were pretty high on themselves last week when they burned 35,000 stalks of marijuana growing wild on a private pasture south of Hastings as part of “Operation Emerald Harvest.” As one staff sergeant joked to Pioneer Press reporter Hannah Allam, “We’re breaking some hearts today.”
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Federal Agents Seize Hemp Plants
Federal agents seized at least 2,000 marijuana plants Thursday from land on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Ted McBride said Friday. But the landowner, Alex White Plume, called them industrial-grade hemp plants and said the Oglala Sioux Tribe allowed him to grow the crop. He said agents from the FBI and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration removed 4,000 hemp plants, some as tall as 15 feet, that he had planted in April.
Feds Destroy Hemp Field of Hope
The contradictory nature of the drug war came home to Pine Ridge August 24 as federal agents cut down and seized the one-acre field of hemp plants growing at Alex White Plume’s home near Manderson, S.D.
Feds seize 2,000 hemp plants
Federal agents seized at least 2,000 marijuana plants Thursday from land on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southern South Dakota, U.S. Attorney Ted McBride said Friday.
Fest about more than hemp
A languorous crowd of thousands strolled through a waterfront park gazing at hemp products and drug paraphernalia yesterday at Seattle’s annual Hempfest.
Field of hemp
Meanwhile, Thielen’s office announced that the Hawaii Industrial Hemp Research Project will hold a Hemp Field Day on Sept. 5 at 11 a.m. at the Wahiawa site, where the relative of marijuana is being grown. Lead scientist David West will present research findings and show off the plant.
Green Hopeful Pursues Reconciliation
Green Party vice presidential candidate Winona LaDuke told an Albuquerque crowd Monday that government and politics need a strong dose of reconciliation. She said people need to come to terms with one another and with the environment.