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Canadian Auto Workers’ (CAW) Perspective on the Political Debate on Industr
The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union represents more than 238,000 members that cover a wide cross-section of trades and professions from coast-to-coast. In 1995, the CAW spearheaded a massive coast-to-coast campaign to legalize the growing of industrial hemp in Canada.
Food Briefs Byline
Launch of Hemp Foods Will Require Education. Tortilla chips, pasta, wraps and pate are among the foods containing hemp in a new line launched recently at two food shows in Toronto. Ruth’s Hemp Foods, made exclusively of Canadian-grown hemp, address a convergence of market trends—the interest in healthy, plant-based diets and the desire for quick-to-prepare meals.
Four Ancient Cultural Remains Unearthed In HK
Four ancient cultural remains dated back to 2000 B.C. have been unearthed in a large-scale archaeological excavation at So Kwun Wat in Hong Kong.
HIA Plans Political Action Campaign
At the Santa Cruz Industrial Hemp Expo the Hemp Industries Association, the world’s largest trade organization of hemp related business, announced that it intends to engage in a national political action campaign aimed at state and federal elections in November, 2000.
Harvesting Hemp
Editorial: “But Wisconsin has always allowed farmers to grow hemp. In the 1930s, the legislature imposed a $100 permit, which was last issued in 1958. Unlike Canada and U.S. states with more recent laws, Wisconsin law distinguishes hemp from marijuana by use, rather than by genetic variety.”
Hemp and marijuana are one and the same illegal thing
Editorial: Again I see that an effort is under way to promote hemp farming locally. Again I feel compelled to set the record straight regarding certain statements made in an article appearing in the April 30 Herald-Whig. Too often when totally untrue statements are presented as fact they are accepted as such in the absence of accurate information.
Hemp supporter says crop is far removed from marijuana
In response to Mr. (Leo) Mueller’s letter of May 4 on hemp and marijuana, I was amazed that he touted himself as an expert on hemp.
Hemp war
I applaud you for pinpointing the implications of White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey’s March 5 letter to U.S. Customs and the Drug Enforcement Administration relating to industrial hemp regulation in the article titled “Shampoo High.”
Lawmaker From Strandburg Won’t Give Up on Hemp
Despite the S.D. Legislature’s rejection of two measures to allow growth and marketing of industrial hemp in South Dakota, a supporter of the effort says he’s not giving up. Rep. Bob Weber, R-Strandburg, who is a farmer, says legalization of hemp could help ensure the survival of some family farms.
Maryland Authorizes the Production of Hemp
Maryland yesterday became the fourth state in the nation to authorize the production of hemp, a hardy fibrous crop with many commercial uses that sponsors hope will offer Maryland farmers a profitable alternative to tobacco.