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Rowan Robinson: The Hemp Manifesto
Nandor Tanczos’ kind of book, surely? This little edition contains 101 ways that industrial hemp, not cannabis, has been used to benefit humankind.
Ryan Vetoes UI Bill To Study Industrial Hemp
Gov. George Ryan vetoed a bill Friday that would have allowed the University of Illinois to study industrial hemp as a potential cash crop. The bill would have directed the UI to develop a strain of hemp with zero THC, but Ryan said signing the bill would still “send a mixed message to the youth of our state.”
Ryan’s Hemp Veto
The Illinois Drug Education Alliance applauds Gov. George Ryan’s strong stand against illegal drugs. He vetoed a bill that called for the study of the mind-altering drug cannabis sativa/hemp plant. This action demonstrates his commitment to the youth of Illinois and to those of us who work in the drug prevention field by maintaining a strong “no-use” message.
Sioux vs. DEA, Round Two
For the second year in a row, the War on Drugs has come to the Pine Ridge Sioux Indian reservation. On the morning of July 30, federal agents arrived at tribal member Alex White Plume’s farm outside Manderson, South Dakota, cutting down and hauling away three acres of industrial hemp.
Tribal Fiber Launches Home Accessory Collection On New Web Site
Tribal Fiber, a leading producer and importer of hemp home accessories, launched a freshly re-designed web site featuring their 2001/2002 collection. The new offerings and last year’s top sellers are now available for purchase online.
Uncle Zach’s Moves Into Hawthorne Storefront
As owner of Uncle Zach’s Earth Friendly retail and online catalog enterprise, Russ Zachmeyer has maintained headquarters in the pink-striped Cascade Plaza building on North Vancouver Street. After two years of selling organic and hemp-blended socks, clothing and accessories on an outdoor table at Southeast 35th Avenue and Hawthorne Street, Zachmeyer will now occupy a storefront at Southeast 43rd Avenue.
White Plume Hemp Crop Destroyed Again
Alex White Plume had to watch his tiospaye’s hemp crop cut down by federal agents on Monday, July 30 for the second time. U.S. Attorney Michelle Tapken reacted quickly to the letter from Oglala Sioux Tribal President John Steele ordering federal law enforcement officers to have no further contact with tribal members regarding the cultivation of industrial hemp.
White Plumes Relinquish Hemp Crop
For four hours under the sun of a hot and humid July morning Alex and Percy White Plume, their sisters Ramona and Alta, and a dozen of their children watched agents from the FBI and Drug Enforcement Agency toil with weed-whackers and machetes, cutting down the family’s second hemp crop on the Pine Ridge Reservation.