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Ban on trace elements of hemp in food
Federal drug agents are taking a potshot at the burgeoning popularity of hemp-based energy bars, salad dressing and chips, ordering stores to strip shelves of products that contain even trace amounts of psychoactive ingredients by Feb. 6. The hemp industry says that the new Drug Enforcement Administration rules are killing the $5 million-a-year sales of hemp-based food products, and are contrary to more than 60 years of government policy, which sought to distinguish industrial hemp from marijuana.
Blending chemical fibre material would be the mainstream
The material for making medium and high grade fashion garments is no longer dominated by natural material. Blending and chemical fibre material would replace the traditional material like cotton, silk and hemp, to become the mainstream of material of medium and high grade fashion garments.
Business-plan draft due on biodiesel plant
Biodiesel is made by removing the triglyceride molecule from vegetable oil through a chemical process, he says. The remaining molecules are similar to diesel fuel. Biodiesel production would create new markets for farmers by generating demand for oil-seed crops such as canola, mustard, sunflowers, safflowers, corn, oats, mustard, pumpkins, cotton, hemp, and soybeans. Also, used cooking oil would be sought from restaurants as a raw material for the plant. Eventually, Armstrong says, “We will bring in used oil from Missoula, certainly northwestern Montana, all the way to the Basin,” which includes the Tri-Cities area.
DEA Rule Bans Hemp Foods; Hemp Industry Asks Newspaper Editors to Look at Facts
The promising multimillion-dollar-a-year hemp food industry is fighting for survival as a result of a new “interpretive” rule that was issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Oct. 9, 2001. VoteHemp.com urges newspapers editors to look at the facts about hemp foods and take a strong stand against the rule before it results in job losses and hundreds of nutritious hemp food products being taken off store shelves. DEA enforcement will begin Feb. 6, 2002.
DEA Targets Hemp Foods, Sparks Canadian Complaints: Ann Woolner
Chomping on watercress and sipping lentil soup, I find it hard to believe that the bag sitting next to me could be filled with illegal drugs. No one at the Whole Foods market raised an eyebrow when I plucked from the shelves and dropped into my basket items the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says may be as illegal as cocaine or marijuana.
DEA rule bans hemp food products
On Feb. 6, it will be illegal to sell or import hemp-containing foods, under a new rule of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The DEA says it is interpreting and enforcing an existing rule, which doesn’t require formal rule-making procedures. But critics charge that the agency is simultaneously soliciting comments for a new rule with the same wording and effect. It published the rule in the Federal Register Oct. 9.
DEA weeds out hemp foods
Federal drug agents are taking a potshot at the popularity of hemp-based energy bars, salad dressing and chips, ordering stores to strip shelves of products that contain even trace amounts of psychoactive ingredients. The hemp industry says that the new Drug Enforcement Administration rules are killing the $5 million-a-year sales of hemp-based food products, and are contrary to more than 60 years of government policy, which sought to distinguish industrial hemp from marijuana.
DEA’s hemp-foods ban sparks legal fight
You can’t get high from drinking hemp beer that’s not to say you won’t catch a buzz trying, but it probably won’t feel any different than the effects brought on by your standard brew In fact, the amount of tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) - the psychoactive agent in marijuana - contained in lager brewed with hemp seeds is so infinitesimal, manufacturers say, that it won’t even show up in a urine test Still, the US Drug Enforcement Agency considers the beer and myriad other food and drink products made from hemp so dangerous that it’s banning them from the marketplace The agency this fall determined that “any product that contains any amount of THC” and is “intended ... for human consumption” is illegal under the Controlled Substances Act, despite the fact that many retailers have sold edible hemp products without police interference for years.
Dr. West’s Articles Define Hemp’s Political Struggle
Dr. David P. West, Ph.D., has assembled several articles that introduce hemp and its early importance to mankind, and defines hemp’s political struggle in the 20th century.
Get your fill of hemp while it’s still legal
As I sit here writing this, I’m gnawing on a Ruth’s Hemp & Trail Creative Energy Bar. That’s right, Cheech, I’m eating pot seeds at my desk in the interest of scientific research. I want to see if I can finish the whole column without forgetting the topic or drifting away in search of Pink Floyd and Oreos. As of Feb. 6, possessing this same bar will be a federal crime. The Drug Enforcement Administration has decided that it’s not spending enough energy and money already chasing after people with marijuana.