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High hopes for hemp
With an American flag made of hemp in the background, two conservative Republican lawmakers said on Halloween they would push to allow the state’s universities to research industrial hemp as a cash crop in Arizona. Sen. Darden Hamilton and Rep. Dean Cooley said the non-potent version of marijuana could help keep agriculture alive in Arizona. Still, hemp supporters have to get through to Gov. Jane Hull, who vetoed pro-hemp SB 1519 on April 26 despite enormous approval by both the House and the Senate, and ignoring that a similar bill passed in New Mexico in 1999.
Industrial hemp gets backing
A petition drive to legalize industrial hemp production has won the support of the South Dakota Farmers Union. The ballot measure would allow the planting, harvesting, possession and sale of industrial hemp in South Dakota if it contained no more than 1 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the substance in marijuana that gets smokers high.
It may be just a pipe-dream...
The Australia New Zealand Food Authority this week called for public comment after unveiling plans to legalise hemp-based food products. A three year study by the organisation has found that hemp-based food delivers significant health benefits and, providing it’s made from the right sort of cannabis, won’t get you off your face even if you eat a tonne of it. On the face of it, dope-seed cookies and hemp burgers would seem to appeal to a niche market, at best. Do not be fooled, however. Research by the CSIRO suggests hemp could generate a legal turnover in Australia of $25 billion within a quarter of a century. That’s not small potatoes. And it’s certainly not small dope plants.
It’s unlikely that hemp will benefit S.D. farmers
There’s nothing wrong with an initiative to legalize production of industrial hemp. But even if such a measure is approved in South Dakota - and it encourages Congress to change federal law - we don’t see this as the savior of agriculture. The evidence just isn’t there. The battle is heating up again. After the state Legislature killed such a measure last session, there’s now a petition drive - 13,010 signatures are needed by May - to place the issue on the ballot. It would allow the planting, harvesting, possession and sale of industrial hemp, if it contained no more than 1 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the stuff in marijuana that makes people high.
Let them eat hemp?
Earlier this week, a group of Wesleyan University students handed out pretzels to passersby in front of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration office in Hartford. Though tasty and nutritious, those ‘hemp seed pretzels’ could soon become a controlled substance in the same category as marijuana and heroin, should a DEA proposal go through as planned, said student Booth Haley. According to the proposal, any business or individual in possession of a hemp food product that bears even trace amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, after Feb. 6 would be in violation of laws that prohibit possession of a ‘schedule I controlled substance,’ a classification that includes marijuana and heroin. THC is the chemical that gives marijuana its hallucinatory effects.
Mum rents one of Britain’s first cannabis houses
A Suffolk woman is renting one of Britain’s first two houses to be built from cannabis. The walls, floors and roof of the £70,000 home in Haverhill are made from cannabis hemp. But Amanda Collenette, who lives in the house with her daughter and boyfriend, says she won’t be smoking marijuana there because she’s anti-drugs. The 21-year-old said, “I am anti-drugs so there will certainly be no smoking of cannabis. The only ‘grass’ will be what is growing on the lawn.” Five tons of non-narcotic cannabis hemp, which was legally grown in Britain, was used to build the two-bed end of terrace.
Petition drive under way to put hemp issue on 2002 ballot
At first glance, chances are that nobody would expect longtime Mitchell resident Gladys Baldwin to be a hemp supporter. But Baldwin — a retired realtor, the daughter of a farmer, an active community member and a senior citizen — is among those who say it may be a good idea to legalize the growth and production of industrial hemp in South Dakota. A petition, started by Hermosa artist Bob Newland, is criss-crossing its way through South Dakota, hoping to secure enough signatures to land an initiated measure on the 2002 ballot that would ask voters to allow the growth and production of hemp. Proponents call it smart. In a state where value-added agriculture seems to be the only way to combat dwindling crop prices, they say hemp production makes sense. Foes, on the other hand, say the problems that are guaranteed to follow the legalization and production of hemp would far outweigh its benefits. It’s a debate that Baldwin is watching closely. “I’m for anything that will help the farmer,” she said.
Rule may stop US hemp industry
Some United States health food stores sell “Hempzels,” salted pretzels made with hemp seed flour, which its manufacturer says are made from “the world’s most versatile and misunderstood plant.” But the US Drug Enforcement Administration contends that Hempzels, which may contain trace amounts of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, are a controlled substance that is illegal. Under a new zero-tolerance rule due to take effect in February, Hempzels and scores of other products like them would be taken off the shelves and sellers could be prosecuted under tough US drug laws.
Sale of hemp products here would do DEA proud
The city may have landed a professional basketball team, but when it comes to finding hemp, Memphis is still small town. Of the stores contacted, only one carries products that could be affected by a recent Drug Enforcement Agency ruling requiring stores to stop carrying hemp-based food products that contain even trace amounts of tetrahydrocannabinols, or THC, marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient. Industrial hemp is a cousin of marijuana. Its fibers are used in jewelry and as an alternative to cotton. Some people use the oil from hemp seeds in food products. The oil contains omega-3, an essential fatty acid.
Senators tell farmers about 2002 session
LB273 would allow farmers in Nebraska to grow industrial grade hemp as an agricultural crop. “Across the nation, we’re seeing more of these bills introduced,” Dierks said. People involved in drug enforcement are opposed to the bill, Dierks said. Industrial hemp that’s growing next to ‘ditch weed’ neutralizes the effect of the marijuana.