Hemp Industry on Fire
Few Americans typically give much thought to the $200 million hemp industry: a $200 million market that includes such wide-ranging products as bread, clothing and soap. |
| Hemp Tid-bits
Although opponents of hemp production claim that hemp fields will be used to hide marijuana fields, this is unlikely because cross-pollination between hemp and marijuana plants would significantly reduce the potency of the marijuana plant. |
| Stolen hemp research plants found
Gordon Scheifele, a plant breeder and retired University of Guelph researcher, said thieves this week raided his legal 0.8 hectare (two-acre) plot licensed by Health Canada. |
| Cannabis might treat diabetes, says top researcher
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| Time-Line of Cannabis
The Marijuana, cannabis, or hemp plant is one of the oldest psychoactive plants known to humanity. |
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Hemp in Canada
The history of hemp cultivation in North America begins in Port-Royal, Acadia (present-day Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia), in 1606, when French botanist Louis Herbert planted the first crop on the Eastern shore. |
| Vaporizers for Medical Marijuana
Technology that could alleviate a major concern about the medical use of marijuana--the harmful effects of smoking-- exists today and is available to the public. But the research needed to scientifically verify the benefits of these devices, generally called vaporizers, is proceeding far too slowly, held back by a variety of constraints. |
| The Growing Pot Economy
Medical Pot Opportunities Flourish |
| How does Hemp work?
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Federal Court Rejects DEA Ban on Hemp Food
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - U.S. COURT of APPEALS for the NINTH CIRCUIT - The Hemp Industries Association (HIA), representing over 200 hemp companies in North America won their 2 1/2-year old lawsuit today against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in a decision that permanently blocks DEA regulations that attempted to ban nutritious hemp foods such as waffles, bread, cereal, vegetarian burgers, protein powder, salad dressing and nutrition bars.
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| Hemp Foods Get Hemp from The US Courts
The Hemp Industries Association has won its case against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The conclusion of the Court in HIA v DEA is worth repeating here...
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| Hemp Foods Remain Legal in US
he Hemp Industries Association has won its case against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The conclusion of the Court in HIA v DEA is worth repeating here
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| DEA's Failed Battle To Ban Hemp Food is Over
San Francisco -- Three years after the Bush administration tried to ban food products made with hemp, the government surrendered that front in the war on drugs, attorneys for the hemp industry said Monday.
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| Hemp, Hemp, Hooray!
Santa Cruz retailers Monday hailed the federal government’s decision not to pursue a ban on food made with or from the controversial hemp plant. The decision comes three years after the Bush administration tried to stop sales of food made with hemp, which contains trace amounts of tetrahydrocannobinol, or THC, the mind-altering chemical in marijuana.
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| Hemp Industry on Fire
Few Americans typically give much thought to the $200 million hemp industry: a $200 million market that includes such wide-ranging products as bread, clothing and soap. But this week hemp producers are getting a powerful marketing boost from an unlikely source—the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
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| The Buzz on Hemp
The big pot bust in Barrie brings back heady memories. Lazy August afternoons. Bees abuzzin.' Crows cawing on a soft breeze. My old man checking the cannabis crop.
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| US Customs vs Canadian hemp
he US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Customs Service have declared outright war on Canada's nascent hemp industry.
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| The First Canadian Hemp Upholstery Fabrics
The expanding interest in natural fibres, particularly in the home furnishings market has resulted in renewed interest in hemp fibre.
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| ABSORANT HEMP DIAPERS & OMEGA 3-6-9
Although it escaped the notice of the major media in Canada, February 6 was a giant day for the hemp industry. In the US, a court in San Francisco ruled unanimously in favour of the hemp industry...
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| Canadian Hemp Company Files NAFTA Action Against US DEA 1/18/02
In an act of political jujitsu, Canada's largest hemp seed producer is taking advantage of a little-used provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to sue the US government over the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA)...
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| Hemp heaven… and hell: A story in two parts
Part 1: Industrial hemp’s benefits as fiber, oilseed and as food vs. barriers in U.S. production
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| Here’s to the lighter house
Little boxes made of ticky tacky... it may have been a good refrain and a fair indictment of a nation’s love of bricks and mortar, but today’s house builders are challenging the stereotype by using more inventive materials and building methods at both ends of the eco spectrum.
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| A builder’s guide to the high life
Ralph Carpenter and his wife, Jenny, live in Britain’s first home built from wacky baccy or, as they prefer to call it, cannabis hemp.
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| Manitoba Harvest Anounces ‘Fresh Hemp Foods’ Bulk & Private Label Service
Court Decision and Growing Awareness of Hemp’s Flavor & Nutritional Benefits are Fueling Growth
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| Town of Hempstead smokin’ mad over T-shirt tempest
ATLANTA, Georgia — The town of Hempstead — the one in New York — has a message for Gwinnett County school administrators: Before you target a student wearing a Hempstead shirt, look at a map.
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| Title: Growing Industrial Hemp in Ontario
Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world. For centuries, its fibres have been used to make ropes, sails and clothing. The species was banned in North America in the 1930s because its leaves and flowers contain a hallucinogenic drug known as delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
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| The Emperor Wears No Clothes
Overview of the History of Cannabis Hemp For the Purpose of Clarity in this Book: Explanations or documentations marked with an asterisk (*) are listed at the end of the related paragraph(s).
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