Hemp Amendment To The Federal Farm Bill, Call Your Senators Today

 Posted by at 9:23 AM on May 19, 2013  Hemp  2 Responses »
May 192013
 
Hemp Amendment To The Federal Farm Bill, Call Your Senators Today

From my friends at Vote Hemp: The Farm Bill is currently being crafted once again in Congress after it failed to get passed last year. This means that we have the opportunity to get a hemp amendment in the Farm Bill once again! Yesterday Eric Steenstra, executive director of the HIA and president of Vote Hemp, had a good meeting with Senator Mitch McConnell’s senior staff members. Senator McConnell attempted to add our hemp bill as an amendment to the Farm Bill in the Agriculture Committee on Wednesday but it [Continue Reading]

Alabama Safe Access Update: The Legislative Session In Review

 Posted by at 11:21 AM on May 14, 2013  Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Hemp, Medical Marijuana Policy  2 Responses »
May 142013
 
Alabama Safe Access Update: The Legislative Session In Review

This session, Alabama took giant leaps on the issue of marijuana reform. Although none of our legislation passed into law, we have set the stage for the future. In November, the Alabama House Representatives Committee on Health held a pre-session public hearing on what was supposed to be on “the issue of medical marijuana,” not on any specific legislation. This was nothing more than an attempt by Chairman Jim McClendon, (R) St. Clair Springs, to kill the bill. At the end of the hearing, Chairman McClendon said, “There would have [Continue Reading]

Hemp Is Effective In Cleaning Nuclear Disasters

 Posted by at 6:52 AM on May 6, 2013  Hemp  5 Responses »
May 062013
 
Hemp Is Effective In Cleaning Nuclear Disasters

Most people, especially cannabis advocates, understand that hemp is an incredibly diverse and useful plant, which produces thousands of products, even things like hempcrete - concrete made almost exclusively from hemp, which is actually stronger than typical concrete. However, few people understand how useful hemp can be in something as drastically important as cleaning up nuclear disaster sites. Recent research has indicated that hemp is one of the most useful plants we have for phytoremediation, which is the process of cleaning areas suffering from nuclear contamination, by using plants to absorb the toxins [Continue Reading]

Have You Ever Eaten An Organic Hemp Seed Burger?

 Posted by at 12:48 PM on May 5, 2013  Hemp, Marijuana Business  1 Response »
May 052013
 
Have You Ever Eaten An Organic Hemp Seed Burger?

We all know that hemp is a very versatile plant. It can be turned into bio-fuel, it can be made into fiber for clothing, it can be turned into paper, etc. But one thing that I think a lot of people don’t know enough about is the tasty things you can do with hemp see. I once ate a hemp seed burger at an event in the Bay Area, and I was blown away by how tasty it was. I’m not a vegetarian, but if there were enough hemp seed [Continue Reading]

Colorado Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Hemp Legalization

 Posted by at 12:22 PM on May 5, 2013  Hemp  5 Responses »
May 052013
 
Colorado Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Hemp Legalization

Senate Bill 241, a measure which would enable the state’s Department of Agriculture to license farmers to cultivate hemp beginning this year, has passed out of the House Agriculture, Livestock & Natural Resources Committee, as well as the House Appropriations Committee, both unanimously. In addition, the measure was approved through its 2nd reading in the full House of Representatives. The bill now awaits one more House vote, where its expected passage will send it to the governor for final approval, given that it’s already passed the Senate with a 34-1 vote. Under the proposal [Continue Reading]

Washington State Defines Hemp Vs Marijuana

 Posted by at 7:00 AM on April 30, 2013  Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Hemp  5 Responses »
Apr 302013
 
Washington State Defines Hemp Vs Marijuana

THC content is the identifying factor, according to new legislation sent to Governor OLYMPIA- The Associated Press reports that the Washington legislature, in a rare Saturday session, has approved a new law establishing the difference between commercially-grown industrial hemp and medicinally-used marijuana. The difference will hinge on the amount of delta-9 THC and THC-A contained in the plant. If the combined amounts of both chemicals do not exceed 0.3% of total content, the plant will be legally defined as hemp. Any amount over that figure would identify the substance as marijuana. The [Continue Reading]

Alabama Safe Access Update: Hearing On The Alabama Cannabis And Hemp Reform Act

 Posted by at 1:32 PM on April 22, 2013  Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Hemp, Medical Marijuana Policy  5 Responses »
Apr 222013
 
Alabama Safe Access Update: Hearing On The Alabama Cannabis And Hemp Reform Act

We have just found out that HB-550, the Alabama Cannabis and Hemp Reform Act of 2013, will be receiving a hearing in the Alabama House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security tomorrow at 11 a.m. Just a few days after Chairman Hammon said that the bill would not receive a hearing… The bill is receiving a hearing! This is an important piece of legislation that removes the criminal penalties for the possession of marijuana. At the same time, the bill would create about 5000 new jobs and estimates show [Continue Reading]

URGENT! Email The Virginia Congressional Delegation About Hemp Bills

 Posted by at 7:21 AM on April 18, 2013  Hemp  1 Response »
Apr 182013
 
URGENT! Email The Virginia Congressional Delegation About Hemp Bills

Ask Them to Cosponsor S. 359 in the Senate and H.R. 525 in the House Jim Politis, the Chair of the Montgomery County Virginia Board of Supervisors, and Ben Droz, the Vote Hemp lobbyist, will be on Capitol Hill asking members of the Virginia Congressional delegation to support our hemp farming bills and we need your support. If you live in Virginia, please call or send an email to Sens. Mark Warner and Sen. Tim Kaine and ask them to become a cosponsors of S. 359, the Senate companion bill [Continue Reading]

Hemp Reform Bill Filed In Minnesota

 Posted by at 7:28 AM on April 15, 2013  Hemp  No Responses »
Apr 152013
 
Hemp Reform Bill Filed In Minnesota

A pair of Republican Senators in Minnesota have introduced legislation, Senate Bill 1590, which would legalize hemp cultivation in the state. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Jobs, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. If passed, the bill would legalize industrial hemp, directing the state’s Department of Agriculture to handle licenses. Under the proposal, the state’s Controlled Substances Act would be amended to no longer include hemp, effectively ending its prohibition. According to the bill’s text, “the development and use of industrial hemp can improve the state’s economy and agricultural vitality”. This, of course, couldn’t [Continue Reading]

Maine Legislative Committee Overwhelmingly Approves Measure Allowing Hemp Cultivation

 Posted by at 7:12 AM on April 10, 2013  Hemp  No Responses »
Apr 102013
 
Maine Legislative Committee Overwhelmingly Approves Measure Allowing Hemp Cultivation

Yesterday, with a vote of 9-1, Maine’s Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee approved a measure explicitly allowing hemp cultivation in the state, even before a federal change takes place. Under current Maine law, hemp is legal for certain purposes, though the law mandates that an individual can’t receive a license to grow until federal law changes – this measure would remove that requirement, and would allow farmers in the state to begin cultivating hemp this year. On top of making this change, the measure would remove a requirement that mandates that applicants for a hemp license [Continue Reading]

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