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- Acts of the 1999-2000 Vermont Legislature - Vermont J.R.S. 98 - Text of the Vermont joint resolution urging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Congress to reconsider federal policies that restrict the cultivation and marketing of Industrial Hemp and related products.
www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2000/acts/ACTR333.HTM
- Air Force Drug-Use Program Threatened - By Senior Master Sgt. Andrew Stanley, Air Force Press News The Communicator, Air Force Personnel Center Vol. 8, No. 08.
www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/pubaffairs/comm/comm99/01/comm0128.htm
- Alternative Agricultural Strategies in Vermont: The Case of Industrial Hemp - By Catherine Chan Halbrendt, Qingbin Wang, and Matthew C. Mole. Paper presented at the Vermont Agricultural Economic Development Conference, December 16, 1996.
www.uvm.edu/~rmelamed/UVM_Hemp_Report_1997.html
- Bill to Legalize Hemp Growing Introduced Again in Legislature - By Jake Bleed, Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald Bureau.
www.omaha.com/index.atp?u_div=3&u_hdg=0&u_sid=54631
- Californians for Industrial Renewal - C.A.I.R., the Campaign for Agricultural and Industrial Renewal, is a non-profit lobbying organization (501c4) dedicated to renewing the legal status of Industrial Hemp and reintroducing the crop to farmers and agri-businesses.
www.cair.net
- Cloudy fate awaits hemp bill - By Anne Marie Tavella, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
www.dailyegyptian.com/spring01/01-18-01/hemp.html
- Coloradan to aid actor in hemp trial - By John Sanko, Denver Rocky Mountain News Capitol Bureau. Former Colorado lawmaker Lloyd Casey to help Woody Harrelson.
insidedenver.com:80/news/0823case7.shtml
- Donated truckload of Canadian hemp coming to Pine Ridge - By Peter Baniak, Herald-Leader Frankfort Bureau and Heidi Belle Gease, Journal Staff Writer.
www.rapidcityjournal.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2000/November/29-699-news01.txt
- Farmers Sue to Grow Hemp - By Mark R. Chellgren, The Associated Press.
more.abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/hemp980515
- Fornits' Industrial Hemp Archive - Very useful "resource" list of industrial hemp articles and sites.
fornits.com/curiosity/hemp
- Funded Research - USDA Record - An economic analysis of the market for Industrial Hemp. University of Vermont.
fundedresearch.cos.com/cgi-bin/USDA/getRec?9172318
- Funded Research - USDA Record - Alternative crops in North Dakota. Among the study topics is : Assess the market potential for hemp production.
fundedresearch.cos.com/cgi-bin/USDA/getRec?9177610
- Harrelson trial highlights benefits of industrial hemp.(Woody Harrelson) - By John S. Rausch , National Catholic Reporter.
www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1141/39_36/65774930/p1/article.jhtml?term=hemp
- Hemp a possible solution to environmental concerns, low crop prices - By George Green, The Daily Nebraskan, the official student produced publication for the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
www.dailyneb.com/texis/scripts/vnews/newspaper/+/ART/2000/11/06/3a062cc99?inarc=1
- Hemp as Biomass - "About 6% of contiguous United States land area put into cultivation for biomass could supply all current demands for oil and gas" (and employ farmers instead of subsidizing them), using Hemp as fuel.
fornits.com/curiosity/hemp/biomassa.htm
- Hemp ban lifted - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/1998/02/26/hemp980226
- Hemp bill advances out of committee - By Ken Hambleton, Lincoln Journal Star.
www.journalstar.com:80/nebraska?story_id=2263&date=20010202&past=
- Hemp bill clears one test - By Nancy Chesley, Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa.
qctimes.com/rednews/2001/01/10/build/state/VHEMP.html
- Hemp bill heads to Ryan's desk - By Diane M. Komiskey, Journal-Standard Reporter, Freeport, Illinois
www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1259560&BRD=1624&PAG=461&dept_id=57111&rfi=8
- Hemp bill passes House committee - Commission would orchestrate research on marketability - By Al Cross, The Courier-Journal.
www.courier-journal.com/business/news2001/02/09/biz_hemp.html
- Hemp bill up in smoke - By Alexa Aguilar, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
www.dailyegyptian.com/fall00/11-29-00/hemp.html
- Hemp crop study comes up for vote in Illinois - By Nancy Chesley, Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa.
qctimes.com/rednews/2001/01/07/build/state/STORY3S.html
- Hemp Embargo - Begun in response to DEA/Customs efforts to stop/seize legal Canadian hemp shipments from coming into the US. Presents this case and other efforts to illegally prohibit Industrial Hemp products.
www.hempembargo.com
- Hemp good for Iowa - By Editorial Board, Iowa State Daily.
www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2001/01/25/3aa93d2f0fcad?in_archive=1
- Hemp Held Hostage - By Terri Lagerstedt, Fairfield Co. Weekly. Defying federal law, industrial hemp is proving itself to be, both literally and figuratively, one durable little plant.
www.fairfieldweekly.com/articles/hemp.html
- Hemp it up - Homegrown hemp aspires to be soybean of new millennium. By Jennifer Bain, Food writer, The Toronto Star. Story includes recipes.
www.thestar.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=979061489005&call_page=TS_Food&call_pageid=968867496431&call_pagepath=Entertainment,Life/Food
- Hemp may loom large in farming's future - By Jerry W. Kram, Bismarck Tribune.
www.ndonline.com/tribwebpage/news/jan2001/127200192710.html
- Hemp oil sales in jeopardy - By Roberta Rampton, Western Producer, Winnipeg bureau.
www.producer.com/articles/20010104/news/20010104news10a.html
- Hemp, as Defined in Enc. Britannica - 1856 - This is a fascinating look at history, both in itself and in the history of hemp before the insane demonization that started in 1930s America.
fornits.com/curiosity/hemp/hemp1856.htm
- Hemp-legalization proponents display products at conference - By Charles Wolfe, Associated Press. The story is about the Midway College Industrial Hemp Conference in Kentucky.
www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/111800/localdocs/18hemp.htm
- Hempology - Hemp History - Features historical documents, photos and information relating to hemp. An excellent resource with a lot of hard to find information.
www.hempology.org
- HempRing - The Industrial Hemp WebRing; connecting hemp web sites around the world.
www.hempring.com
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News - The Hawaii Industrial Hemp Research Project will hold a Hemp Field Day on Sept. 5 at 11 a.m. at the Wahiawa site.
starbulletin.com:80/2000/08/14/news/political.html
- House bill would allow hemp study by universities - Legislative Briefs, The Lexington Herald-Leader.
www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/021501/legisdocs/15leg-briefs.htm
- Illinois chose old stereotypes over economic potential - Editorial, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
www.dailyegyptian.com/fall00/11-30-00/hemped.html
- Impact of hemp food on drug tests studied - By Roberta Rampton, Western Producer, Winnipeg bureau.
www.producer.com/articles/20010118/news/20010118news18.html
- Industrial Hemp as an Alternative Pulp for Paper - By Sara Marinucci, Lewis and Clark College. Senior Thesis for Environmental Studies, April 24, 1998. The paper pulp industry is a major cause of deforestation and water pollution. Industrial hemp can be a cleaner compliment for or alternative to paper pulp.
www.cnnw.net/~smarinucci/index.html
- Industrial Hemp Investigative and Advisory Task Force Report - Final report of the Illinois Industrial Hemp Investigative and Advisory Task Force.
www.globalhemp.com/Media/Magazines/Global_Hemp_Magazine/2000/January/il_task_force_report.shtml
- Industrial hemp measure goes before committee - By Ericka Schenck Smith, Missoulian State Bureau.
www.missoulian.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2001/February/03-210-news06.txt
- Industrial Hemp Movement Growing - An article by the National Drug Strategy Network, an anti-drug organization, showing industrial hemp in a positive light, implicitly supporting it
www.ndsn.org/FEB97/HEMP.html
- Industrial hemp not really a demon weed - By Becky Somerville, Gazette Staff. University of Western Ontario, Canada.
www.gazette.uwo.ca/1999/October/28/Campus_and_Culture1.htm
- Industrial Hemp petition - Full Text of the resource conservation alliance Industrial Hemp Petition. Includes replacement Rules. Recommended.
www.rca-info.org/indhemp.html
- Iowa Legislators consider legalizing hemp - By Wendy Weiskircher, Iowa State Daily.
www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2001/01/25/3aa93d36bfc05?in_archive=1
- It is time to separate reality from rhetoric - By Louie B. Nunn, Commentary in The Lexington Herald-Leader. Editor's note: Republican Louie B. Nunn was the governor of Kentucky.
www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/021901/commentarydocs/219nunn.htm
- Kentucky Farmers File Suit Against Federal Government to Legalize Hemp - On May 15,1998, several Kentucky farmers and agricultural organizations filed a federal lawsuit to allow for the cultivation of hemp in the United States.
www.ndsn.org/MAYJUN98/HEMP.html
- Kentucky hemp helps Oglala Sioux building project - By David Melmer, Indian Country Today.
www.star-telegram.com:80/news/doc/1047/1:BPAGE24/1:BPAGE241218100.html
- Ky. House backs hemp research - Bill OK'd to explore future of crop - Associated Press story, The Cincinnati Enquirer.
enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/15/loc_ky_house_backs_hemp.html
- Legalization of hemp debated - By Ken Hambleton, Lincoln Journal Star.
www.journalstar.com:80/nebraska?story_id=2170&past=
- Legalizing hemp back in spotlight - By Mark Schaver, The Courier-Journal. Woody Harrelson in the news.
www.courier-journal.com/localnews/1999/9910/15/991015hemp.html
- Legislature should resurrect hemp research bill - Editorial opinion in the Lexington, Kentucky Herald-Leader urging passage of House Bill 855, an industrial hemp research authorization bill.
www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/112200/editorialdocs/1122hemp-1.htm
- Letter to the DEA - By Anita Roddick, OBE, founder and co-chair, The Body Shop.
www.globalhemp.com/News/2000/August/the_body_shop.shtml
- Material possibilities - Proponents say industrial hemp should be legalized for agricultural production. By Jim Witty and Joan Conrow, Honolulu, Hawaii Star-Bulletin.
starbulletin.com/96/07/23/business/story3.html
- Merits of industrial hemp debated in committee - By Gwen Tietgen, The Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
www.dailyneb.com/texis/scripts/vnews/newspaper/+/ART/2001/01/24/3a6e6b952?inarc=1
- Mountainfreak Magazine - Industrial hemp is too good to be true, so why isn't it legal, yet? The Mountainfreak hemp report on history, uses, and all the facts.
mountainfreak.com/hemp/index.html
- Move to legalize hemp grows in heartland - By Craig Savoye, Special to The Christian Science Monitor.
www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/02/13/fp2s1-csm.shtml
- Nader Protests Industrial Hemp Restrictions - By Eun-Kyung Kim, The Associated Press - Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader joined people who want to grow and market industrial hemp today in criticizing federal agencies for making it difficult for farmers to grow the crop.
abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/nader_hemp000905.html
- NAIHC Position Paper - Separating the Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Issues - A clear, well written paper on legalizing Industrial Hemp.
naihc.org/hemp_information/naihc_position_paper.html
- Official: Considering hemp could quiet opposition - By Warren Hastings, Concord Bureau, The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News.
www.theunionleader.com/Articles_show.html?article=12161&archive=1
- Oregon hemp bill careful step in right direction - Editorial Opinions, Capitol Press Agriculture Weekly.
www.capitalpress.com/miscpages/opinion.htm
- Oregon Senate Bill 89 - Relating to industrial hemp; creating new provisions; amending ORS 475.005, 475.992, 475.999 and 561.144; and appropriating money. 71st Oregon Legislative Assembly--2001 Regular Session.
www.leg.state.or.us/01reg/measures/sb0001.dir/sb0089.intro.html
- Our Word - Hemp - Editorial, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
www.dailyegyptian.com/spring01/01-18-01/editorial.html
- Please Help Senator Casey! - A letter by a US Senator from Colorado, encouraging efforts to legalize agricultural hemp.
www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Boulevard/2200/articles/ind_hemp/casey.html
- President Bush Names Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy - The White House, Office of the Press Secretary.
www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/05/20010510-1.html
- Putting Cannabis Into Cars: March 97 - Popular Mechanics story about Industrial Hemp in automobile parts.
www.popularmechanics.com/popmech/sci/tech/9703TUMTRM.html
- Ralph Nader on Industrial Hemp - Ralph Nader's column In the Public Interest: This week's topic "The DEA should get out of regulating hemp agriculture."
www.sfbg.com/nader/95.html
- SaveHemp.org - The DEA is proposing new regulatory language that would allow it to prohibit people from importing hemp products into the United States. This site opposes these proposed regulations and encourages readers to do something about it.
www.savehemp.org
- Sioux fight Feds, this time over hemp - By Jon Bonné, MSNBC.
www.msnbc.com/news/616149.asp
- Some see profit in Hawaii hemp - By Malia Zimmerman, PBN Staff Reporter. Pacific Business News (Honolulu).
www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/07/12/story3.html
- SR0049enr 91st General Assembly - Industrial Hemp resolution. Offered by Senators Bowles and Sieben.
www.legis.state.il.us/legisnet/legisnet91/srgroups/sr/910sr0049enr.html
- State Legislative Action For The Development Of A Hemp Industry In The U.S. - Links to state legislatures and hemp bills. Prepared for Representative Cynthia Thielen, State of Hawaii, updated: 5/3/2001.
www.industrialhemp.net/state.html
- Support hemp research - Editorial opinion in the Lexington, Kentucky Herald-Leader urging passage of House Bill 100, an industrial hemp research authorization bill.
www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/021001/editorialdocs/210notebook-1.htm
- Supporters Have High Hopes for Hemp - By Erin Hayes, ABCNEWS.com. Interest in hemp is growing as a beauty aide, trendy fabric and even an ingredient in beer.
abcnews.go.com/onair/CloserLook/wnt990809_hayes_story.html
- T051999 - 91st Illinois General Assembly House Floor Transcription Debate. The Industrial Hemp Bill is the subject.
www.legis.state.il.us/lgsltvrcrd/htrans91/t051999.html
- TestPledge - Trace THC standards for shelled hempseed and hemp oil.
www.testpledge.com
- Text of Appeal No. 99-1082 - New Hampshire Hemp Council, Inc. v. Marshall, Acting Administrator, United States Drug Enforcement Administration (1/28/2000, No. 99-1082), United States Court of Appeals, For the First Circuit.
www.law.emory.edu/1circuit/jan2000/99-1082.01a.html
- The Colorado Hemp Production Act of 1995 - by Thomas J. Ballanco. Published in: University of Colorado Law Review, Volume 66, Issue 4 (1995).
www.hempfood.com/hempact95.html
- The Drug War Comes to the Rez - When Alex White Plume planted a field full of industrial-grade hemp, he hoped that his crop might lift his family and community out of poverty. Then the DEA came to Pine Ridge. By Leora Broydo, Mother Jones.
www.motherjones.com/news_wire/pineridge_hemp.html
- The Honourable Senator Lorna Milne - News, past and current speeches, biography, Canadian Senate information, and a good links page. Includes Industrial Hemp legalization history.
sen.parl.gc.ca/lmilne/main.htm
- The University of Vermont Legislative Research Shop - Viability of Industrial Hemp.
www.uvm.edu/~vlrs/doc/hemp.htm
- There is a great paradox about Cannabis sativa - By Ned Behrensmeyer, letters to the editor of The Quincy Herald-Whig.
www.whig.com/letters/letterpro/viewnews.cgi?newsid967907049,59124,
- Tribe gets hemp gift - By Peter Baniak, Herald-Leader Frankfort Bureau.
www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/112900/statedocs/29hemp.htm
- U.S. to ban food made from hemp - By Roberta Rampton, Western Producer, Winnipeg bureau.
www.producer.com/articles/20010104/news/20010104news10.html
- UI (University of Illinois) may begin study of industrial hemp - By Kate Clements, The News-Gazette, Springfield, Illinois.
www.news-gazette.com/ngsearch/story.cfm?number=8623
- United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - as amended by the 1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961. Article 28 states: 2. This Convention shall not apply to the cultivation of the cannabis plant exclusively for industrial purposes (fibre and seed) or horticultural purposes.
www.incb.org/e/conv/1961/index.htm?
- Use Of Marijuana For Industrial Purposes - Abstract: DEA is planning to publish three rules simultaneously in the Federal Register regarding the status of products manufactured from the cannabis plant. It is anticipated that the three rules will be as follows.
frwebgate5.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=026242931+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
- Vermont State Auditor - Cannabis Eradication Report - Final report written by Edward S. Flanagan, State Auditor. Report finds that a large percentage of cannabis eradicated is feral hemp.
www.state.vt.us/sao/pages/CAN_final.HTM
- Volesky seeks to legislate industrial hemp - By Robert Pore, the Plainsman.
www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1309853&BRD=1128&PAG=461&dept_id=97933&rfi=6
- Vote Hemp - Registers voters online, educates about Industrial Hemp, provides online voter guide, and sends email Action Alerts.
www.votehemp.com
- Woody Harrelson acquitted of marijuana charge - By Steve Bailey, Associated Press Writer. This is a longer version of the story.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2000/08/24/state2041EDT0239.DTL
- Woody Harrelson Tests Kentucky Law, Risking Jail for Farmers - By Charles Beal, Esq., McCoy & West.
www.hemptech.com/cgi-bin/hempNEWsmaker/home.cgi?read=712
- North American Industrial Hemp Council - The comprehensive information source for the North American hemp industry. Learn all about industrial hemp and its many uses. Banning the growing of this product is like banning both corn and cotton.
naihc.org
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