- Industrial hemp and marijuana are both members of the cannabis plant family, but hemp contains only tiny amounts of the drug delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) - Growing both marijuana and hemp became illegal in Canada in 1938. The ban on commercial hemp production was lifted 1998. - As of June 2[...]
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May 15th, 2012 - 10:55 AM § in Ag Hemp
Colorado HB-1099 is on its way to the Governor’s Desk!
Second Regular Session Sixty-eighth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REREVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the Second House LLS NO. 12-0485.01 Kristen Forrestal x4217 HOUSE BILL 12-1099 House Committees Senate Committees Local Government Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Ener[...]
July 11th, 2011 - 2:43 PM § in Ag Hemp
Hemp is Serious Business
AGRICULTURE The ‘snicker factor’ aside, hemp is serious business.  Producers of industrial hemp are poised to meet growing demand for the straitlaced and useful cousin of the mind-altering weed. By RITA TRICHUR – Hemp is fast becoming a staple of daytime TV as Oprah, Dr. Oz and o[...]
April 29th, 2011 - 4:15 PM § in Ag Hemp
Right Here in Colorado – Hemp-licious by Jeff Thomas
BOULDER — Historically, of course, it has been about the most useful weed around. And thanks to some energetic and committed Boulder County entrepreneurs, you can add nondairy ice cream to the many and varied uses of hemp. “We made a few batches for sales in 1998 for the Boulder Creek Festival,â[...]
April 20th, 2011 - 5:40 PM § in Ag Hemp
Your Tax Dollars At Work
In the past two decades, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has spent at least $175 million in direct spending and grants to the states to eradicate feral hemp plants, popularly known as “ditch weed.” The plants, the hardy descendants of hemp plants grown by farmers at the federal[...]