 We Can Differentiate Between Hemp, Marijuana - http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/editorial/11486404.htm By Louie B. Nunn, Commentary in The Lexington Herald-Leader. Editor's note: Republican Louie B. Nunn was the governor of Kentucky. |
 Ky. House backs hemp research - Bill OK'd to explore future of crop - http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/15/loc_ky_house_backs_hemp.html Associated Press story, The Cincinnati Enquirer. |
 Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1856 Edition - Hemp - http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/h/hemp22a.html An objective 19th century description of hemp, its origins, and imports to the UK from a time before it was made illegal in the United States. |
 Funded Research - USDA Record - http://fundedresearch.cos.com/cgi-bin/USDA/getRec?9172318 An economic analysis of the market for Industrial Hemp. University of Vermont. |
 Funded Research - USDA Record - http://fundedresearch.cos.com/cgi-bin/USDA/getRec?9177610 Alternative crops in North Dakota. Among the study topics is : Assess the market potential for hemp production. |
 Sioux fight Feds, this time over hemp - http://www.msnbc.com/news/616149.asp By Jon Bonné, MSNBC. |
 Oregon Senate Bill 89 - http://www.leg.state.or.us/01reg/measures/sb0001.dir/sb0089.intro.html 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. |
 Vermont State Auditor - Cannabis Eradication Report - http://www.state.vt.us/sao/reviews/reviews1998_cannabiseradication.htm Final report written by Edward S. Flanagan, State Auditor. Report finds that a large percentage of cannabis eradicated is feral hemp. |
 Acts of the 1999-2000 Vermont Legislature - Vermont J.R.S. 98 - http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2000/acts/ACTR333.HTM 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. |
 Harrelson trial highlights benefits of industrial hemp.(Woody Harrelson) - http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1141/39_36/65774930/p1/article.jhtml?term=hemp By John S. Rausch , National Catholic Reporter. |
 TestPledge - http://www.testpledge.com/ Trace THC standards for shelled hempseed and hemp oil. |
 Some see profit in Hawaii hemp - http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/07/12/story3.html By Malia Zimmerman, PBN Staff Reporter. Pacific Business News (Honolulu). |
 Vote Hemp - http://www.votehemp.com/ Registers voters online, educates about Industrial Hemp, provides online voter guide, and sends email Action Alerts. |
 Material possibilities - http://starbulletin.com/96/07/23/business/story3.html Proponents say industrial hemp should be legalized for agricultural production. By Jim Witty and Joan Conrow, Honolulu, Hawaii Star-Bulletin. |
 The Drug War Comes to the Rez - http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2001/02/pineridge_hemp.html?welcome=true 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. |
 Tom Hemp - http://www.tomhemp.com/ Running commentary on hemp news around the world and all things related to hemp. |
 Hempsters Go to Washington - http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/10.24.02/hemp-0243.html By Mari Kane, North Bay Bohemian. |
 The war against hemp - http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/02219273.htm By Nina Willdorf, The Boston Phoenix. |
 The Natural Industrial Resource Petition - http://www.petitiononline.com/NIRP/petition.html Petition encouraging the US to comply with the 1961 United Nations Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs in respect to cultivation of industrial hemp. |
 Petition to United Nations High Commissioner and General Assembly - http://www.petitiononline.com/hconspir/petition.html Petition encouraging the United Nations to amend the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs to include controls on worldwide growing of industrial hemp in respect to Article 28, section 2. |
 Audubon Magazine - Legalize It! - http://magazine.audubon.org/incite/incite9911.html Questions why, when it is grown in 32 other countries, hemp is still illegal in the United States. |
 Hemp a possible solution to environmental concerns, low crop prices - http://www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2000/11/06/News/Hemp-A.Possible.Solution.To.Environmental.Concerns.Low.Crop.Prices-1731714.shtml?norewrite200606040753&sourcedomain=www.dailynebraskan.com By George Green, The Daily Nebraskan, the official student produced publication for the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. |
 Merits of industrial hemp debated in committee - http://media.www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2001/01/24/News/Merits.Of.Industrial.Hemp.Debated.In.Committee-1730789.shtml By Gwen Tietgen, The Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln. |
 Text of Appeal No. 99-1082 - http://www.law.emory.edu/1circuit/jan2000/99-1082.01a.html 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. |
 Hemp: A New Crop with New Uses for North America - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html The single most useful page on hemp on the Internet. By Ernest Small and David Marcus. Reprinted from: Trends in new crops and new uses. 2002. p. 284–326. J. Janick and A. Whipkey (eds.). ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA. Paper also available as a PDF download. |
 ATF Policy for beverage alcohol products made with hemp or hemp components - http://www.atf.treas.gov/press/breakingnews/fy01/040700hemp.htm ATF News, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. |
 President Bush Names Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy - http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/05/20010510-1.html The White House, Office of the Press Secretary. |
 Industrial Hemp Movement Growing - http://www.ndsn.org/FEB97/HEMP.html An article by the National Drug Strategy Network, an anti-drug organization, showing industrial hemp in a positive light, implicitly supporting it |
 Hemp ban lifted - http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/1998/02/26/hemp980226.html Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News. |
 Industrial hemp not really a demon weed - http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/1999/October/28/Campus_and_Culture1.htm By Becky Somerville, Gazette Staff. University of Western Ontario, Canada. |
 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - http://www.incb.org/incb/convention_1961.html 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. PDF available for download in English, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian. |
 North American Industrial Hemp Council - http://naihc.org/ 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 Position Paper - Separating the Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Issues - http://naihc.org/hemp_information/naihc_position_paper.html A clear, well written paper on legalizing Industrial Hemp. |
 The Colorado Hemp Production Act of 1995 - http://www.druglibrary.org/olsen/hemp/iha/iha02215.html by Thomas J. Ballanco. Published in: University of Colorado Law Review, Volume 66, Issue 4 (1995). |
 The University of Vermont Legislative Research Shop - http://www.uvm.edu/~vlrs/doc/hemp.htm Viability of Industrial Hemp. |
 Woody Harrelson acquitted of marijuana charge - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2000/08/24/state2041EDT0239.DTL By Steve Bailey, Associated Press Writer. This is a longer version of the story. |
 Move to legalize hemp grows in heartland - http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/02/13/fp2s1-csm.shtml By Craig Savoye, Special to The Christian Science Monitor. |
 DEA Clarifies Status of Hemp in the Federal Register - http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr100901.html DEA News Release. |
 Industrial Hemp Petition - http://www.rca-info.org/alts/petition.html Full text of the 1998 Resource Conservation Alliance petition to the US Department of Agriculture and Drug Enforcement Administration to adopt regulations permitting industrial hemp cultivation. |
 The Boston Hemp Co-op's Digital Library And Museum - http://www.hempology.org/ Features historical documents, photos and information. |
 The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance / Alliance Commerciale Canadienne du Chanvre - http://www.hemptrade.ca/ A non-profit national group of hemp processors, marketers, farmers, and information specialists. |
 The Honourable Senator Lorna Milne - http://www.sen.parl.gc.ca/lmilne/ News, past and current speeches, biography, Canadian Senate information, and a good links page. Includes Industrial Hemp legalization history. |
 HemperFi - http://www.hemperfi.com/ Provides commentary on hemp cultivation, hemp legislation, and commercial issues. |
 Restoring Hemp to Natural Place in Japan's Culture - http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?fl20021109a1.htm By Angela Jeffs, The Japan Times. |
 International Hemp Association - http://www.internationalhempassociation.org/ Non-profit organization based in the Netherlands that is dedicated to the advancement of Cannabis through the dissemination of information. |