Farm Scene Hemp Farming
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- Farm Scene Hemp Farming
- MARIJUANA MALCONTENT Germany’s “McDope” Problem
- Marijuana policy reform is emphasis at Hempfest
- Cannabis factory probe continuing
- Man charged with having marijuana.
Farm Scene Hemp Farming
San Francisco Chronicle – Aug 17, 2006
(AP) — California farmers could legally grow industrial hemp under a bill approved by the state Senate that distinguishes it from a widely grown distant cousin: marijuana. Hemp “bears no more resemblance to marijuana than a poodle bears to a wolf,” said Sen. Tom McClintock, a Republican. “You would die from smoke inhalation before you would get high. He said industrial hemp was improperly lumped into the ban on marijuana in 1937 after it had been grown commercially for decades by American farmers, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The legislation, which passed 26-13 and now goes back to the Assembly, would require that the hemp crop be tested before harvesting to make sure it has only a trace amount of tetrahydrocannabinols, or THC, the drug in marijuana… Tom McClintock, a Republican. “You would die from smoke inhalation before you would get high. He said industrial hemp was improperly lumped into the ban on marijuana in 1937 after it had been grown commercially for decades by American farmers, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The legislation, which passed 26-13 and now goes back to the Assembly, would require that the hemp crop be tested before harvesting to make sure it has only a trace amount of tetrahydrocannabinols, or THC, the drug in marijuana. No matter the concentration of THC, hemp currently can’t be legally grown in the United States without a difficult-to-get permit from the U. Drug Enforcement Administration.
MARIJUANA MALCONTENT Germany’s “McDope” Problem
Spiegel Online – Aug 17, 2006
Since 2004, 30 "cannabis plantations" have been shut down near the Dutch border. Meanwhile, Holland continues to tolerate pot-selling coffee shops that help fill The Hague’s treasury… Computer files and documents uncovered by investigators linked the facility in Kempen to three young men in the Dutch border town of Venlo. The men had set up at least four greenhouses — with 16,000 plants — in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The total harvest would have been more than a ton of marijuana with a total value of about