Facts About Growing Hemp
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Facts About Growing Hemp
Progress Report – The Progress Report – Jan 28, 2007
Riley continued with “The last thing law enforcement people need is for the cultivation of marijuana-looking plants to spread. Are we going to ask them to go through row by row, field by field, to distinguish between legal hemp and marijuana?”
“The ONDCP is wrong in its characterization of industrial hemp advocates, and there is no evidence that farmers who grow industrial hemp are hiding marijuana plants in their fields, whether in Canada or anywhere else,” says Vote Hemp President Eric Steenstra. “Because cross pollination of low THC industrial hemp and high THC marijuana is inevitable illicit marijuana growers avoid industrial hemp fields to protect the potency of their drug crop. It’s simply illogical that a farmer’s industrial hemp fields are ideal places to hide marijuana plants with all the extra scrutiny that comes with growing the crop. “It’s sad that, instead of a real policy debate on the issue of farming industrial hemp in the United States based on legislative intent and agronomic facts, the ONDCP and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) resort to false hyperbole and character assassination,” says Steenstra. “Tom Riley is welcome to join me in Canada this summer for the Hemp Industries Association annual meeting and see for himself how our neighbors in the north can easily tell the difference between industrial hemp and marijuana crops… They are planted in high densities of 100 to 300 plants per square yard. On the other hand, drug varieties of Cannabis are shorter, are not allowed to go to seed, and have been bred to maximize branching and thus leaves and flowers. They are planted much less densely to promote bushiness. The drug and non-drug varieties are harvested at different times, and planting densities look very different from the air. The last commercial hemp crops in the United States were grown in central Wisconsin in 1957, and these crops were purchased and processed by the Rens Hemp Company in Brandon, about 40 miles northwest of Milwaukee. The primary reason industrial hemp has not been grown in the US since then is because of its misclassification as a Schedule I drug in the CSA of 1970.
Cops find impersonators, cannabis at party
NEWS.com.au – Jan 28, 2007
"A search of the car located a blue shirt with replica badges and rank insignia as well as a blue light believed to have been used in the interceptions,” the spokeswoman said. Police then located the two men alleged to have impersonated police and were putting them into a police vehicle, when they were surrounded by party-goers who let the men escape. Both men ran into bushland and were pursued on foot by police, who then located the cannabis crop with over 30 plants ranging from immature to three metres in height. The men later returned and surrendered to police. The pair, aged 20 and 21, are due in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court charged with one count each of impersonate a police officer, two counts each of deprivation of liberty and two counts of obstructing police. The 20-year-old will front court tomorrow and the 21-year-old will appear on February 20. Regional Duty Officer Inspector Paul Ziebarth warned people of the dangers of impersonating police.
Police arrest 4, seize marijuana, cocaine: The arrests occur after…
highbeam.com – Jan 28, 2007
find Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) articles. 28–Reading police arrested four men in a house in the 1100 block of North 11th Street, including three resid.
… arrested on drug charges: Police say men rented house to…
Free with registration – The Herald – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 28, 2007
| Herald (Rock Hill, SC) (January, 2007). 28–Authorities have seized 115 pounds of marijuana from two brothers who they say said rented a Rock Hill house solely for drugs to be shipped there. Reynaldo Perez-Zamudi… 28–Authorities have seized 115 pounds of marijuana from two brothers who they say said rented a Rock Hill house solely for drugs to be shipped there. Reynaldo Perez-Zamudio, 36, of 3413-C Biscayne Drive in Charlotte and Mario Perez-Zamudio, 29, of 1601 Twin Lakes Road in Rock Hill were arrested Friday, said Marvin Brown, commander of the York County Multijurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit. The estimated street value for the marijuana was $184,000, Brown said. Reynaldo Perez-Zamudio faces two.
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Providence Journal – Providence Journal (subscription) – Jan 28, 2007
It’s like ibuprofen, only a lot stronger, and can be administered via injection. “It has no mind-altering effects,” said Shalvoy. “It has none of the effects of Vicodin, alcohol or marijuana. ”Marijuana commonplaceMarijuana use is common among NFL players, and, judging by arrests for possession, it seems like the practice is widespread. (As is alcohol use, judging by high-profile DUI cases. ) The most publicized case in recent history regarding marijuana use in the NFL involved former Miami Dolphins star running back Ricky Williams, who was suspended for the 2007 season after three times testing positive for the banned substances. He played last year in the Canadian Football League.