Industrial Hemp

The Obama Administration Is Wrong to Deny American Farmers a Profitable Crop

Eric Steenstra | Posted 05.03.2012

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Eric Steenstra

Despite growing consumer demand for these eco-friendly and healthy products, the U.S. remains the only industrialized nation in the world that allows the importation and sale of hemp raw materials and finished goods, but bans its farmers from growing the crop.

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Ron Paul Praises Hemp

AP | By DALE WETZEL | Posted 04.22.2012

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BISMARCK, N.D. -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul praised hemp as an alternative crop and said a free-market approach would protect the nat...

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MPD's Misleading Affidavit on Capitol Hemp

Josh Davis | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Marijuana, Hemp Farm, Hemp Seeds, Thc, Adam Eidinger, Industrial Hemp, Hemp Fiber, Hemp Fabric, Capitol Hemp, DC News
Josh Davis

In the affidavit Officer Brett Cuevas states, "On the main online web page 'Capitol Hemp' is written in a field of marijuana plants." This statement is incorrect and goes to the crux of a larger issue.

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Legalize It and I Will Industrialize It: Industrial Hemp Is the Engine to Kickstart This Economy

Anna Brones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anna Brones

Multipurpose and versatile -- hemp makes its way into everything from ice cream to paint to clothing -- hemp could be called the wonder resource.

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The Top 5 Reasons Why We Should Grow Hemp

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 05.25.2011

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While there are several reasons for legalizing Cannabis, hemp, which comes from the same plant genus as marijuana, definitely has the most tangible be...

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