  |
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. |
| |
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. |
| |
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. |
| |
Vote Hemp - http://www.votehemp.com/
Registers voters online, educates about Industrial Hemp, provides online voter guide, and sends email Action Alerts. |
| |
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. |
| |
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. |
| |
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. |
| |
The University of Vermont Legislative Research Shop - http://www.uvm.edu/~vlrs/doc/hemp.htm
Viability of Industrial Hemp. |
| |
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. |
| |
HemperFi - http://www.hemperfi.com/
Provides commentary on hemp cultivation, hemp legislation, and commercial issues. |
| |
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. |
| |
The war against hemp - http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/02219273.htm
By Nina Willdorf, The Boston Phoenix. |
| |
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. |
| |
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. |
| |
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 |
 |
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. |
| |
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. |
| |
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). |
| |
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. |
| |
Sioux fight Feds, this time over hemp - http://www.msnbc.com/news/616149.asp
By Jon Bonné, MSNBC. |
| |
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. |
| |
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. |
| |
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. |
| |
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. |
| |
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. |