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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Vote Hemp - http://www.votehemp.com/
Registers voters online, educates about Industrial Hemp, provides online voter guide, and sends email Action Alerts. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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HemperFi - http://www.hemperfi.com/
Provides commentary on hemp cultivation, hemp legislation, and commercial issues. |
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The war against hemp - http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/02219273.htm
By Nina Willdorf, The Boston Phoenix. |
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Tom Hemp - http://www.tomhemp.com/
Running commentary on hemp news around the world and all things related to hemp. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Hempsters Go to Washington - http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/10.24.02/hemp-0243.html
By Mari Kane, North Bay Bohemian. |
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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). |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |