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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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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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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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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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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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The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance / Alliance Commerciale Canadienne du Chanvre - http://www.hemptrade.ca/
A non-profit national group of hemp processors, marketers, farmers, and information specialists. |
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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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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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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. |
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Industrial hemp not really a demon weed - http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/1999/October/28/Campus_and_Culture1.htm
By Becky Somerville, Gazette Staff. University of Western Ontario, Canada. |
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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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Tom Hemp - http://www.tomhemp.com/
Running commentary on hemp news around the world and all things related to hemp. |
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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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Restoring Hemp to Natural Place in Japan's Culture - http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?fl20021109a1.htm
By Angela Jeffs, The Japan Times. |
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Hemp ban lifted - http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/1998/02/26/hemp980226.html
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News. |
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Woody Harrelson acquitted of marijuana charge - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2000/08/24/state2041EDT0239.DTL
By Steve Bailey, Associated Press Writer. This is a longer version of the story. |
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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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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. |