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Vote Hemp
Registers voters online, educates about Industrial Hemp, provides online voter guide, and sends email Action Alerts.
http://www.votehemp.com/
Our Word - Hemp
Editorial, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
http://www.dailyegyptian.com/spring01/01-18-01/editorial.html
Air Force Drug-Use Program Threatened
By Senior Master Sgt. Andrew Stanley, Air Force Press News The Communicator, Air Force Personnel Center Vol. 8, No. 08.
http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/pubaffairs/comm/comm99/01/comm0128.htm
House bill would allow hemp study by universities
Legislative Briefs, The Lexington Herald-Leader.
http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/021501/legisdocs/15leg-briefs.htm
Hemp-legalization proponents display products at conference
By Charles Wolfe, Associated Press. The story is about the Midway College Industrial Hemp Conference in Kentucky.
http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/111800/localdocs/18hemp.htm
Industrial hemp not really a demon weed
By Becky Somerville, Gazette Staff. University of Western Ontario, Canada.
http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/1999/October/28/Campus_and_Culture1.htm
Material possibilities
Proponents say industrial hemp should be legalized for agricultural production. By Jim Witty and Joan Conrow, Honolulu, Hawaii Star-Bulletin.
http://starbulletin.com/96/07/23/business/story3.html
Legislature should resurrect hemp research bill
Editorial opinion in the Lexington, Kentucky Herald-Leader urging passage of House Bill 855, an industrial hemp research authorization bill.
http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/112200/editorialdocs/1122hemp-1.htm
Hemp bill up in smoke
By Alexa Aguilar, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
http://www.dailyegyptian.com/fall00/11-29-00/hemp.html
Illinois chose old stereotypes over economic potential
Editorial, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
http://www.dailyegyptian.com/fall00/11-30-00/hemped.html
Hemp bill clears one test
By Nancy Chesley, Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa.
http://qctimes.com/rednews/2001/01/10/build/state/VHEMP.html
Industrial Hemp as an Alternative Pulp for Paper
By Sara Marinucci, Lewis and Clark College. Senior Thesis for Environmental Studies, April 24, 1998. The paper pulp industry is a major cause of deforestation and water pollution. Industrial hemp can be a cleaner complement for or alternative to paper pulp.
http://www.cnnw.net/~smarinucci/index.html
Hemp a possible solution to environmental concerns, low crop prices
By George Green, The Daily Nebraskan, the official student produced publication for the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
http://www.dailyneb.com/texis/scripts/vnews/newspaper/+/ART/2000/11/06/3a062cc99?inarc=1
Ralph Nader on Industrial Hemp
Ralph Nader's column In the Public Interest: This week's topic "The DEA should get out of regulating hemp agriculture."
http://www.sfbg.com/nader/95.html
Hempology - Hemp History
Features historical documents, photos and information relating to hemp. An excellent resource with a lot of hard to find information.
http://www.hempology.org/
Acts of the 1999-2000 Vermont Legislature - Vermont J.R.S. 98
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.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2000/acts/ACTR333.HTM
The University of Vermont Legislative Research Shop
Viability of Industrial Hemp.
http://www.uvm.edu/~vlrs/doc/hemp.htm
NAIHC Position Paper - Separating the Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Issues
A clear, well written paper on legalizing Industrial Hemp.
http://naihc.org/hemp_information/naihc_position_paper.html
Putting Cannabis Into Cars: March 97
Popular Mechanics story about Industrial Hemp in automobile parts.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/popmech/sci/tech/9703TUMTRM.html
Some see profit in Hawaii hemp
By Malia Zimmerman, PBN Staff Reporter. Pacific Business News (Honolulu).
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/07/12/story3.html
Donated truckload of Canadian hemp coming to Pine Ridge
By Peter Baniak, Herald-Leader Frankfort Bureau and Heidi Belle Gease, Journal Staff Writer.
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2000/November/29-699-news01.txt
Hemp bill heads to Ryan's desk
By Diane M. Komiskey, Journal-Standard Reporter, Freeport, Illinois
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1259560&BRD=1624&PAG=461&dept_id=57111&rfi=8
Oregon Senate Bill 89
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.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/01reg/measures/sb0001.dir/sb0089.intro.html
Hemp crop study comes up for vote in Illinois
By Nancy Chesley, Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa.
http://qctimes.com/rednews/2001/01/07/build/state/STORY3S.html
Cloudy fate awaits hemp bill
By Anne Marie Tavella, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
http://www.dailyegyptian.com/spring01/01-18-01/hemp.html
Kentucky hemp helps Oglala Sioux building project
By David Melmer, Indian Country Today.
http://www.star-telegram.com:80/news/doc/1047/1:BPAGE24/1:BPAGE241218100.html
Harrelson trial highlights benefits of industrial hemp.(Woody Harrelson)
By John S. Rausch , National Catholic Reporter.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1141/39_36/65774930/p1/article.jhtml?term=hemp
U.S. to ban food made from hemp
By Roberta Rampton, Western Producer, Winnipeg bureau.
http://www.producer.com/articles/20010104/news/20010104news10.html
UI (University of Illinois) may begin study of industrial hemp
By Kate Clements, The News-Gazette, Springfield, Illinois.
http://www.news-gazette.com/ngsearch/story.cfm?number=8623
Use Of Marijuana For Industrial Purposes
Abstract: DEA is planning to publish three rules simultaneously in the Federal Register regarding the status of products manufactured from the cannabis plant. It is anticipated that the three rules will be as follows.
http://frwebgate5.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=026242931+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
Hemp oil sales in jeopardy
By Roberta Rampton, Western Producer, Winnipeg bureau.
http://www.producer.com/articles/20010104/news/20010104news10a.html
Bill to Legalize Hemp Growing Introduced Again in Legislature
By Jake Bleed, Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald Bureau.
http://www.omaha.com/index.atp?u_div=3&u_hdg=0&u_sid=54631
Impact of hemp food on drug tests studied
By Roberta Rampton, Western Producer, Winnipeg bureau.
http://www.producer.com/articles/20010118/news/20010118news18.html
Tribe gets hemp gift
By Peter Baniak, Herald-Leader Frankfort Bureau.
http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/112900/statedocs/29hemp.htm
Support hemp research
Editorial opinion in the Lexington, Kentucky Herald-Leader urging passage of House Bill 100, an industrial hemp research authorization bill.
http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/021001/editorialdocs/210notebook-1.htm
The Drug War Comes to the Rez
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.
http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/pineridge_hemp.html
Official: Considering hemp could quiet opposition
By Warren Hastings, Concord Bureau, The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News.
http://www.theunionleader.com/Articles_show.html?article=12161&archive=1
Ky. House backs hemp research - Bill OK'd to explore future of crop
Associated Press story, The Cincinnati Enquirer.
http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/15/loc_ky_house_backs_hemp.html
Iowa Legislators consider legalizing hemp
By Wendy Weiskircher, Iowa State Daily.
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2001/01/25/3aa93d36bfc05?in_archive=1
Volesky seeks to legislate industrial hemp
By Robert Pore, the Plainsman.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1309853&BRD=1128&PAG=461&dept_id=97933&rfi=6
Legalization of hemp debated
By Ken Hambleton, Lincoln Journal Star.
http://www.journalstar.com:80/nebraska?story_id=2170&past=
Merits of industrial hemp debated in committee
By Gwen Tietgen, The Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
http://www.dailyneb.com/texis/scripts/vnews/newspaper/+/ART/2001/01/24/3a6e6b952?inarc=1
Hemp bill advances out of committee
By Ken Hambleton, Lincoln Journal Star.
http://www.journalstar.com:80/nebraska?story_id=2263&date=20010202&past=
State Legislative Action For The Development Of A Hemp Industry In The U.S.
Links to state legislatures and hemp bills. Prepared for Representative Cynthia Thielen, State of Hawaii, updated: 5/3/2001.
http://www.industrialhemp.net/state.html
Move to legalize hemp grows in heartland
By Craig Savoye, Special to The Christian Science Monitor.
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/02/13/fp2s1-csm.shtml
Industrial hemp measure goes before committee
By Ericka Schenck Smith, Missoulian State Bureau.
http://www.missoulian.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2001/February/03-210-news06.txt
Hemp it up
Homegrown hemp aspires to be soybean of new millennium. By Jennifer Bain, Food writer, The Toronto Star. Story includes recipes.
http://www.thestar.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=979061489005&call_page=TS_Food&call_pageid=968867496431&call_pagepath=Entertainment,Life/Food
Hemp good for Iowa
By Editorial Board, Iowa State Daily.
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2001/01/25/3aa93d2f0fcad?in_archive=1
It is time to separate reality from rhetoric
By Louie B. Nunn, Commentary in The Lexington Herald-Leader. Editor's note: Republican Louie B. Nunn was the governor of Kentucky.
http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/021901/commentarydocs/219nunn.htm
The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance / Alliance Commerciale Canadienne du Chanvre
A non-profit national group of hemp processors, marketers, farmers, and information specialists.
http://www.hemptrade.ca/
The Honourable Senator Lorna Milne
News, past and current speeches, biography, Canadian Senate information, and a good links page. Includes Industrial Hemp legalization history.
http://www.sen.parl.gc.ca/lmilne/
Hemp Conspiracy
A true story of state corruption and individual consequence. Site features something for the interested to the most seasoned cannabis researcher.
http://www.hempconspiracy.com/
The Natural Industrial Resource Petition
Petition encouraging the US to comply with the 1961 United Nations Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs in respect to cultivation of industrial hemp.
http://www.petitiononline.com/NIRP/petition.html
Petition to United Nations High Commissioner and General Assembly
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.
http://www.petitiononline.com/hconspir/petition.html
United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
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.
http://www.incb.org/e/conv/1961/articles_II.htm#28
Audubon Magazine - Legalize It!
Questions why, when it is grown in 32 other countries, hemp is still illegal in the United States.
http://magazine.audubon.org/incite/incite9911.html
Tom Hemp
Running commentary on hemp news around the world and all things related to hemp.
http://www.tomhemp.com/
Hemp: A New Crop with New Uses for North America
The single most useful page on hemp on the Internet. By Ernest Small and David Marcus. Reprinted from: Trends in new crops and new uses. 2002. p. 284–326. J. Janick and A. Whipkey (eds.). ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html
The war against hemp
By Nina Willdorf, The Boston Phoenix.
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/02219273.htm
Restoring hemp to natural place in Japan's culture
By Angela Jeffs, The Japan Times.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20021109a1.htm
Hempsters Go to Washington
By Mari Kane, North Bay Bohemian.
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/10.24.02/hemp-0243.html
DEA Clarifies Status of Hemp in the Federal Register
DEA News Release.
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr100901.html
ATF Policy for beverage alcohol products made with hemp or hemp components
ATF News, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
http://www.atf.treas.gov/press/breakingnews/fy01/040700hemp.htm
Hemp's Home on the Internet
History of the plant, its cultivation today, and promotion of it as a crop in the United States.
http://www.hemp.com
Vermont State Auditor - Cannabis Eradication Report
Final report written by Edward S. Flanagan, State Auditor. Report finds that a large percentage of cannabis eradicated is feral hemp.
http://www.state.vt.us/sao/reviews/reviews1998_cannabiseradication.htm
South Dakota Industrial Hemp Council
Educates the public about hemp. Includes news and resources.
http://www.sodakhemp.org/
Funded Research - USDA Record
An economic analysis of the market for Industrial Hemp. University of Vermont.
http://fundedresearch.cos.com/cgi-bin/USDA/getRec?9172318
Funded Research - USDA Record
Alternative crops in North Dakota. Among the study topics is : Assess the market potential for hemp production.
http://fundedresearch.cos.com/cgi-bin/USDA/getRec?9177610
Hemp ban lifted
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News.
http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/1998/02/26/hemp980226
Legalizing hemp back in spotlight
By Mark Schaver, The Courier-Journal. Woody Harrelson in the news.
http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/1999/9910/15/991015hemp.html
Woody Harrelson Tests Kentucky Law, Risking Jail for Farmers
By Charles Beal, Esq., McCoy & West.
http://www.hemptech.com/cgi-bin/hempNEWsmaker/home.cgi?read=712
Coloradan to aid actor in hemp trial
By John Sanko, Denver Rocky Mountain News Capitol Bureau. Former Colorado lawmaker Lloyd Casey to help Woody Harrelson.
http://insidedenver.com:80/news/0823case7.shtml
SaveHemp.org
The DEA is proposing new regulatory language that would allow it to prohibit people from importing hemp products into the United States. This site opposes these proposed regulations and encourages readers to do something about it.
http://www.savehemp.org/
Mountainfreak Magazine
Industrial hemp is too good to be true, so why isn't it legal, yet? The Mountainfreak hemp report on history, uses, and all the facts.
http://mountainfreak.com/hemp/index.html
TestPledge
Trace THC standards for shelled hempseed and hemp oil.
http://www.testpledge.com/
Sioux fight Feds, this time over hemp
By Jon Bonné, MSNBC.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/616149.asp
Woody Harrelson acquitted of marijuana charge
By Steve Bailey, Associated Press Writer. This is a longer version of the story.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2000/08/24/state2041EDT0239.DTL
President Bush Names Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy
The White House, Office of the Press Secretary.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/05/20010510-1.html
Letter to the DEA
By Anita Roddick, OBE, founder and co-chair, The Body Shop.
http://www.globalhemp.com/News/2000/August/the_body_shop.shtml
Text of Appeal No. 99-1082
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.
http://www.law.emory.edu/1circuit/jan2000/99-1082.01a.html
The Colorado Hemp Production Act of 1995
by Thomas J. Ballanco. Published in: University of Colorado Law Review, Volume 66, Issue 4 (1995).
http://www.hempfood.com/hempact95.html
Industrial Hemp Petition
Full Text of the resource conservation alliance Industrial Hemp Petition. Includes proposed replacement rules.
http://www.rca-info.org/indhemp.html
Fornits' Industrial Hemp Archive
Very useful "resource" list of industrial hemp articles and sites.
http://fornits.com/curiosity/hemp/
North American Industrial Hemp Council
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.
http://naihc.org/
Industrial Hemp Movement Growing
An article by the National Drug Strategy Network, an anti-drug organization, showing industrial hemp in a positive light, implicitly supporting it
http://www.ndsn.org/FEB97/HEMP.html
Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1856 Edition - Hemp
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.
http://fornits.com/curiosity/hemp/hemp1856.htm
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