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Vote
Hemp
Alert:
Proposed
North
Dakota
Hemp
Rules
7/7/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/443/ndhemp.shtml
Tell North Dakota's Agriculture
Commissioner Roger Johnson that you support his proposal to license farmers
to grow industrial hemp. Vote Hemp wants to gather as much positive
feedback as possible on the proposed hemp farming rules before the July
20 deadline for written comments.
Go to Vote
Hemp's North Dakota page to read the proposed rules and submit your
comments to Commissioner Johnson. And please remember to forward
this e-mail to others in North Dakota by clicking the "forward email to
a friend" link.
North Dakota's proposed rules
are an important step towards getting US farmers involved in the lucrative
and growing market for industrial hemp.
Note the following:
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Canada has planted over 40,000
acres of industrial hemp this year in an attempt to meet expanding demand
for the nutritious and versatile plant in the United States, but rumors
persist that shortages will force the industry to import seed from Europe
or China.
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FlexForm Technologies, the Indiana-based
manufacturer of bio-composites found in over 2.5 million vehicles in North
America today, uses 250,000 pounds of hemp fiber per year. The company's
natural fiber usage will double in 2007. A company spokesman says
they could "easily" use more hemp and would "gladly" expand their domestic
purchases.
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A byproduct of the thriving
hemp seed and fiber industries, the woody core of the hemp plant is underutilized
due to transportation costs. The core's use in animal bedding, biofuel,
plastic, concrete, paper and other products would become more viable if
hemp were grown domestically.
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Sales of hemp foods in 2004/2005
grew by 50% over the previous 12-month period. US retail sales of
hemp products are estimated to now be $250 to $300 million per year.
Visit Vote
Hemp's web site for further information.
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Issue #443
-- 7/7/06
Editorial:
Is
Ecstasy
a
Dangerous
Drug?
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Five
Arrested,
13
Dispensaries
Raided
by
DEA
in
San
Diego
|
Feature:
Battle
Over
California's
Proposition
36
to
Head
to
Court
|
Feature:
Wisconsin
Drug
Reform
Activist
and
Senate
Candidate
Ben
Masel
Assaulted,
Arrested
By
Campus
Cops,
Plans
to
Sue
|
Sad
News:
Drug
Policy
Scholar
Lynn
Zimmer
Dead
at
59
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Vote
Hemp
Alert:
Proposed
North
Dakota
Hemp
Rules
|
Australia:
Member
of
South
Australia
Parliament
Says
Raves
Safer
Than
Hotel
Bars,
Urges
Testing
Programs
for
Ecstasy
and
Other
Pills
|
Europe:
Russian
Official
Calls
for
Ban
on
Magazines
Over
Drug,
Sex
Content
|
Harm
Reduction:
Delaware
Needle
Exchange
Bill
Passes
House,
Awaits
Governor's
Signature
|
Harm
Reduction:
Massachusetts
Governor
Vetoes
Needle
Sales
Bill
|
Canadian
Senator
and
Former
Mayor
Roasts
UN
Anti-Drug
Chief
in
E-Mail
over
"World
Drug
Report"
|
Web
Scan:
Politicians
Who
Have
Used
Marijuana
Radio
Ad,
Tony
Papa
on
Dwight
Gooden,
VICS
Cannabinoid
Chronicles
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
|
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This issue -- single-file printer version
Drug War Chronicle -- main page
Chronicle archives
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