Hemp

The House Made of Hemp

America's first house made primarily of hemp has been built. Using a product known as Hemcrete â a mix of industrial hemp, lime and water â a team of 40 volunteers, sub-contractors and designers have recently completed construction of a hemp house located in Ashville, North Carolina. Eco-friendly design and construction company Push Design has gained the support of community members and local officials alike and now plans to build more.

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Cannabis Gets a Trade Association [FEATURE]

The marijuana movement is starting to organize to protect its economic interests, and now, the cannabis movement has a Washington lobbyist.

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Senate Holds Hearings on Controversial DEA Nominee [FEATURE]

Despite facilitating perjury, prosecuting medical marijuana cases, blocking research, and sitting on rescheduling petitions, Michelle Leonhart's nomination as DEA adminstrator sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday.

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Hemp "Attractive" for Biodiesel, Researchers Say

Forget "Hemp for Victory." How about "Hemp in my gas tank?" Researchers in Connecticut say it is well-suited for biodiesel.

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"Stoners Against Prop 19" Debunked in New Video

Last week we reported on the forces lined up for and against California's Prop 19.

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Oregon Representative to Introduce Marijuana Legalization Bill

The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act initiative campaign is already gearing up for 2012, but if one legislator has his way, Oregon won't have to wait that long.

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Kentucky Republican Governor Candidate Supports Legal Hemp

A tea party insurgent running for the Kentucky Republican gubernatorial nomination said last week he support hemp production. That makes two hempsters in the 2011 race.

On Cutting Edge of Building Green Homes â With Hemp

The plant fiber used to make the sails that took Christopher Columbus' ships to the New World is now a building material. In Asheville, N.C., a home built with thick hemp walls was completed this summer, and two more are in the works. Dozens of hemp homes have been built in Europe, but they're new to the United States.

Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Moffett Goes on Record Supporting Industrial Hemp

Phil Moffett said Friday he's willing to "go to the carpet" to legalize the production of industrial hemp in Kentucky. The Louisville businessman voiced support for industrial hemp in a question and answer session with libertarian voters in Lexington on Thursday and again Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.

At the Statehouse: Sentencing, Drug Testing, Good Samaritan, Hemp, and SWAT Bills

In the final installment in our series on drug reform legislative activity, we look at sentencing, Good Samaritan laws, drug testing, and a couple of odds and ends.

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