Hemp legal?

[Kapohocat]

I saw a headline that said the feds has made industrial hemp legal.

1) How is industrial hemp different from regular hemp?

2) Cant find substantiating info although can find hemp referred to in HR 525

Any one got any info?

[Derrick Barnicoat]

I think the distinction is from male marijuana which technically is hemp but is not industrial hemp.

Industrial hemp is a strain that was bred to be hearty and seed bearing rather than for it's high concentration of cannabinoids. In other words, industrial hemp is not a nice smoking product but has strong fibrous stalks and branches and the females have tons of seeds for reproduction and as a food source.

[rainyjim]

I'm assuming (since you provided no link) that the legislation includes some clever legal phrases that allow the production of "industrial hemp" to only be legally undertaken by gigantic corporations that can produce en masse and establish a firm control of the market before 'grassroots' campaigns can wage a battle to allow hemp also to be grown in anybodys backyard / small scale production. By which time the entire industry will be under controls of regulations, permits, and subsidies - immune to manipulation by free enterprise.

[pahoated]

Not legal for the individual citizen but allowed by the federal government. It is part of the farm bill heading to Obama's desk for signature.

quote:

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http://www.news10.net/story/news/nation/...l/5040163/
Farm bill would allow industrial hemp cultivation, research in 9 states

colleges, universities and state agriculture agencies to grow and do research on the crop without being penalized by the federal government.

The provision applies only to states where industrial hemp is legal,

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Hawaii is not one of the states. Interestingly, the DEA allowed Hawaii to grow industrial hemp for research purposes in the 90's and Hawaii let it fade away and expire for some reason.

"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"

[Frank]

if this bill doesn't have a seat belt or a crash helmet or add what ya like here...something has gotta protect us from ourselves...this won't happen here in puna...mo

[Beachboy]

Hemp & Industrial Hemp are the same thing folk! Hemp & Cannabis are more like cousins.

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[Bullwinkle]

Searched Hemp,Cannabis My filter bubble returns this:

The difference is in its use. Hemp and Marijuana both come from the same plant - Cannabis Sativa L. The term 'Hemp' commonly refers to the industrial/commercial use of the cannabis stalk and seed for textiles, foods, papers, body care products, detergents, plastics and building materials. The term 'marijuana' refers to the medicinal, recreational or spiritual use involving the smoking of cannabis flowers. Industrial hemp contains only about 0.3% - 1.5% THC (Tetrahydrocannabinoids, the intoxicating ingredients that make you high) while marijuana contains about 5% - 10% or more THC. Hemp fibre is the longest, strongest and most durable of all natural fibres. Hemp cultivation requires no chemicals, pesticides or herbicides. Grown in rotation with other crops such as corn and legumes, hemp farming is completely sustainable. Hemp produces four times as much fibre per acre as pine trees. Hemp tree-free paper can be recycled up to seven times,

http://hempethics.weebly.com/industrial-...nabis.html

another stretch: plant this stuff in the arsenic polluted soil - insect resistant rope and soil cleansing to boot - grin