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Vote Hemp - Registers voters online, educates about Industrial Hemp, provides online voter guide, and sends email Action Alerts.

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.

ATF Policy for beverage alcohol products made with hemp or hemp components - ATF News, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

Audubon Magazine - Legalize It! - Questions why, when it is grown in 32 other countries, hemp is still illegal in the United States.

DEA Clarifies Status of Hemp in the Federal Register - DEA News Release.

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.

Funded Research - USDA Record - An economic analysis of the market for Industrial Hemp. University of Vermont.

Funded Research - USDA Record - Alternative crops in North Dakota. Among the study topics is : Assess the market potential for hemp production.

Harrelson trial highlights benefits of industrial hemp.(Woody Harrelson) - By John S. Rausch , National Catholic Reporter.

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.

Hemp ban lifted - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News.

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. Paper also available as a PDF download.

HemperFi - Provides commentary on hemp cultivation, hemp legislation, and commercial issues.

Hempsters Go to Washington - By Mari Kane, North Bay Bohemian.

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

Industrial hemp not really a demon weed - By Becky Somerville, Gazette Staff. University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Industrial Hemp Petition - Full text of the 1998 Resource Conservation Alliance petition to the US Department of Agriculture and Drug Enforcement Administration to adopt regulations permitting industrial hemp cultivation.

International Hemp Association - Non-profit organization based in the Netherlands that is dedicated to the advancement of Cannabis through the dissemination of information.

Ky. House backs hemp research - Bill OK'd to explore future of crop - Associated Press story, The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Material possibilities - Proponents say industrial hemp should be legalized for agricultural production. By Jim Witty and Joan Conrow, Honolulu, Hawaii Star-Bulletin.

Merits of industrial hemp debated in committee - By Gwen Tietgen, The Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

Move to legalize hemp grows in heartland - By Craig Savoye, Special to The Christian Science Monitor.

NAIHC Position Paper - Separating the Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Issues - A clear, well written paper on legalizing Industrial 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.

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.

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.

President Bush Names Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy - The White House, Office of the Press Secretary.

Restoring Hemp to Natural Place in Japan's Culture - By Angela Jeffs, The Japan Times.

Sioux fight Feds, this time over hemp - By Jon Bonné, MSNBC.

Some see profit in Hawaii hemp - By Malia Zimmerman, PBN Staff Reporter. Pacific Business News (Honolulu).

TestPledge - Trace THC standards for shelled hempseed and hemp oil.

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.

The Boston Hemp Co-op's Digital Library And Museum - Features historical documents, photos and information.

The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance / Alliance Commerciale Canadienne du Chanvre - A non-profit national group of hemp processors, marketers, farmers, and information specialists.

The Colorado Hemp Production Act of 1995 - by Thomas J. Ballanco. Published in: University of Colorado Law Review, Volume 66, Issue 4 (1995).

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.

The Honourable Senator Lorna Milne - News, past and current speeches, biography, Canadian Senate information, and a good links page. Includes Industrial Hemp legalization history.

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.

The University of Vermont Legislative Research Shop - Viability of Industrial Hemp.

The war against hemp - By Nina Willdorf, The Boston Phoenix.

Tom Hemp - Running commentary on hemp news around the world and all things related to hemp.

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. PDF available for download in English, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.

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.

We Can Differentiate Between Hemp, Marijuana - By Louie B. Nunn, Commentary in The Lexington Herald-Leader. Editor's note: Republican Louie B. Nunn was the governor of Kentucky.

Woody Harrelson acquitted of marijuana charge - By Steve Bailey, Associated Press Writer. This is a longer version of the story.

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