Sentences with phrase «legalizing hemp»

The Texas Republican and erstwhile presidential candidate on Thursday submitted a statement to the Congressional Record recognizing next week, May 17 - 23, as Hemp History Week and urging his colleagues to pass legislation legalizing hemp farming.

Paul's arguments focused on the potential economic effect of legalizing hemp — probably making for a stronger case than the beauty of those hemp necklaces found on the necks of half the attendees of any given Widespread Panic concert.

Legalizing hemp for industrial use in the U.S. would not only create jobs and contribute toward environmentally - sane agriculture, but it would supply Patagonia with a sustainable U.S. - sourced supply of hemp.

The bill, announced by McConnell and supported by a bipartisan group of senators, would «legalize hemp as an agricultural commodity and remove it from the list of controlled substances.»

Legalize hemp farming, medicinal marijuana uses and tax the doggie do - do out of recreational usages...

Legalize Hemp Farming and then tax ad regulate recreational marijuana use while finally, «freely» give medicinal cannabis to those in dire needs of cannabis's medicinal qualities while charging the «least» needy a fair rate...

While in his home state of Kentucky, McConnell announced he will introduce a bill to legalize hemp as an «agricultural commodity.»

We don't need to legalize hemp, we need to legalize all recreational drugs.

In skimming our archives, I found a great story from last year on North Dakota farmers pushing for legalized hemp farming and another one on legalizing hemp that I wrote in 1997.

Legalizes hemp.

This event is called the Hemp Throw Down, a gathering for groups looking to legalize hemp.

Other states — including Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, and Montana — have passed laws to legalize hemp - farming, based on the DEA granting a permit to do so (which the narcos have done only once, to researchers in Hawaii — a permit that has long since expired).

Please Sign the New Petition to the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, and President Barack Obama Legalize Hemp Farming in the United States.

WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, the nation's leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., is excited to report that President Obama has signed the Farm Bill which contains an amendment to legalize hemp production for research purposes.

Regrettably, I am unable to support current efforts to legalize hemp in this country.

Section 7606 of the act, Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp Research, defines industrial hemp as distinct from marijuana and authorizes institutions of higher education or state department's of agriculture in states that legalized hemp cultivation to regulate and conduct research and pilot programs.

«The unanimous inclusion of this directive in their agriculture policy demonstrates that NCSL understands the need for legislative reform to legalize hemp farming, and recognizes its potential as a sustainable and profitable crop for American farmers,» Steenstra continued.

WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, the nation's leading hemp grassroots advocacy organization working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., is excited to report that an amendment to legalize hemp production for research purposes was included in the Farm Bill, which will soon be voted on in both the House and Senate.

Some, however, have legalized hemp production just like Colorado.

They are leading the battle to legalize hemp farming in the U.S..

WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, the nation's leading hemp grassroots advocacy organization, working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., is excited to report that an amendment to legalize hemp production for research purposes was included in H.R. 2642, better known as the Farm Bill, passed the House by a vote of 216 to 208 yesterday afternoon.

Not exact matches

Kentucky's senior senator endorsed his junior colleague's bid to legalize industrial hemp (seriously), joined his filibuster protesting the administration's drone policy, and even embraced Ron and Rand Paul's «Audit the Fed» campaign.

The organic soap and body care products company, which uses hemp and hemp oil in many of its products, announced it will financially support organizations working to legalize marijuana in five states

The release of «Harvesting Liberty» was timed to build momentum for a petition that will be delivered on Congress on July 4, urging lawmakers to pass the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015/2016 (S. 134 and H.R. 525), legalizing the cultivation of industrial hemp in the Hemp Farming Act of 2015/2016 (S. 134 and H.R. 525), legalizing the cultivation of industrial hemp in the hemp in the U.S.

Nuuvera is a cannabis and industrial hemp company focused on low cost production and seed - to - sale solutions across legalized geographies

Industrial hemp production is currently legal under special permits in the state, however, the real benefit for WV farmers and tourism industry is for us to be the first mover in the eastern United States to legalize recreational marijuana.

All phytocannabinoid (PCR) rich products our partners produce, manufacture, or distribute, are either imported legally, or derived from 100 % Federally legal industrial hemp that is registered with the Colorado, Oregon, or North Carolina State Departments of Agriculture and conform fully to the 2014 US Farm Bill section 7606 which federally legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp under certain federal mandated conditions which we fully conform to.

Over 10 states have legalized commercial hemp and over 20 states have passed research and pilot programs.

Around the world, federal governments are starting to reintroduce hemp as a legalized agricultural crop.

An earlier version of this article stated it is illegal to grow hemp in the U.S. Currently, a handful of states have legalized the cultivation and research of industrial hemp, although growers with state - issued permits still require permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration to grow hemp.

Although certain states have begun to legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp in the last couple of years, the hemp seeds you can find at your grocery or health food store were likely grown in Canada or China.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that aims to boost hemp production, as Ontario gathers public input on legalizing marijuana.

However, hemp cultivation was banned in the U.S. until 2014 when President Barack Obama signed a law legalizing growing hemp for research.

Because federal law continues to outlaw the production and sales of cannabis aside from the CBD oil and hemp seed oil from hemp plants, it is illegal for states that have legalized cannabis to sell products across state borders.

I'd love to see hemp legalized for all its non-food uses.

Hemp Oil for Dogs With states steadily legalizing marijuana each year, the popularity of cannabidiol (CBD) oil is exploding.

Colella says that, in the case of hemp products, the time may come when costs come down, as more states legalize commercial hemp production; but for now, hemp products offered in the U.S. will continue to be more expensive than those made with synthetic fibers.

«In the past year, the conversation to legalize the cultivation of hemp has gained momentum at the federal level, and it is only a matter of time before a farmer's right to grow hemp is restored.

Here are two more examples, involving sails on cargo ships and a proposal to legalize farming of hemp, a plant that was once a big crop in the United States, was banned because the industrial variety (very different than the plants grown to smoke) still has a trace of the compounds that give marijuana its punch.

Legalizes and regulates the possession and production of, and commerce involving, industrial hemp.

«Once the crop is legalized in this country, I believe science will find even more uses for industrial hemp, uses that will make industrial hemp a popular and profitable crop.»

2009 SJ 20 Resolution urging Congress to legalize industrial hemp.

A pair of senators demand that Jeff Sessions quit blocking marijuana research, Mitch McConnell files a federal hemp bill, Mexico's tourism minister says his country should allow states to legalize weed, and more.

«When hemp is legalized, land grant universities across the nation will develop cultivars suitable to different growing regions to enhance yield and explore innovative uses such as cellulosic ethanol.»

That's significant, of course, because the main reason DEA officials have offered as to why hemp farming isn't viable is that it's a backdoor way to legalize marijuana and that planting the crop would encourage marijuana growing by offering pot purveyors cover for their crop.

Nonetheless, there has been renewed interest in hemp - farming; since the mid-Nineties, 14 states have passed laws calling for scientific, economic, or environmental studies of the crop, and several states, chief among them North Dakota, have legalized industrial - hemp - farming despite the virtual ban on cultivation imposed by the feds who claim, among other things, that legalized farming would somehow increase marijuana trafficking — despite extensive evidence to the contrary.

The regulations will be devastating to the efforts to legalize industrial hemp in the USA.

Historically states lead the Federal government on passing new legislation, legalizing the production of Industrial Hemp seems to be fitting that pattern.

If you have Republican Congress members or hemp supportive members, ask them to work with President Bush to get this crop legalized.

Montana - 2009 SJ 20 Resolution urging Congress to legalize industrial hemp.