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» 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 r
   http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2000/acts/ACTR333.HTM

» Audubon Magazine - Legalize It!
   Questions why, when it is grown in 32 other countries, hemp is still illegal in the United States.
   http://magazine.audubon.org/incite/incite9911.html

» DEA Clarifies Status of Hemp in the Federal Register
   DEA News Release.
   http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr100901.html

» 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.
   http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/h/hemp22a.html

» Funded Research - USDA Record
   Alternative crops in North Dakota. Among the study topics is : Assess the market potential for hemp production.
   http://fundedresearch.cos.com/cgi-bin/USDA/getRec?9177610

» Harrelson trial highlights benefits of industrial hemp.(Woody Harrelson)
   By John S. Rausch , National Catholic Reporter.
   http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_39_36/ai_65774930/

» 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.
   http://www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2000/11/06/News/Hemp-A.Possible.Solution.To.Environmental.Concerns.Low.Crop.Prices-1731714.shtml?norewrite200606040753&sourcedomain=www.dailynebraskan.com

» Hemp ban lifted
   Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News.
   http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/1998/02/26/hemp980226.html

» 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 downloa
   http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html

» HemperFi
   Provides commentary on hemp cultivation, hemp legislation, and commercial issues.
   http://www.hemperfi.com/

» Hempsters Go to Washington
   By Mari Kane, North Bay Bohemian.
   http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/10.24.02/hemp-0243.html

» 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
   http://www.ndsn.org/FEB97/HEMP.html

» 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.
   http://www.rca-info.org/alts/petition.html

» Industrial hemp not really a demon weed
   By Becky Somerville, Gazette Staff. University of Western Ontario, Canada.
   http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/1999/October/28/Campus_and_Culture1.htm

» International Hemp Association
   Non-profit organization based in the Netherlands that is dedicated to the advancement of Cannabis through the dissemination of information.
   http://www.internationalhempassociation.org/

» Ky. House backs hemp research - Bill OK'd to explore future of crop
   Associated Press story, The Cincinnati Enquirer.
   http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/15/loc_ky_house_backs_hemp.html

» Merits of industrial hemp debated in committee
   By Gwen Tietgen, The Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
   http://media.www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2001/01/24/News/Merits.Of.Industrial.Hemp.Debated.In.Committee-1730789.shtml

» NAIHC Position Paper - Separating the Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Issues
   A clear, well written paper on legalizing Industrial Hemp.
   http://naihc.org/hemp_information/naihc_position_paper.html

» 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.
   http://naihc.org/

» 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.
   http://www.leg.state.or.us/01reg/measures/sb0001.dir/sb0089.intro.html

» 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.
   http://www.petitiononline.com/hconspir/petition.html

» Restoring Hemp to Natural Place in Japan's Culture
   By Angela Jeffs, The Japan Times.
   http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?fl20021109a1.htm

» Sioux fight Feds, this time over hemp
   By Jon Bonné, MSNBC.
   http://www.msnbc.com/news/616149.asp

» Some see profit in Hawaii hemp
   By Malia Zimmerman, PBN Staff Reporter. Pacific Business News (Honolulu).
   http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/07/12/story3.html

» TestPledge
   Trace THC standards for shelled hempseed and hemp oil.
   http://www.testpledge.com/

» The Boston Hemp Co-op's Digital Library And Museum
   Features historical documents, photos and information.
   http://hempology.org/

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

» The Colorado Hemp Production Act of 1995
   by Thomas J. Ballanco. Published in: University of Colorado Law Review, Volume 66, Issue 4 (1995).
   http://www.druglibrary.org/olsen/hemp/iha/iha02215.html

» 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.
   http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2001/02/drug-war-comes-rez

» 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.
   http://www.petitiononline.com/NIRP/petition.html

» The University of Vermont Legislative Research Shop
   Viability of Industrial Hemp.
   http://www.uvm.edu/~vlrs/doc/hemp.htm

» The war against hemp
   By Nina Willdorf, The Boston Phoenix.
   http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/02219273.htm

» Tom Hemp
   Running commentary on hemp news around the world and all things related to hemp.
   http://www.tomhemp.com/

» 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 pu
   http://www.incb.org/incb/convention_1961.html

» 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.
   http://www.state.vt.us/sao/reviews/reviews1998_cannabiseradication.htm