By all indications, the state’s first industrial hemp crop in decades appears to have been successful. That’s despite the fact that, this past spring, it looked as though a crop might not be planted at all. The Farm Bill allowed for research plots in states where hemp legislation had been previously passed, but the federal […]
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The DEA: Four Decades of Impeding And Rejecting Science
June 9, 2014 Drug Policy Alliance, MAPS PDF View the report. DPA Publication This report, co-published by DPA and MAPS, illustrates a decades-long pattern of behavior that demonstrates the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) inability to exercise its responsibilities in a fair and impartial manner or to act in accord with the scientific evidence. The report’s […]
Colorado Hemp Grower to Plant Historic First U.S. crop in Decades
The Denver PostBy Steve Raabe Ryan Loflin plans to make history, becoming the nation’s first commercial-scale hemp grower in almost 60 years. In a few days, he will plant his hemp crop on a farm in the far southeastern corner of Colorado. Loflin and a handful of other growers are set to capitalize on hemp’s […]