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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 02:52:00 -0700 (PDT)

Vote Hemp: <a href="http://www.votehemp.com" target="_blank">http ://www.votehemp.com</a>
The Hempery: <a href="http://www.hempery.com" target="_blank">http ://www.hempery.com</a>
The Hemp Car: <a href="http://www.hempcar.org" target="_blank">http ://www.hempcar.org</a>

DEA Hemp Taste Test II
Monday April 21st at 70 Cities Nationwide
To find a location in your area, click below:
<a href="http://www.votehemp.com/DEA_TasteTest_info.h tml" target="_blank">http ://www.votehemp.com/DEA_TasteTest_info.h tml</a>

Breaking News !
Ninth Circuit Court Blocks DEA Hemp Rule

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - U.S. COURT of APPEALS for the NINTH CIRCUIT -
Late yesterday the Court granted the hemp industry's Motion to Stay the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) "Final Rule," which was issued March 21, 2003 and would have banned the sale of nutritious hemp foods containing harmless trace amounts of naturally-occurring THC under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970. This "Final Rule" is virtually identical to an "Interpretive Rule" issued on October 9, 2001 that never went into effect because of a Ninth Circuit Court Stay issued on March 7, 2002.

Both Motions to Stay were brought jointly by the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and several major hemp food companies in the U.S. and Canada. The court is currently hearing a substantive challenge to the Final Rule, and in light of today's ruling, the hemp industry is optimistic that the Court will ultimately invalidate the DEA's rule. One of the prime criteria in granting the Stay was whether the hemp industry is likely to ultimately prevail on the merits of the case.

Because trace infinitesimal THC in hemp seed is non-psychoactive and insignificant, the U.S. Congress exempted non-viable hemp seed and oil from control under the CSA, just as Congress exempted poppy seeds from the CSA, although they contain trace opiates otherwise subject
to control. The hemp industry is assuring retailers and consumers that hemp food products should continue to be stocked, sold and consumed. Joe Sandler, counsel for the HIA, stated: "The Court's order effectively prevents DEA from enforcing its 'Final Rule.' With this stay in effect, all those who sell, import, manufacture, distribute and retail edible hemp oil and seed, and oil and seed products, can continue those activities secure in the knowledge that such products remain perfectly lawful."

Hemp seed has a well-balanced protein content and the highest content of essential fatty acids (EFAs) of any oil in nature: EFAs are the "good fats" that, like vitamins, the body does not produce and requires for good health. Dr. Udo Erasmus, an internationally recognized nutritional authority on fats and oils, writes in Fats that Heal - Fats that Kill: "Hemp seed oil may be nature's most perfectly balanced oil." Not surprisingly, shelled hemp seed and oil are increasingly used in natural food products, such as corn chips, nutrition bars, hummus, nondairy milks, breads and cereals. In the last few years, the hemp foods industry has grown from less than $1 million a year to over $5 million in retail sales.

North American hemp food companies voluntarily observe reasonable THC limits similar to those adopted by European nations as well as Canada and Australia. These limits protect consumers with a wide margin of safety from any psychoactive effects or workplace drug-testing interference (see hemp industry standards regarding trace THC at <a href="http://www.testpledge.com" target="_blank">http ://www.testpledge.com</a> The DEA has hypocritically not targeted food manufacturers for using poppy seeds (in bagels and muffins, for example) even though they contain far higher levels of trace opiates. The recently-revived global hemp market, with retail sales of over $250 million worldwide, is a thriving commercial success. Unfortunately, because the DEA's Drug War paranoia has confused non-psychoactive industrial hemp varieties of cannabis with psychoactive "marihuana" varieties, the U.S. is the only major industrialized nation to prohibit the growing of industrial hemp.

To download a PDF copy of the Court's order staying DEA's rule, click below or paste the link into your browser.
<a href="http://www.votehemp.com/stay_granted_2003.pd f" target="_blank">http ://www.votehemp.com/stay_granted_2003.pd f</a>

HEMP SEED: THE MOST NUTRITIONALLY COMPLETE FOOD SOURCE IN THE WORLD
Part One by Lynn Osburn
<a href="http://www.ratical.org/renewables/hempseed1.html" target="_blank">http ://www.ratical.org/renewables/hempseed1.html</a>
Part II, Hempseed Oils and the Flow of Life Force
<a href="http://www.ratical.org/renewables/hempseed2.html" target="_blank">http ://www.ratical.org/renewables/hempseed2.html</a>
HEMP, THE PREMIER RENEWABLE RESOURCE
<a href="http://www.ratical.org/renewables/index.html" target="_blank">http ://www.ratical.org/renewables/index.html</a>
Energy Farming in America
<a href="http://www.ratical.org/renewables/eFarming.html" target="_blank">http ://www.ratical.org/renewables/eFarming.html</a>

Hemp Food Association
<a href="http://www.hempfood.com" target="_blank">http ://www.hempfood.com</a>
The Hemp Conspiriacy
<a href="http://www.jackherer.com" target="_blank">http ://www.jackherer.com</a>

Hemp FAQ's
<a href="http://www.thehia.org/faq.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.thehia.org/faq.htm</a>
FAQ#1: What are the benefits of hemp seeds and hemp oil for food?
For informative answers to this question, see:
Hemp Seed, The Royal Grain, by Chris Bennett
<a href="http://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq1.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq1.htm</a>
Traditional Uses of Culinary Hemp Seed by Dr. Alexander Sumach <a href="http://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq2.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq2.htm</a>
Centuries of Safe Consumption of Hemp Foods by Cynthia Thielen <a href="http://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq3.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq3.htm</a>
Essential Fatty Acids Can Affect Your Baby's Intelligence! by Hempola, Inc. <a href="http://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq4.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq4.htm</a>
Nutritional Analysis of Hempseed and Hempseed Oil by The Ohio Hempery <a href="http://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq5.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq5.htm</a>
Nutritional Analysis of HempNut Hulled Hempseed by Richard Rose <a href="http://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq5.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.thehia.org/faqs/faq5.htm</a>

Hemp seed: A cure for the common cold?
<a href="http://www.hemp.co.uk/html/coldcure.html" target="_blank">http ://www.hemp.co.uk/html/coldcure.html</a>

Alive Foods raw hemp foods, wellness retreat centre based on people who cured themselves from cancer
<a href="http://www.hemp.co.uk/html/alivefoods.html" target="_blank">http ://www.hemp.co.uk/html/alivefoods.html</a>

Used since 4000BC, does not require pesticides, unlike cotton, you can make fibre and food products from it, and its NOT hemp
<a href="http://www.hemp.co.uk/html/nettle.html" target="_blank">http ://www.hemp.co.uk/html/nettle.html</a>
GW Pharmaceuticals develop new Cannabinoid Opportunities with Professor Raphael Mechoulam
<a href="http://www.hemp.co.uk/html/gwpharm0103.html" target="_blank">http ://www.hemp.co.uk/html/gwpharm0103.html</a>
Motherhemp launch the succesful organic dairy free hemp ice-cream alternative to EU market at Biofach, visit them at the British Pavillion, Hall 1, Stand 440
<a href="http://www.hemp.co.uk/html/icecream.html" target="_blank">http ://www.hemp.co.uk/html/icecream.html</a>

Hemp Seed Cookbook, SCRAP, PO Box 510, Cazadero, CA 94521, (707) 847-3642,
$2.25.

Fats and Oils: The Complete Guide to Fats and Oils in Health and Nutrition,
Alive Books, PO Box 80055, Burnaby BC, Canada V5H 3X5, $20.

From: "Hemp Food Industries Association" subscriber@hemp.co.u k
<a href="http://www.hemp.co.uk" target="_blank">http ://www.hemp.co.uk</a>
Tune In, Turn on, Eat Up
<a href="http://www.hemp.co.uk/html/tunein.html" target="_blank">http ://www.hemp.co.uk/html/tunein.html</a>
Dr Dave West of the NAIHC
<a href="http://www.hemp.co.uk/images/HEMPmandf.pdf" target="_blank">http ://www.hemp.co.uk/images/HEMPmandf.pdf</a>
Australia's bumper harvest
<a href="http://www.hemp.co.uk/html/ozharvest.html" target="_blank">http ://www.hemp.co.uk/html/ozharvest.html</a>

Nutiva
<a href="http://www.nutiva.com" target="_blank">http ://www.nutiva.com</a>
Nutiva Recipes
<a href="http://www.nutiva.com/recipe.html" target="_blank">http ://www.nutiva.com/recipe.html</a>
Pacific Hemp

Sativa's Kitchens

Hemp Rella
<a href="http://www.rella.com/hempfood.html" target="_blank">http ://www.rella.com/hempfood.html</a>
Hungry Bear Hemp Foods
<a href="http://www.efn.org/~eathemp/hbhempfood.html" target="_blank">http ://www.efn.org/~eathemp/hbhempfood.html</a>
Galaxy Global Eatery
<a href="http://www.galaxyglobaleate ry.com" target="_blank">http ://www.galaxyglobaleate ry.com</a>
Hemp.co.uk
<a href="http://www.hemp.co.uk:80" target="_blank">http ://www.hemp.co.uk:80</a>
Hempen Ale Home
<a href="http://www.hempenale.com" target="_blank">http ://www.hempenale.com</a>
Humboldt Brewing Company Hemp Beer!
<a href="http://www.humbrew.com" target="_blank">http ://www.humbrew.com</a>
A recipe for hemp oil vinaigrette
<a href="http://www.hemp.co.uk:80/vin.html" target="_blank">http ://www.hemp.co.uk:80/vin.html</a>



The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
<a href="http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/taxact.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/taxact.htm</a>
The history of how the Marihuana Tax Act came to be the law of the land.

For more background on the history of, and reasons for the Marihuana Tax Act, see also these related documents:

The History of the Non-Medical Use of Drugs in the United States - a speech by Professor Charles Whitebread to the California Judge's Conference - This contains a short history of the marijuana laws.
<a href="http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/whiteb1.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/whiteb1.htm</a>

The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge, by Professors Richard Bonnie and Charles Whitebread - This is a more extended history of the origins of the marijuana laws.
<a href="http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/vlr/vlrtoc.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/vlr/vlrtoc.htm</a>

Unraveling an American Dilemma: The Demonization of Marihuana - by John C. Lupien -- This is the best exploration I have seen of the background of the supposed Anslinger-Hearst-DuPont conspiracy to outlaw marijuana in order to remove hemp as a possible competitor to their products.
C.Shaffer
<a href="http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/history/conspiracy.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/history/conspiracy.htm</a>

Correspondence about the legal status of hemp 1930-1938
<a href="http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/taxact.htm#Correspon dence" target="_blank">http ://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/taxact.htm#Correspon dence</a>

Marihuana Tax Act - The full text of the Marihuana Tax Act, as passed in 1937
<a href="http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/mjtaxact.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/mjtaxact.htm</a>

Conference on Cannabis Sativa L. January 14, 1937 -- Room 81 Treasury Building, 10:30 AM
<a href="http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/canncon.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/canncon.htm</a>

Marihuana Conference
<a href="http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/1938_mhc.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/1938_mhc.htm</a>
Held December 5, 1938 in the UNITED STATES Bureau of Internal Revenue Building (Room 3003), Washington D. C., Called by the Bureau of Narcotics of the United States Treasury Department. (Complete document. Parts are listed below.)

Correspondence about the legal status of hemp 1930 - 1938

Report of Survey Commercialized Hemp Crop (1934-35 Crop) in the State of Minnesota, by H.T. Nugent, Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Field Supervisor, October 22, 1938
<a href="http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/nugent1.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/nugent1.htm</a>

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Home Wrecker

Good, that was such a stupid law.

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