Funding Difficulties Close Trial Hemp Farm

DdC · 10-01-2003, 07:03 PM

A 4-year-old experimental hemp farm on a quarter acre of land in Wahiawa has been shut down because investors declined to continue funding the project.

State Rep. Cynthia Thielen (R, Kaneohe-Kailua), who has promoted hemp as an industrial product, said the small farm was closed because the federal Drug Enforcement Administration would only give the farm a temporary permit and investors were not sure of the project's viability.

"The DEA's action on the temporary permits put the project into a nebulous status and it raised questions," Thielen said.

The state Legislature in 1999 authorized the project to investigate the use of hemp for industrial and commercial purposes. Former Gov. Ben Cayetano had welcomed the proposal and even joined in planting the first hemp plants.

The farm started with a $200,000 grant from Alterna Professional Hair Care Products, which markets a hemp-based shampoo, and then a series of smaller private donations, Thielen said.

The DEA and the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy initially opposed the research project, saying hemp farming would send the wrong signal to young people and would allow marijuana farmers to hide their crops with industrial hemp plants.

Because hemp is a relative of marijuana -- containing only traces of tetrahydrocannabinol , the hallucinogenic found in marijuana -- it is illegal to cultivate.

But Thielen said: "You could roll a joint as big as a telephone pole and you wouldn't get high."

Her son, Peter, who manufactures hemp clothes on Kauai, had convinced Thielen that it would be a good alternative crop for Hawaii, but Thielen says the project has closed.

"We gave it a valiant try, but ultimately, because of inaction by the federal government, we were unable to continue. Canada and France and other countries will be making the money," Thielen said.

The decision to cancel the project was made by David West, the hemp project director and principal investigator, who voluntarily surrendered his hemp growing license.

Briane Grey, DEA assistant special agent in charge, said yesterday that the DEA supervised the destruction of the remaining six pounds of hemp seeds and hemp plants at the Wahiawa facility.

Note: Investors hesitated because the DEA would only issue the project interim permits.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Funding Difficulties Close Trial Hemp Farm
Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin (HI)
Author: Richard Borreca
Published: Wednesday, October 1, 2003
Contact: letters@starbulletin .com * Website

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patriot · 10-01-2003, 07:58 PM

Enough said!!

10-01-2003, 07:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
DdC Decade Yahookan Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Santa Cruz,CA,USA Posts: 2,117 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 51 Thanked 607 Times in 399 Posts	Funding Difficulties Close Trial Hemp Farm A 4-year-old experimental hemp farm on a quarter acre of land in Wahiawa has been shut down because investors declined to continue funding the project. State Rep. Cynthia Thielen (R, Kaneohe-Kailua), who has promoted hemp as an industrial product, said the small farm was closed because the federal Drug Enforcement Administration would only give the farm a temporary permit and investors were not sure of the project's viability. "The DEA's action on the temporary permits put the project into a nebulous status and it raised questions," Thielen said. The state Legislature in 1999 authorized the project to investigate the use of hemp for industrial and commercial purposes. Former Gov. Ben Cayetano had welcomed the proposal and even joined in planting the first hemp plants. The farm started with a $200,000 grant from Alterna Professional Hair Care Products, which markets a hemp-based shampoo, and then a series of smaller private donations, Thielen said. The DEA and the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy initially opposed the research project, saying hemp farming would send the wrong signal to young people and would allow marijuana farmers to hide their crops with industrial hemp plants. Because hemp is a relative of marijuana -- containing only traces of tetrahydrocannabinol , the hallucinogenic found in marijuana -- it is illegal to cultivate. But Thielen said: "You could roll a joint as big as a telephone pole and you wouldn't get high." Her son, Peter, who manufactures hemp clothes on Kauai, had convinced Thielen that it would be a good alternative crop for Hawaii, but Thielen says the project has closed. "We gave it a valiant try, but ultimately, because of inaction by the federal government, we were unable to continue. Canada and France and other countries will be making the money," Thielen said. The decision to cancel the project was made by David West, the hemp project director and principal investigator, who voluntarily surrendered his hemp growing license. Briane Grey, DEA assistant special agent in charge, said yesterday that the DEA supervised the destruction of the remaining six pounds of hemp seeds and hemp plants at the Wahiawa facility. Note: Investors hesitated because the DEA would only issue the project interim permits. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Funding Difficulties Close Trial Hemp Farm Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin (HI) Author: Richard Borreca Published: Wednesday, October 1, 2003 Contact: letters@starbulletin .com * Website Related Articles & Web Sites Cannabis News Hemp Links DEA Permits Hawaii To Plant Industrial Hemp CannabisNews Hemp Archives Petty Retaliation? DC:Hemp Food Industry Predicts Major Victory "Arbitrary and capricious" is legal language that was used by DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis Young in 1988 to conclude that DEA was obligated under the Controlled Substances Act to reschedule marijuana as a prescription medicine. DEA Chief Administrator Robert Bonner proceeded to arbitrarily and capriciously disregard Judge Young's well researched and reasoned decision, which the Act allowed him to do. Centuries of Safe Consumption of Hemp Foods by Cynthia Thielen Drug Czar Seeks To Ban All Hemp Products FROM: Rep. Cynthia Thielen, Assistant Republican Floor Leader Hawaii Legislature There are two possible reasons for this action. The Czar may be responding to pressure from the "drug testing" industry, which fears that widespread use of hempseed oil might result in numerous false positives, and to other industries that feel threaten by hemp. He may also be responding to the ideological requirements of the reefer madness crowd, the hard core constituency of the drug war. They are so deeply into the demonization of cannabis that they insist that hemp is just a plot to legalize all drugs... Representative Cynthia Thielen tel. (808) 586-6480 fax (808) 586-6481 email thielen@aloha.net Australia's bumper harvest Hempen culture in Japan Annual Ditchweed Eradication Boondoggle Underway Again May 7, 1998, Washington, D.C.: Over 99 percent of the marijuana eradicated by the Drug Enforcement Administration's federally funded "Cannabis Suppression Program" is nonpsychoactive hemp, reveals a 1998 Vermont State Auditor's report Ganja/hemp lnfolinx * Hemp vs Dioxins * Hemp vs Cotton * D.E.A.th Deceptions It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it. -- Upton Sinclair, "The Jungle" STATE OF THE UNION IS: CORRUPT Monsanto and the drug war (Ashcroft/Cliarence Thomas Inc) Fear in the fields: How hazardous wastes become fertilizer Why Do You Think They Call it DOPE? The Ganjawar is a Product Sold by D.E.A.th to Profit Fascist ... DdC "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many generations. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of Teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it." The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sutta Citizen Kane In the 1920's and 1930's Cannabis hemp was transformed into Marijuana like Jekyll into Hyde. Connections in government, and had the Marijuana Tax Act passed in 1937. To this day, cigarette, pharmaceutical and petroleum industries attempt to control the debate. It's not just the fact that people smoke marijuana that bothers them, it's the economic threat. It is easier to corner the market on something artificial than on something that grows like a weed. It is a battle between the synthetic and the organic. Cannabis Timeline * The Invisible Prohibition * Challenge Shadow of the Swastika * Applications * Hemp Products House Extends Bush's Anti-Drug Office Soon after Drugczar Turner left office, Nancy Reagan recommended that no corporation be permitted to do business with the Federal government without having a urine purity policy in place to show their loyalty. Just as G. Gordon Liddy went into high-tech corporate security after his disgrace, Carlton Turner became a rich man in what has now become a huge growth industry: urine-testing. The Hype: Brain Damage and Dead Monkeys Dr. Heath/Tulane Study, 1974 White House Report Stings Drug Agency on Abilities The Drug War's Cooked Books Drug War's Results Probed White House Anti-Drug Ads Foster “Pro-Drug” Beliefs In Teens, Federal Review Finds Philanthropy Roundtable John P. Walters President Ashcroft's Agenda * Harry J. Anslinger * Marijuana Misinformation * DEAth Flunky __________________ Al Capone and Watergate were red herrings to divert the countries attention from the Fascist acts of eliminating competition. Booze/Ethanol then Ganja//Hemp.

10-01-2003, 07:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
patriot Liar,Cheat,and Fraud Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: United States of Saudi Arabiaa Posts: 1,679 Thanks: 34 Thanked 154 Times in 103 Posts	Heil Dubya!!!!!! Enough said!! __________________ A true patriot is always ready to stand up against his own government. We can't be using plants that come from the Lord for beneficial purposes. Now hurry up, or we'll be late for church. The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it.-Adolf Hitler Legalizing marijuana won't grow our economy-Barack Hussein Obama 2009

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