DEA’s War Against Hemp – Destroying Lakota Indians’ Farming Biz
March 4th, 2010 | by admin |
If you think hemp equals marijuana, youre not alone. But in fact, the two plants are actually different varieties of the same species. One is grown to maximize fiber content, the other to maximize psychochemical effect. One is legal in brownies, the other isnt. One was grown as a cash crop by our forebears, the other was not inhaled by a recent president.
But it seems even the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has difficultly differentiating between the two. In October, the DEA published an interpretive rule in the Federal Register banning hemp-food products containing any amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive compound found in marijuana. The rule — which included an exemption for personal-care products like soap and shampoo and industrial products like paper, rope, and clothing — reinterpreted the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, which classified all drugs into five groups. The DEAs rule also effectively rewrote a 60-year-old definition from the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act, which stated that “neither the mature stalk of the hemp plant nor the fiber produced there from contains any drug, narcotic, or harmful property whatsoever.”
“Given the recent increase in marketing of these so-called hemp products in the United States,” reads the rule, written by DEA administrator Asa Hutchinson, “and given that many such products have recently been determined to contain THC, DEA has repeatedly been asked in recent months whether the THC content of such products renders them controlled substances despite the fact that they are reportedly made from portions of the cannabis plant that are excluded from the definition of marijuana.”
The agencys decision: yes. As a result, all hemp intended for consumption that contains any amount of THC has suddenly been classified as a Schedule I substance —
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One Response to “DEA’s War Against Hemp – Destroying Lakota Indians’ Farming Biz”
By VirtualRealityTV on Mar 4, 2010 | Reply
Crazy isnt it. …
Crazy isnt it. Seems like these people, have the resources to explore all solutions. Perhaps they could learn about permaculture and edible forestry. Hemp is the obvious place to start though. Its obviously being oppressed and denied to all those who THINK hey are free!!!