I'm sure we are all aware of this...

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thanks to our "liberal" media...right?
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http://www.votehemp.com/PR/3-4-05_legislation_gaining.html

Bills being considered this year include:

California — Assembly Bill 1147 would give farmers the right to apply for state licenses to grow low-THC varieties of hemp. The law would be similar to regulations on industrial hemp in other countries such as Canada and the European Union. The University of California would also conduct research on industrial hemp.

New Hampshire — House Bill 55-FN-A would let farmers apply for a state license to grow industrial hemp. Qualifying farmers must have no criminal convictions and plant at least five acres per year. Only hemp seed sold to farmers by the NH Commissioner of Agriculture would be approved for planting to ensure only low-THC varieties of the plant are grown.

North Dakota — House Bill 1492 passed the House on February 16, passed the Senate on March 1, and is awaiting action by the Governor. HB 1492 allows North Dakota State University to start storing "feral hemp seed" in preparation for the day it becomes legal to grow industrial hemp in the U.S. The vote was 87-3 in the House and 46-0 in the Senate. In 1999 North Dakota was the first state to pass hemp farming legislation, but to date the state has not challenged federal supremacy over the issue in the courts.

Oregon — Senate Bill 294 permits production and possession of industrial hemp and trade in industrial hemp commodities and products. The bill authorizes the State Department of Agriculture to administer a licensing, permitting and inspection program for growers and handlers of industrial hemp.

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1. Look for Opposition from Industry

From petrochemical manufacturers to paper mills, no industry will take these proposals lying down. They'll fight tooth-and-nail to keep hemp from being grown commercially. Of course, the fundies will probably do their dirty work for them, claiming it opens the door to hemp's use as marijuana. I've lived in two locations where hemp was grown as late as WW II and survived alongside drainage ditches. People have told me that there's not enough THC in these plants to get a fly high.

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2. Not to mention the DEA(but I will)

"The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has resisted efforts to expand hemp farming, concerned that it would make it more difficult to spot illegal marijuana gardens.

"It would be very difficult to distinguish between hemp and marijuana," said Richard Meyer, a special agent with the DEA in San Francisco."

http://www.hemp.net/news/?article=1109883076

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That damn irony here is that no marijuana flower grower would EVER want their plants contaminated with hemp pollen. Hide them in a hemp field? Yeah...right.
You won't here that from the DEA though. After all, they have their bloated budgets to protect.

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3. "It would be very difficult to distinguish between hemp and marijuana"

That's because there is no difference.

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4. That's like saying,

"It would be very difficult to distinguish between humans and peoples."

Although the same speices (Cannabis Sativa), except for the Cannabis Indica strain, the growing techniques and altered genetics, between hemp and marijuana, are very dramatic.
No...hemp and marijuana are NOT the same.

[mike_c]

5. I dunno, all those resin crystals might be a hint....

I suspect industrial hemp buds are not quite as sticky....

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6. Or skunky

Look, industrial hemp is mostly grown for the cellulose(stalk) and seeds.

This whole "hide marijuana in a hemp field" argument is a big, fat, red herring. Oh the lies they spin.

Check out this hemp farm and think.."cellulose":