Jamaica decides to cash in on its cash crop; NBA star takes "Pledge" protest to the next level; and the head of the CIA mistakenly thinks we'll be sad when those Criminals In Action get arrested.
Jamaica decides to cash in on its cash crop; NBA star takes "Pledge" protest to the next level; and the head of the CIA mistakenly thinks we'll be sad when those Criminals In Action get arrested.
Police in East New York recently busted a man for growing marijuana, but not just a few plants. While this may be standard fare for many cops, these police were shocked by the size of the ganja plants. The suspect had been nurturing over 80 pot plants, some that were over 8 feet tall.
The war on cannabis that began in the 1930s seems to be coming to an end. Research shows that this natural plant, rather than posing a deadly danger to health, has a wide range of therapeutic benefits. But skeptics question the sudden push for legalization, which is largely funded by wealthy investors linked to Big […]
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It has been a long and some say tortuous process to get the federal government to legalize industrial hemp, but the scales have finally tipped. The Pennsylvania Senate just unanimously passed an industrial hemp bill that signifies a tipping point for the country.
Great news has arrived for small farmers who want to grow industrial hemp (the close, non-psychoactive cousin to marijuana, with both being derived from the cannabis plant).
A school nurse at one school in Vermont has refused to give a young girl CBD oil (even though it isn’t made from cannabis, but rather hemp) for her recurring seizures, but not everyone is being deprived of this medicine. Recently, another 17-year old has won a legal battle in New Jersey to consume cannabis oil during her school lunch period.
Numerous industries would benefit from the industrialization of hemp as they once did in America. But thanks to the federal government, this widely-diverse crop has been highly underutilized, even despite the fact that it is entirely different than psychoactive marijuana. But now in a huge game-changing move for the US, North Carolina has recently legalized the cultivation and manufacturing of industrial hemp.
Aurora Husk has suffered from seizures, up to 40 times a day, since she was a mere 8 weeks old. Her mother discovered CBD oil (made from hemp, not cannabis) and used it effectively to treat her daughter, until a school nurse in Bristol, Vermont refused to treat Aurora with CBD or keep it in her office.
