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2009 Tour for Compassion – Cross Country Bicycle Tour for Medical Marijuana Awareness
Tuesday Feb 10, 2009 – Ken Locke Why I am riding across the US for Medical Patients Rights? As a young boy growing up in Bloomington Illinois, I knew of the existence of Marijuana, Pot, Jane (there are many names for this one plant). Many older people smoked it, and as the years passed, they…
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Washington State – SENATE BILL 5798
October 6, 2008 – SB 5798 allows recommendations by health care professionals _____________________________________________ State of Washington 61st Legislature 2009 Regular Session By Senators Kohl-Welles, McCaslin, Keiser, and Pflug AN ACT Relating to medical marijuana; and amending RCW 69.51A.005, 69.51A.010, 69.51A.030, and 69.51A.060. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1.…
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Houses Made Of Hemp Could Help Combat Climate Change
September 17th, 2008 — Houses made of hemp, timber or straw could help combat climate change by reducing the carbon footprint of building construction, according to researchers at the University of Bath. Currently the construction industry is a major contributor of environmental pollutants, with buildings and other build infrastructure contributing to around 19% of the…
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What Have California Doctors Learned About Cannabis?
October 23rd, 2006 – An Interview with Jeffrey Hergenrather, MD It has been 10 years since California voters enacted Proposition 215, making it legal to grow and use cannabis, with a doctor’s approval, for medical purposes. Prop 215 didn’t create a record-keeping system because the authors didn’t trust the government and didn’t want to generate…
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State Sponsored Hemp Studies
Numerous state governments have commissioned studies examining hemp’s feasibility as an agricultural product. Virtually all of these have praised hemp’s economic potential and concluded that the crop’s viability is challenged not by agronomic factors, but rather by legal ones. The summary conclusions of these studies appear chronologically below. Hawaii “There is no guarantee for a…
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Hemp Traders: Properties of Hemp – The four Basic Uses of Cannabis Hemp Food, Fiber, Fuel, Medicine
Wed, 12/31/1997 – Cannabis Hemp really can provide all the basic necessities of life: food, shelter, clothing and medicine. It has been said that, “anything made from a hydrocarbon can be made from a carbohydrate.” Hemp is the cousin of marijuana. They are from the same plant – Cannabis sativa L. There are over 400…