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Hemp is having its moment. Meet the miracle plant’s biggest champion
May 6th, 2014 – We’ve heard about the promise of hemp before: Its fibers can be stronger than steel. Its seeds make for antioxidant-loaded superfood for you and your chickens. It can compete with fossil fuel as a viable alternative energy source. But ever since the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, the U.S. has skunked…
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Missouri Supporters Struggling to Get Medical Marijuana Legalized
February 9, 2010 – There are at this time 14 states that have made the use of marijuana for medical purposes legal – but Missouri is not one of them. There are, however, patients who reside in Missouri who believe that they could benefit from legalizing medical marijuana – and one of them is heading…
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K2 Mirrors Marijuana; On the Rise in St. Louis Area
February 4, 2010 – Some know it as fake pot. Users say the leafy green herbal blend gives them a high similar to marijuana. And for now, it remains legal in Missouri and Illinois. It’s called K2. Police say the brand of “herbal incense” is growing in popularity among teens and young adults in the…
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15th State to Legalize? Missouri House Introduces Medical Marijuana Bill
January 22, 2010 – JEFFERSON CITY — A House Republican and physician wants to make Missouri the 15th state to permit medical marijuana. Rep. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, who has been a family physician in northwest Missouri since 1985, is one of 15 co-sponsors of a bill that would adjust laws pertaining to the classification…
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Marijuana Bills introduced by Congress & State legislatures
United States Congress HR 858 – would prohibit the marketing, sale or shipment in interstate commerce of products designed to assist in defrauding a drug test Alabama HB 434 – would authorize the use of medical marijuana by certain qualifying persons who have been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition California…
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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…