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Colorado: Feds Allow Hemp Seed Imports
May 12, 2015 – Following months of wrangling, the Colorado Department of Agriculture has secured a permit from federal drug enforcement officials to import industrial hemp seed from foreign countries. The seeds are essential to kick-start Colorado’s hemp industry, which state agriculture officials say has seen a bottleneck in research and cultivation due to a…
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Will Colorado become the Silicon Valley of Hemp?
April 8th, 2015 – A multi-billion dollar industry is emerging in America: Hemp. The recent legalization of cannabis for recreational and medicinal uses in three American states has prompted various industries to jump on the hemp and cannabis bandwagon. Colorado, the potential Silicon Valley of Hemp, as well as the first state to fully legalize recreational…
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Colorado Group laying Groundwork for Industrial Hemp Co-op
September 8th, 2014 – CARBONDALE, CO. — A recent tour at a small experimental hemp plot by a group of advocates who want to develop a local hemp growers cooperative revealed some of the challenges the fledgling industry faces before it can become established in Colorado. In this case, the half dozen or so plants…
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Cautiously, Hemp Crops Take Root In Vermont
August 5th, 2014 – Growing hemp is legal in Vermont under legislation that Governor Peter Shumlin signed into law last year, though federal law does still define hemp as a controlled substance. A dozen Vermonters have registered with the Agency of Agriculture to grow industrial hemp, and few of them were able to procure seeds…
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The Other Cannabis War : The Battle Over Hemp
June 3rd, 2014 – In the annals of strange bedfellow politics, the story of how, in 2014, industrial hemp emerged from Drug War purgatory is an epic one. But even for long-time hemp advocates, the sight of Rep. Thomas Massie, a conservative Republican from northern Kentucky, biting jubilantly into a hemp bar on live TV…
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Colorado – Industrial Hemp Growing Registration Now Open!
March 05. 2014 – Registration is now open for producers planning to grow industrial hemp during the 2014 growing season; registration closes May 1, 2014. “We realize there is a great deal of excitement about this history-making season but there are also regulations to follow and challenges to consider,” said Colorado Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture…
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Coors Fires Employee Who Tested Positive for Medical Marijuana
May 20, 2011 – Paul Curry is out of work. His unemployment claim hasn’t yet been ruled on. At least he still has his medical marijuana–of course that’s why MillerCoors fired him. According to his attorney, Rob Corry, he uses medical marijuana because of two separate conditions. He has nausea as a result of hepatitis…
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Where are All the Marijuana Millionaires?
March 29, 2011 – FORT COLLINS, Colo. — When Drew Brown first opened Abundant Healing, a medical marijuana dispensary that serves nearly 300 patients, he dreamed of early retirement to Costa Rica, where he would spend his days as a beach bum renting surfboards to tourists. Then came a regulatory crackdown. Fifteen months later, Brown’s…
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Colorado: About Time Marijuana Truth is Told
March 8th, 2011 – Fort Collins Colorado – Dawn Nannini, a researcher with TEAM Fort Collins, is concerned that medical marijuana centers in Fort Collins are causing kids to lose their “perception of harm” about pot. (Coloradoan Soapbox, March 3.) Considering that the “perception” for decades has inaccurately been that marijuana is as dangerous and…
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Rare Disease or Not, Colorado Teen Can’t Have Medical Pot at School, Not Even a Lozenge
February 11, 2011 – A Colorado teen with a rare neurological disease wants to do two things: Take the medical marijuana he needs to control his seizures and attend high school. Sounds simple, but, of course, it’s anything but. The drama playing out between the student and the school likely has little to do with…