REVERSAL OF HEMP BAN IN NATURAL & ORGANIC FOODS!

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wow!!!... i wonder if this means we'll be able get whole hemp seed

http://www.organicconsumers.org/organic/hempvictory092804.cfm

 

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......  raw food, simply wonderful  .....

 

VICTORY: REVERSAL OF HEMP BAN IN NATURAL & ORGANIC FOODS!

Three years ago the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced a

new law banning hemp ingredients in natural and organic food products.

After a long and costly legal battle, waged by the Hemp Industries

Association, and bolstered by public interest plaintiffs including the

Organic Consumers Association, the U.S. federal government finally

backed down this week, making hemp foods, once again, legal. Hemp seed

is most commonly used as a nutritional supplement in a variety of foods.

It offers an ideal balance of two essential fatty acids

(omega-3/omega-6). Despite Bush Administration propaganda, hemp foods

contain insignificant levels of THC (tetrahyrdocannabinol), the chemical

in marijuana that results in psychotropic effects. In that sense, eating

hemp foods does not interfere with workplace drug tests, and, in fact,

the THC levels in hemp foods are below that of opiates found in poppy

seeds in muffins and breads. The hemp food industry is expecting a major

boom in sales as a result of the removal of the DEA's ban. It is still

illegal for U.S. farmers to grow industrial hemp, even as Chinese,

Canadian, and European farmers supply a rapidly growing international

market for hemp food ingredients, animal feed, clothing, paper,

nutritional supplements, and bio-diesel fuel.