Oxymoron: Tropical Hemp
Hawaii is the hardest state in the US to develop hemp, in a 0.3% max THC environment. That’s why it lost half of its R&D hemp crop this year. It was expected, even Colorado and Kentucky lose acres to noncompliant hemp. That only half was lost in Hawaii is a miracle. If they had stuck … Continue reading "Oxymoron: Tropical Hemp"...
CBD is Not a Novel Food in EU (2019)
CBD is Not a Novel Food in EU (2019). 7 pages, by Richard Rose. FREE Download...
Model State/Tribe Hemp Regulations, per 2018 Farm Bill
Model State/Tribe Hemp Regulations, per 2018 Farm Bill. 7 pages, by Richard Rose. FREE Download...
Is U.K. “Reefer Madness” Linked To Tobacco Use?
The British establishment is going through a profound Reefer Madness phase, desperate to keep Cannabis (that’s what they call marijuana but they oddly don’t include hemp) illegal. Not actually illegal as much as a monopoly for just their Big Pharma friends, as the UK’s Drugs Minister’s husband grows weed for GW Pharmaceuticals. Just like in … Continue reading "Is...
Push Back on FDA Wish Lists
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking every pronouncement by FDA is settled law etched in granite. Instead, think of it as what it really is: wish-lists by unelected over-reaching bureaucrats testing the waters of public opinion with often-unconstitutional (Schedule 1 for Cannabis) ideas designed to reward them and their buddies (Big Pharma). They want … Continue reading "Push Back on FDA...
Quest for the Golden Fiber
Quest for the Golden Fiber follows Cannabis expert Robert Connell Clarke on his explorations of Turkish hemp culture. Join us as we visit weavers and rope makers in their countryside homes, and follow the crop cycle in the last village where they still grow hemp as they have for centuries. Presenter, Writer, and Researcher Robert … Continue reading "Quest for the Golden Fiber"...
1972: Prop 19 in California
Some of us cut our activism teeth in 1972, with the first California Proposition 19 to legalize Marijuana. Before I could even vote I was explaining it to people going into stores. I’m sure there were more like me, some still around. The 1972 California Marijuana Initiative appeared as Proposition 19 on the ballot for … Continue reading "1972: Prop 19 in California"...
Did FDA Just Approve CBD and THC as GRAS?
Let’s push the Overton Window over to our side. So many use it against themselves, such as suggesting that which your opponent would, or arguing in advance using your opponent’s position as though it were immutable. One liberal Congressman from a marijuana state even suggested putting marijuana into the BATF. It’s like offering a something for … Continue reading "Did...
Non-Cannabis Cannabinoids
Cannabinoids are known to occur in several plant species besides Cannabis. See Rudolf Bauer et al., CB Receptor Ligands from Plants, 8 Curr. Topics in Med. Chem. 173, 173-86 (2008), detailing plant species in which cannabinoids are known to occur besides Cannabis, including coneflower (Echinacea), oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides), electric daisy (Acmella oleracea), Helichrysum umbraculigerum...