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Food Nutrition , Fiber , Building material , Plastic and composite materials , Paper , Weed control , Fuel , ~ Vermont and North Dakota have passed laws enabling hemp licensure. Both states are waiting for permission to grow hemp from the DEA. Currently,[when?] North Dakota representatives are pursuing legal measures to force DEA approval.[92] Oregon has licensed industrial hemp as of August 2009.[93] Hemp is not legal to grow in the U.S. under Federal law because of its relation to marijuana, and any imported hemp products must meet a zero tolerance level. It is considered a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (P.L. 91-513; 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). Some states have made the cultivation of industrial hemp legal,but these states — North Dakota, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Oregon, California, Montana, West Virginia and Vermont — have not yet begun to grow it because of resistance from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.[94] , 11 -18 pulp paper packaging ? as in Poplar tree farming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page
Attended A New Approach to Marijuana with Rick Steves and guests http://edmondsbeacon.villagesoup.com/column... This measure would remove state-law prohibitions against producing, processing, and selling marijuana, subject to licensing and regulation by the liquor control board; allow limited possession of marijuana by persons aged twenty-one and over; and impose 25% excise taxes on wholesale and retail sales of marijuana, earmarking revenue for purposes that include substance-abuse prevention, research, education, and healthcare. Laws prohibiting driving under the influence would be amended to include maximum thresholds for THC blood concentration. http://www.newapproachwa.org/about , 10 -15 http://friendfeed.com/citizen... , 10 -19 sort http://www.alternet.org/11-enem... , 10 -29 http://swampland.time.com/2012... , sort http://healthland.time.com/2012... , 11 -18 for admin in appropriate areas ? http://mashable.com/2012... , 3 -20 http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific... - Thomas Page
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