{"id":4763,"date":"2015-10-01T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T17:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=3804"},"modified":"2015-10-01T17:37:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T17:37:16","slug":"hemp-harvested-in-minnesota-for-1st-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/hemp-harvested-in-minnesota-for-1st-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Hemp Harvested In Minnesota For 1st Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/hemp-harvested-in-minnesota-for-1st-time\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Hemp has been legally harvested in Minnesota for the first time in more than 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>A new state law passed this year allows researchers from the University of Minnesota to collect wild hemp.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers scoured the overgrown grounds at Fort Snelling Wednesday and cut some wild hemp.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. George Weiblen has been studying hemp for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Weiblen says he has not been able to collect wild cannabis seed until now and had to import it from the Netherlands and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Weiblen says he and other researchers hope to create new varieties with an aim toward reviving a domestic hemp industry in the U.S. Unlike traditional marijuana, most wild hemp has very little THC, the psychoactive compound that gets people high.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/gallery\/data\/1412\/15623.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Jacob Redmond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kare11.com\/story\/news\/2015\/09\/24\/hemp-harvested-in-mn-legally-for-1st-time\/72729414\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hemp Harvested In Minnesota Legally For 1st Time<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: The Associated Press<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"http:\/\/static.kare11.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Page<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: The Associated Press\/Bruce Schreine<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kare11.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kare 11 News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hemp has been legally harvested in Minnesota for the first time in more than 60 years.<br \/>\nA new state law&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2015\/09\/hemp-harvested-in-minnesota-legally-for-1st-time\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1607,9,1,3],"tags":[4175],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}