{"id":556,"date":"2012-08-12T07:01:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T07:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=19526"},"modified":"2012-08-12T07:01:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T07:01:20","slug":"new-bill-aims-to-fix-hemp-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/new-bill-aims-to-fix-hemp-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bill Aims to Fix Hemp Laws"},"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\/new-bill-aims-to-fix-hemp-laws\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hemp1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"hemp\" title=\"hemp\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19527\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/new-bill-aims-to-fix-hemp-laws\/attachment\/hemp-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19527\" title=\"hemp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hemp1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Patients are all too aware of how destructive the war against marijuana has been.\u00a0 For reasons that defy logic marijuana has been treated like the &#8220;The Devil&#8217;s Smoke&#8221;.\u00a0 Another unfortunate by product of the common senseless approach to marijuana has to do with its impact on hemp.\u00a0 Even with low levels of THC that could not produce psychedelic effects, hemp production in the U.S. has been outlawed since the 1930s. Hemp offers so much potential and can be used in food, building materials, rope, paper and has many other practical uses.\u00a0 Many analysts have wondered why our government has not altered hemp laws, especially in this struggling economy.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately a few elected officials are seeking to change this. \u00a0 <strong> <\/strong>Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rand Paul (R-KY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are pushing for a bill to be passed that once again legalize hemp production and could help create jobs.\u00a0 Senator Wyden said \u201cIntroducing this bill is the first step toward a common sense policy on hemp that helps create American jobs.\u00a0 It is vital that all advocates for industrial hemp redouble their efforts tow in support in Congress if we are going to reestablish this economically important crop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodsmagazine.com\/news\/breaking-news\/new-bill-supports-hemp454664456\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodsmagazine.com\/news\/breaking-news\/new-bill-supports-hemp454664456\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hemp1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"hemp\" title=\"hemp\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19527\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/new-bill-aims-to-fix-hemp-laws\/attachment\/hemp-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19527\" title=\"hemp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hemp1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Patients are all too aware of how destructive the war against marijuana has been.\u00a0 For reasons that defy logic marijuana has been treated like the &#8220;The Devil&#8217;s Smoke&#8221;.\u00a0 Another unfortunate by product of the common senseless approach to marijuana has to do with its impact on hemp.\u00a0 Even with low levels of THC that could not produce psychedelic effects, hemp production in the U.S. has been outlawed since the 1930s. Hemp offers so much potential and can be used in food, building materials, rope, paper and has many other practical uses.\u00a0 Many analysts have wondered why our government has not altered hemp laws, especially in this struggling economy.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately a few elected officials are seeking to change this. \u00a0 <strong> <\/strong>Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rand Paul (R-KY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are pushing for a bill to be passed that once again legalize hemp production and could help create jobs.\u00a0 Senator Wyden said \u201cIntroducing this bill is the first step toward a common sense policy on hemp that helps create American jobs.\u00a0 It is vital that all advocates for industrial hemp redouble their efforts tow in support in Congress if we are going to reestablish this economically important crop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodsmagazine.com\/news\/breaking-news\/new-bill-supports-hemp454664456\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodsmagazine.com\/news\/breaking-news\/new-bill-supports-hemp454664456\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[307,52,308,55,56,9,51,70,309,310,1,3,61],"tags":[2885,2632,2886,2635,2636,2631,5,2887,2888,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556"}],"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=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}