Comments on: Oregon House passes Hemp Farming Bill, on to governor

By: Radical Russ

Radical Russ — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:30:09 +0000

I think that risk is minimal. I’m told such a cross-pollination is unlikely unless the fields are fairly close together. There is already so much feral hemp / ditchweed growing wild in America that if this were true, nobody could grow outdoors now.

By: Radical Russ

Radical Russ — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:28:32 +0000

You got it. If we can get Ron Paul’s Industrial Hemp Farming Act passed, Oregon, Kentucky, North Dakota, and the rest can put their state hemp law into action. No state can really have their officials working counter to federal law (medical marijuana gets a pass because technically, the states aren’t violating federal law, they’re designating certain people to be free from prosecution under state laws.)

By: Brent in KY

Brent in KY — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:16:15 +0000

Now will all these hemp states have to wait for the Hemp Bill in congress before they can start growing? Or can and should we be now?

KY has had its law since 2001 and the Gov. now is in support of growing Hemp, but says the DEA hasnt let us grow it.

So what are we all waiting for?

By: winder

winder — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:05:00 +0000

I am curious as to whether this would cause more marijuana growers to move their crops indoors to reduce pollination by low-THC hemp to the more psychoactive/therapeutic forms of cannabis. You’d think the pollen would be everywhere if it were grown on a large scale, no? I think greenhouses would be a good investment about now…or whenever the fed recovers from its RCI* and restores our right to farm this wonderful weed.

*rectal-cranial inversion