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Keith >To: <biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com> >Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:58:10 -0800 >From: "Nathan Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [biofuels-biz] Hemp Industry Wins Stay On Food Ban >Reply-To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com > >If a person is committed to using ethanol for fuel, would he/she add >anything else for whatever reason? I.e. What things need to be added to the >ethanol to produce the ideal gallon of auto fuel? How about some regular >gasoline to make it poisonous, bad smelling, and bad tasting to underage >would-be drinkers? Are there other things from renewable sources that could >be added instead for the same effect? > >I took a look at the HempCar website, and found it quite UNimpressive. They >seem to have an ulterior motive--to get marijuana legalized. I hate >marijuana and I hate what it stands for. They claim that the high-fiber hemp >they want legalized has been specially engineered by the French so that it >is impossible to get high off of it, and then they go from there right into >a big schpiel about how wonderful marijuana is and that it has never killed >anybody. Sick. No thanks. > >If they really wanted to do the biofuel cause a favor, they'd be pouring >money into trying to figure out how to breed something from hemp that has >all the biofuel-happy stuff in its genes but none of the dope-head-happy >stuff, and then they'd name it something other than hemp and drop the >marijuana crap. But no, instead they're driving around in their little car >trying to give hemp a good name so they can push marijuana. A little strong >on the criticism, I'll admit; but that's the impression I get. > >Nathan > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 16:45 PM > To: Nathan Cheng > Cc: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [biofuels-biz] Hemp Industry Wins Stay On Food Ban > > > >What does a mind-altering drug have to do with biofuel? Please advise. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Nathan > > Hello Nathan > > There are at least two "mind-altering drugs" that have a lot to do > with biofuels. One is ethanol, the other is hemp. Ethanol is used > directly as a fuel, whereas industrial hemp, which contains > insignificant quantities of THC, and is therefore not a mind-altering > drug, is a highly promising biofuels crop, producing oil to make > biodiesel and biomass to produce biomass energy, and more besides. > > "Industrial hemp is non-psychoactive low THC varieties of the > cannabis sativa plant. Currently, it is illegal for U.S. farmers to > grow hemp because it is improperly classified as a "drug" under the > Controlled Substances Act." > > Try a Google search for "industrial hemp". > > http://www.hempcar.org (see DEA Hemp Ban and Hemp and the Law) > http://VoteHemp.com > http://www.fuelandfiber.com > > Etc etc etc. > > Keith Addison > Journey to Forever > Handmade Projects > Osaka, Japan > http://journeytoforever.org/ > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 21:23 PM > >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > >Cc: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: [biofuels-biz] Hemp Industry Wins Stay On Food Ban > > > ><http://ens-news.com/ens/mar2002/2002L-03-08-09.html>http://ens-news. > >com/ens/mar2002/2002L-03-08-09.html > >Environment News Service: AmeriScan: March 8, 2002 > >Hemp Industry Wins Stay On Food Ban > > > >SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8, 2002 (ENS) - A federal appeals > >court has granted a request by the hemp industry to block a U.S. Drug > >Enforcement Administration's (DEA) rule aimed at banning the sale of > >foods containing hemp. > > > >The rule, issued October 9, 2001, banning any edible item containing > >hemp seed or oil that contains "any THC." Under the authority of the > >Controlled Substances Act of 1970, the agency gave consumers and > >retailers until February 6 to "dispose" of such products. The appeals > >court later extended that deadline until March 18. > > > >THC, tetrahydrocannabinol, is the psychoactive ingredient in > >marijuana, a hemp plant. Sterilized hemp seed and oil are exempted > >from the Controlled Substances Act under the statutory definition of > >marijuana, just as poppy seeds are exempted under the statutory > >definition of the opium poppy. > > > >The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and several major hemp food > >companies in the U.S. and Canada had asked the court to stay > >implementation of the DEA rule to allow the court to hear a challenge > >to the rule. > > > >"The Court's order effectively prevents DEA from enforcing its > >'Interpretive Rule' until a final ruling by the Court on the validity > >of DEA's action," said Joe Sandler, counsel for the HIA. "With this > >stay in effect, all those who sell, import, manufacture, distribute > >and retail edible hemp oil and seed, and oil and seed products, can > >continue those activities secure in the knowledge that such products > >remain perfectly lawful." > > > >The DEA received more than 115,000 public comments from hemp food and > >body care consumers and manufacturers opposing the agency's > >regulation. The Body Shop collected most of the comments at their 300 > >personal care stores nationwide, and the independent group Vote Hemp > >generated about 5,000 comments through their website at: > ><http://www.VoteHemp.com.>http://www.VoteHemp.com. > > > >Several members of Congress and state legislatures have also sent > >comments to the DEA critical of the new rule. > > > >"The DEA has no public support for the new hemp food rule," said Eric > >Steenstra, president of VoteHemp. "After examining the public > >comments, it is clear that the DEA is out of touch with the general > >public which is informed about the compelling nutritional and legal > >arguments in support of healthy hemp food products." > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/iZp8OC/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
