Tag: Hemp
Hemp Legalization Bill Fast-Tracked By US Senate
The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 was placed on a fast-track through the U.S. Senate on Monday, allowing it to skip the typical committee hurdles...
Alaska Legislature Passes Bill Legalizing Industrial Hemp Production
Anchorage, AK – Legislation to legalize the production of industrial hemp has passed both the Alaska Senate and House and now awaits the signature...
Menominee Indian Tribe Says DEA Destroyed Hemp Crop
The Menominee Indian Tribe says that the Drug Enforcement Administration raided what it characterized as a legal hemp crop last Friday. DEA officials acknowledged...
Maine Legislature Nullifies Federal Hemp Farming Ban
Last year, lawmakers in Maine passed a bill which would authorize hemp farming in the state as soon as the federal government lifts its ban...
EXCLUSIVE: Cannabis Oil Activist Shona Banda, Now Facing Felony Charges, Speaks...
In April, Truth in Media published an exclusive interview with Shona Banda, a cannabis oil activist and Crohn's disease survivor whose home was raided...
DEA continues obstructing marijuana research, report says
A new report released by the Drug Policy Alliance and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, says the DEA has spent the last four...
Thomas Massie Eats Hemp On “The Independents”
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) appeared on "The Independents", a libertarian-leaning talk show airing on Fox Business, to discuss the Drug Enforcement Administration's efforts to impede agricultural...
South Carolina Passes Bill To Nullify Federal Hemp Ban
COLUMBIA, May 14, 2014-- Yesterday, the South Carolina House gave final approval to a bill which authorizes the growing and production of industrial hemp...
Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Authorizing Hemp Cultivation
NASHVILLE, May 15, 2014-- Yesterday, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam (R) signed a bill which some supporters consider the strongest pro-hemp legislation in the country. House Bill...
BREAKING: Tennessee effectively nullifies federal hemp ban
NASHVILLE, April 17, 2014-- Yesterday, the Tennessee General Assembly took the final necessary steps to send legislation to Governor Haslam, which if signed, will...
South Carolina legislators vote to override federal hemp ban
COLUMBIA, March 14, 2014-- On Thursday afternoon the South Carolina senate sent a bill over to the state house which would authorize the growing and...
BREAKING: Washington State Legislators Pass Hemp Nullification Bill
Olympia, Wa., February 17, 2014-- State legislators in the Washington House of Representatives just voted unanimously (97:0) to approve HB1888, which effectively nullifies the...
Video: 2014 Farm Bill & the Legalization of Hemp
Editor of Millennial Magazine, Britt Hysen, discusses the 2014 Farm Bill and the necessity for the legalization of hemp as an agricultural commodity.
Federal Government Legalizes Hemp
WASHINGTON, February 5, 2014- After three years of negotiations, the Farm Bill passed both chambers of Congress on Tuesday. Hemp wasn't necessarily one of...
Farm Bill with Hemp Resolution Passes House
This article was submitted by guest contributor Derrick Broze
In what could be the beginning of a new attitude towards hemp, the U.S. House of...
West Virginia moves to nullify federal hemp ban
If passed, HB3011 would effectively nullify the federal ban on hemp cultivation. The West Virginia House joins many other states who are seeking to...
Two States Move To Nullify Hemp: One Moves For Marijuana
Tennessee and South Carolina are both moving this legislative season to nullify the federal ban on hemp.
Last month South Carolina introduced SB0839, which would...
Vermont Completely Nullifies Federal Hemp Ban
Vermont has become the most recent state to take a stand against the federal government and nullify the federal ban on hemp cultivation. Governor...
Tennessee Moves to Legalize Hemp
NASHVILLE: The hemp root seems to be growing deeper into the South. State senator Frank Niceley (R) is currently in the process of drafting...