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Hemp is health food

This press release on the status of nutritional hemp foods just arrived. In February the purveyors of agricultural hemp products won a victory in the US 9th Circuit Court. All eyes have been on the DEA since to see if the agency would appeal the ruling that US citizens be allowed to consume these extraordinarily healthful products.

Well the wait is over, the solicitor general asked the Supremes to extend the now passed May 6th deadline to file and the Court has granted an extension of time to June 5th. If they fail to file with SCOTUS by that time "the Ninth Circuit's landmark decision will stand - protecting sales of nutritious foods made with hemp seed in the U.S."

Hemp food producers are confident they will prevail even if the case goes forward. The trace amounts of THC in the foods wouldn't even register in a drug screen and the benefits of the seeds have been well established.

Hemp seed is one of the most perfect nutritional resources in all of nature. In addition to its excellent flavor profile, the seed meat protein supplies all essential amino acids in an easily digestible form and with a high protein efficiency ratio. But most importantly, hemp seed and oil offer high concentrations of the two essential fatty acids (EFAs) in a perfect ratio of the omega-3/omega-6 acids. EFA's are the "good fats" that doctors recommend as part of a healthy, balanced diet. This superior nutritional profile makes hemp nut (shelled seed) and oil ideal for a wide range of functional food applications and as an effective fatty acid supplement. Not surprisingly, hemp nut and oil are increasingly used in natural food products, such as breads, frozen waffles, cereals, nutrition bars, meatless burgers and salad dressings.

The entire case has been a criminal waste of your tax dollars from the beginning. The DEA has spent hundreds of thousands on this folly that has absolutely nothing to do drug abuse and everything to do with protecting their prohibition profiteering.

Do we really need the DEA to tell us what to eat?