Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity

Well it seems to be press release day and VoteHemp.com is pleased to announce the Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued a new report on the industrial hemp marketplace and legislative efforts to allow hemp farming in the United States.

The report features background on the current situation, data on foreign hemp production and U.S. consumption, analysis of the legal situation regarding hemp foods, and a review of economic studies. "We are very pleased the Congressional Research Service has issued this report and hope that members of Congress will conclude from the research that the U.S. is falling behind other developed nations on industrial hemp cultivation and technology," says Eric Steenstra, President of Vote Hemp. "I believe we will see federal legislation introduced this year to allow farmers to grow non-psychoactive hemp for the first time since the 1950s."

That would be really good news. The ban on agricultural hemp is one of most short-sighted and counter-productive aspects of this addle-brained war on some drugs. Let them grow rope.