<title>Hemp and Cannabis - ELIMINATING THE CONFUSION</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <style>@charset "UTF-8";@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans:wght@300;400;600;700&display=swap);@font-face{font-family:'Crete Round';font-style:normal;font-weight:400;src:local('CreteRound'),local('CreteRound'),url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/creteround/v9/55xoey1sJNPjPiv1ZZZrxK170b0.woff2) format('woff')}body{min-height:100%;padding:0;margin:0;background:#f3f3f3;position:relative;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#333;overflow-x:hidden}html{outline:0!important;background:#f3f3f3!important;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px}.ece-artilce-container{display:block;padding:25px 30px 30px 30px;max-width:900px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;font-size:17px;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:rgba(204,204,204,.59);background:#fff;line-height:1.42857143;text-align:left;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif}.ece-artilce-container h1,.ece-artilce-container h2,.ece-artilce-container h3,.ece-artilce-container h4{font-family:'Crete Round';margin:0;color:#29728c;line-height:1}.ece-artilce-container h1{margin-bottom:20px}.ece-artilce-container .ece-cta-button-holder{text-decoration:none;color:#3699dd;z-index:1;position:relative;display:block;box-sizing:border-box}.ece-artilce-container .ece-cta-button-holder .ece-cta-button.btnControls{background-color:#ffb400;background:-webkit-linear-gradient(#ffcc56 0,#ffb400 100%);background:-o-linear-gradient(#ffcc56 0,#ffb400 100%);background:linear-gradient(#ffcc56 0,#ffb400 100%);text-shadow:0 2px 0 rgb(0 0 0 / 11%);box-shadow:0 2px 0 0 #d49600;font-weight:400;border-radius:0;color:#fff;padding:0;margin:0;width:100%;display:block;outline:0;border:none;cursor:pointer;-webkit-user-select:auto;padding:15px 20px;box-sizing:border-box}.ece-artilce-container .ece-cta-button-holder .ece-cta-button.btnControls p{font-weight:400;outline:0;border:none;display:block;color:#fff;text-align:center;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;line-height:1em;padding:0!important}.ece-artilce-container .ece-button-mediaContainer,.ece-artilce-container .ece-video-mediaContainer{float:none;width:100%;margin-right:20px;position:relative;margin:15px auto;clear:both;position:relative;z-index:100;text-align:left!important;box-sizing:border-box}.ece-artilce-container .ece-video-mediaContainer .ece-video-placeholder{background:#000;color:#fff;text-align:center;border-radius:2px;margin:auto;position:relative}.ece-artilce-container .ece-video-mediaContainer .ece-embed-responsive{position:relative;display:block;height:0;padding:0;overflow:hidden}.ece-artilce-container .ece-video-mediaContainer .ece-embed-responsive-16by9{padding-bottom:56.25%}.ece-artilce-container .ece-video-mediaContainer .ece-embed-responsive .ece-embed-responsive-item{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0}.ece-artilce-container .ece-image-mediaContainer img{max-width:100%}.ece-artilce-container .ece-button-mediaContainer{padding:0;background-color:transparent!important;border:none}@media screen and (max-width:768px){.ece-artilce-container .ece-button-mediaContainer,.ece-artilce-container .ece-image-mediaContainer,.ece-artilce-container .ece-video-mediaContainer{width:100%!important}}</style> <div class="ece-artilce-container ui-sortable"><h1> Hemp and Cannabis - ELIMINATING THE CONFUSION </h1> <p></p><p> </p><p> "Hemp/industrial hemp " and "marijuana " are two distinct ranges of the exact same plant species. "Hemp " is a fiber crop. "Marijuana " is a drug crop. Nevertheless, these definitions have actually become confused in the last 60 years. Just recently, a motion has started to identify the terms again. It is necessary to comprehend the history of use of these terms in order to get rid of the confusion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> 1600-1930s Hemp's Long History in North America</p><p> The word "hemp " has been in the English language for over 800 years. The word "cannabis " is just 100 years of ages.</p><p> From the first settling of North America until the 1930s, "hemp " was the most common term for Cannabis sativa fiber crops. "Marijuana " was never used to explain hemp fiber crops, which were grown for canvas, rope, fuel oil, and paper. "Hemp " fiber crops were historically low THC and totally non-psychoactive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p> <p class="TempDiv focused-area"></p><p> </p><p></p><div id="img1632802753" class="media-container image ece-image-mediaContainer" contenteditable="false" style="float: none; margin: 15px auto; clear: both; width: 100%;"> <div> <img class="image" src="https://www.jandjmaterialsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/12/image_0.jpg" alt="CBD"> </div> </div> <p></p> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> 1930s-1940s Marijuana tax Act puzzles "Hemp " and "Marijuana " In the 1930s, the psychoactive (high-THC) variety of marijuana sativa, imported from Mexico, ended up being common in the southern U.S. It was called "marijuana ", a word promoted through the "Reefer Madness " project, to distinguish it from the "hemp " fiber crops (which nobody ever smoked).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> In 1937, the passage of the Marijuana tax Act hopelessly confused the terms "hemp " and "marijuana ". For the very first time, Congress defined these unique ranges of Cannabis sativa as being the same. What had been typically known as "hemp " was now "marijuana ".</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> 1950s "Hemp " Crops Become Extinct</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> In 1957, the last "hemp " fiber crop was harvested in the U.S. Because low-THC Cannabis sativa fiber crops were now extinct, the word "hemp " left of use and was forgotten.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p> <p class="TempDiv focused-area"></p><p> </p><p></p><div id="vid1464332299" class="media-container ece-video-mediaContainer video" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; clear: both;"> <div class="elementVideoHolder"> <div class="videoPlaceHolder ece-video-placeholder darkGrey videoToBeEdited" data-videotype="youtube" data-vidwidth="vid-large" data-skin="darkGrey" style="width: 100%; max-width: 100%;" data-vidurl="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZTubAkpymX4?autoplay=0&rel=0" data-autoplay="false"> <div class="embed-responsive ece-embed-responsive ece-embed-responsive-16by9 embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item ece-embed-responsive-item" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZTubAkpymX4?autoplay=0&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <div style="display:none;" class="customEmbedCode"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p></p> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> 1960s "Marijuana " Legalization Movement Begins</p><p> In the 1960s, the psychedelic range of marijuana sativa ( "cannabis ") ended up being popular among the counter-culture. The movement to legislate "cannabis " in the 1960s and 1970s did not utilize the term "hemp " to describe "cannabis ".</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> 1985 "Hemp "/ "Marijuana " Movement Begins</p><p> In 1985, the word "hemp " re-surfaced in the book The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer. This book exposed info that had been lost for practically 40 years about "hemp's " historic uses as a fiber crop. The book also promoted "hemp " as a service to contemporary ecological problems.</p><p> Because The Emperor was targeted at a "marijuana " motion and given that it was not extensively understood that low-THC varieties of hemp existed in Europe and Asia, it was believed that "marijuana " should be legalized to allow commercial usages of "hemp ". </p><p> </p><p></p> <p class="TempDiv focused-area"></p><p> </p><p></p><div id="img414903076" class="media-container image ece-image-mediaContainer" contenteditable="false" style="float: none; margin: 15px auto; clear: both; width: 100%;"> <div> <img class="image" src="https://www.jandjmaterialsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/12/image_1.jpg" alt=""> </div> </div> <p></p> <p></p><p> And because it was the environmentalists and the counter-culture that started promoting hemp as an alternative fiber crop, they were not taken seriously.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> 1989 European Farmers Grow "Hemp " In Europe, some countries (like France and Spain) had actually never ever stopped producing "hemp ". In 1989, the European Economic Community established guidelines to govern "hemp " production that applied to all its member nations. The EEC specified authorized seed varieties for low THC "hemp " and approaches for testing "hemp " for THC content.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> 1993-1994 England and Canada Grow "Hemp " In 1993, England officially recognized the difference between "hemp " and "cannabis ", to make its farmers competitive in the EEC. In 1994, Canada, seeing competitors from Europe, allowed "hemp " production.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> 1994 Kentucky Appoints "Hemp " Task Force</p><p> In November of 1994, the Governor of Kentucky, seeing competitors from Canada and Europe, designated a Task Force to study the industrial possibilities of "hemp " in his state.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> 1994-1995 "Hemp/Industrial Hemp " Movement Begins in U.S.</p><p> For the very first time, farmers, manufacturers, processors, and farming scientists in North America began to take a serious look at "hemp " as a farming crop and alternative fiber. Also, the "hemp " environmentalists within the "cannabis " motion see that registered seed ranges exist to identify "hemp " from "cannabis ". </p><p> This varied coalition starts utilizing the word "industrial hemp " (or merely "hemp ") to refer specifically to low-THC non-psychoactive ranges of Cannabis sativa. The goal of the "commercial hemp " movement is to enable genuine production of "hemp " fiber crops and to check out the ecological benefits of "hemp " as an alternative fiber, pulp, and oil source.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Jan. 1995 Colorado Senator Introduces "Hemp "Legislation</p><p> In January 1995, Senator Lloyd Casey (D-Northglenn), made Colorado the first state to attempt to define "hemp/industrial hemp " as distinct kind "marijuana " when he presented the Hemp Production Act. </p><p> </p><p></p> <p></p><p> Unfortunately, this bill was killed in Committee due to objections from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Oct. 1995 North American Industrial Hemp Council Formed</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> In October 1995, the guiding committee of the North American Industrial Hemp Council made "commercial hemp " a completely distinct problem, separate from the legalization of "cannabis ".</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Jan. 1996 Colorado and Vermont Introduce "Hemp " Legislation</p><p> Legislators in two states introduced "commercial hemp " legislation, Sen. Lloyd Casey (D) from Colorado and Rep. Fred Maslack (R) from Vermont.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Jan. 1996 Support for "Hemp " Grows</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> A strong union of varied companies now supports "Industrial hemp ", including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> American Farm Bureau federation (4.6 million member)</p><p> Colorado Farm Bureau </p><p> Colorado Department of Agriculture</p><p> Colorado State Grange</p><p> Kentucky Farm Bureau</p><p> Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative</p><p> Wisconsin Agribusiness Council</p><p> Wisconsin Department of Agriculture</p><p> International Paper Company</p><p> Bolton Emerson Americas</p><p> Colorado Environmental Coalition</p><p> Oregon Natural Resources Council</p><p> HIA (Hemp Industries Association)</p><p> North American Industrial Hemp Council</p><p> Many, if not all of these groups have specifically stated that they are opposed to the legalization of cannabis. </p><p> </p><p></p> <p></p><p> They understand the difference between "hemp/industrial hemp " and "marijuana " and that "hemp/industrial hemp " can be grown securely without affecting "cannabis " laws, production, or usage.</p><p> </p><p> Today: Making Progress ...</p><p> </p><p> 25 of 53 state hemp-related costs introduced considering that 1995 have actually passed and overall, 14 states have actually successfully passed hemp-related legislation. In 2002, hemp bills have been presented in seven states: Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Vermont, Wisconsin and West Virginia. 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