What is the best regulatory framework for legalized marijuana? (Baker Institute Series)

[RainDog]

2. N. Dakota, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Oregon, California, Montana, West Virginia and Vermont

All of these states have passed laws to make the growth of industrial hemp legal but they have not enacted their laws because the DEA refuses to acknowledge the genetic differences between industrial hemp and medical and recreational cannabis.

Hemp (agricultural grade cannabis) has uses for health, but it does not have enough THC to create the "high" that people associate with cannabis. However, hemp is nearly a complete source of EFAs (80%.) The only plant that comes close to this profile is flaxseed, at 72% Essential Fatty Acids.

This page from Perdue University, tho it's from more than a decade ago, has good information about industrial hemp.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html

So, while we talk about CO and WA because of the issue of recreational use - there are 10 other states that are also prohibited from enacting their laws because Congress continues to fail the American people on this issue.