Friday October 16 2020
In todays report:
USDA Wants To Survey 18,000 Hemp
click here for the link to the video on you tube
Businesses About How They Grow And Sell The Crop
In partnership with the the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and the University of Kentucky, the federal agency intends to “conduct a survey to collect information from U.S. hemp producers on current production costs, production practices, and marketing practices,” according to a notice set to be published in the Federal Register on Friday.
“The survey will also be administered to Tribes that have approved hemp production programs, in order to get input from tribal hemp production,” the department said.
Another section will cover “contracting and marketing practices” and will include questions about farmgate pricing by end use, contract usage, contract structure and storage.
Perdue has said on several occasions that DEA influenced certain rules, adding that the narcotics agency wasn’t pleased with the overall legalization of hemp.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, hemp industry associations pushed for farmers to be able to access to certain COVID-19 relief loans—a request that Congress granted in the most recent round of coronavirus legislation.
A final demographic section will collect information on producers’ ages, education levels, experiences, household sizes and races.
The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) said last month that the new 30-day comment window is too short and asked USDA to push it back, and it also issued a series of recommended changes to the interim final rule on hemp, which it says threaten to “stifle” the industry and benefit big firms over smaller companies.
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Watch The Oregon Drug Decriminalization Campaign’s New TV Ads For Historic Ballot Measure
feature people from a diversity of backgrounds speaking to their personal experiences with the drugs and the criminal justice system, come as mail-in ballots are being distributed to registered voters.
Hubert Matthews (TV)
“My name is Hubert. I’m a veteran. I’m a father. I’m a productive member of society. Now that I’ve been clean for 10 years, I go into the criminal justice system courts and let the system know, look, jail is not going to help this person. We need to get this person some treatment. This is why I know that treatment is the answer to helping people change their lives, not the criminal justice system. I know Measure 110 will help me be able to help more people. Help us by supporting Measure 110.”
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katie rn
“I’m a nurse who treats patients with addictions. We know a jail term isn’t good drug treatment. It ruins lives, makes it hard to get a job, credit or an apartment when you get out. Measure 110 fixes that. It just says people won’t get jail time simply for possession of small amounts of drugs. Instead, they get connected to treatment or recovery services, including housing assistance to help them get their lives back on track. Vote yes on Measure 110.”
The Oregon campaign behind a ballot initiative to decriminalize drug possession and expanding funding for substance misuse treatment is rolling out a series of TV and online ads promoting the measure.
The advertisements, which feature people from a diversity of backgrounds speaking to their personal experiences with the drugs and the criminal justice system, come as mail-in ballots are being distributed to registered voters.
Thematically, the short spots are consistent in their message: low-level drug offenses should be treated as a public health issue, and subjecting people to the criminal justice system for substance use is counterproductive and carries life-long consequences.
For the broader drug decriminalization proposal, advocates are also getting a congressional boost. In a Facebook post, the campaign shared a quote from Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), who has endorsed the initiative.
“One of the most urgent issues we face is the unconscionable shortage of drug treatment for people who want help as they struggle with drug addiction,” the congressman said. “Instead of providing treatment, we treat them as criminals, making things incalculably worse for them, their families and the rest of the community while wasting huge sums of money.”
“That is why I am such a strong supporter of Ballot Measure 110,” he said. “Measure 110 will help shift Oregon to a health-based approach to a health-based drug addiction crisis. This is more compassionate, more effective, safer, and simple common sense. Please join me in voting Yes on Measure 110.”
Blumenauer has also backed the psilocybin initiative.
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Study: Higher-THC hemp used in Italy as substitute for sedatives, anti-depressants
The sale of hemp flower in Italy has been connected with a decrease in sales of several types of medications, suggesting that some patients chose to dump their prescription drugs in favor of self-medication with an unregulated CBD-based therapy, research by a trio of economists shows.
A loophole in Italy’s industrial hemp legislation, passed in 2016, allowed growers to cultivate and sell cannabis flower containing up to 0.6% THC without penalty.
These higher-THC flowering tops, known as “cannabis light” and often smoked, were first sold in May 2017.
The study authors offered several key takeaways, including:
Italy might need to improve MMJ access:
Bans on smokable hemp could face backlash:
Interest in smokable hemp as therapy indicates need for regulation:
