Italy: Army unveils ‘cut-price cannabis’ farm

The room housing the army's cannabis farm
 

The Italian army has unveiled its first cannabis farm, set up to try to lower the cost of medical marijuana in the country.

The army’s foray into cannabis production was first announced by the government in September, and its first crop is coming along nicely, the Corriere della Sera website reports. The plants are being grown in a secure room at a military-run pharmaceutical plant in Florence, and the army expects to churn out 100kg (220lb) of the drug annually. The site also houses drying and packing facilities. “The aim of this operation is to make available to a growing number of patients a medical product which isn’t always readily available on the market, at a much better price for the user,” Col Antonio Medica tells the website. Medical marijuana is considered beneficial to treat a variety of conditions, particularly for managing chronic pain.
 
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http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-32531376

Alabama is one step closer to approving medical marijuana

DEA Chief Leonhart’s Replacement Will Be Open To Weed Reform

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Whoever replaces DEA chief Michele Leonhart will bring a more progressive approach to drug-policy reform—one more in line with the Obama Administration’s evolving views — according to several experts  with whom we spoke.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Leonhart’s retirement on Tuesday after 22 congressmen signed a bipartisan no-confidence statement citing allegations that under Leonhart’s watch, DEA agents had attended drug-fueled sex parties overseas, some of them allegedly funded by drug cartels. It also is widely believed that Leonhart had fallen out of favor with the president for being out of step with Obama Administration on the legalization of marijuana.
 
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http://www.vocativ.com/underworld/drugs/dea-chief-leonharts-replacement-will-be-open-to-weed-reform/

Cannabis Edibles for Pets


 
AMARILLO, TEXAS –
With just a click, dog and cat owners can now purchase capsules, biscuits, and other cannabis edibles as natural pain relievers and anti-inflammatory supplements.
The purchase and use of the products is legal in the U.S. because they contain such a low percentage of THC and are not intended for human consumption.
Therefore, it meets the definition of “hemp supplements” under US federal law.
 
Full Article:
http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/cannabis-edibles-for-pets/32511174

Activists, State Legislator Smoke Cannabis at New Hampshire State House Front Door

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Dylan Gingues and Kyle Tasker

Dylan Gingues and NH state rep Kyle Tasker with a big jar of primo cannabis outside the State House.

For the sixth consecutive year, activists smoked cannabis out in front of the New Hampshire state house on April 20th at 4:20pm, in heroic defiance of the state’s draconian drug laws that consider cannabis possession to be a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and up to a $2,000 fine.
Dozens of New Hampshire’s inhabitants braved constant rain and cold to come out for the epic event, which also featured state representative Kyle Tasker toking up.  Tasker later said in an interview exclusive to Free Keene, “The message sent by law enforcement and heard loud and clear by protesters was police have more important things to do than harass otherwise law abiding citizens over marijuana possession and public use even when it was clear there were amounts present at the protest that could be charged as a felony. The New Hampshire senate needs to consider how productive it is to keep an unenforced, indeed nearly unenforceable law on the books with which the public disagrees.”
No one has ever been arrested at these events despite mass civil disobedience of the cannabis possession laws taking place right outside the state house’s front doors. In fact, obvious police presence was near-zero this year, with a lone state trooper sitting across the street idling in his cruiser for a short time. In previous years, troopers have stood inside the state house windows, watching with crossed arms. This year, nothing!
 
Full Article:
http://freekeene.com/2015/04/21/activists-state-legislator-smoke-cannabis-at-nh-state-house-front-door/

October 6 – 7 – Uckermark, Germany – 5th International Hemp Building Symposium 2015

The IHBA’s 5th International Hemp Building Symposium will be held on the 6-7th October 2015 at the the Schlüßhof, Uckermark, Germany.

5th International Hemp Building Symposium
5th International Hemp Building Symposium 2015

The 5th gathering of International Hemp Building experts will be held in theUckermark region of Germany to the North of Berlin. The venue is the Schlüßhofsituated in a rural location, 1h 30 from Berlin.
The two days of activity will include presentations of academic thesis, case studies and new material development. As part of the Symposium there will also be an educational visit to the Hanffaser factory to actually see Hemp building materials being processed and uses demonstrated.
The Symposium language will be English.
This years accommodation is in the Schlüßhof venue, where the Symposium is being held and is included in the delegate fee.
Registration is now open.

Your full registration payment can be made by Credit Card via PayPal or by Bank Transfer. Full IHBA members can avail of the 20% discount on the delegate fee.
Your booking is the attendance fee for the two day Symposium with, lunches and evening meal, 1-3 nights accommodation and the hemp factory tour.
Symposium Programme
Symposium Speakers
Symposium How to get there
http://internationalhempbuilding.org/events/

June 29 – July 1 – Bellingham, Washington – Hempcrete Building Workshop – Learn Sustainable, Non-toxic, Breathable, Carbon-negative Building Construction with pioneer hemp builder Steve Allin

Hempcrete Building Workshop

Learn Sustainable, Non-toxic, Breathable, Carbon-negative Building Construction

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with pioneer hemp builder Steve Allin

Monday June 29 through Wednesday July 1
Begins at 9am.
at 1010 Highland Drive, Bellingham
$350: $400 after June 10.

Contact: info@highlandhemphouse.com for registration and information.
Lakeway Inn discount if booked by May 28. Mention Hemp Dwellings when booking.
Inquire about a limited number of internship positions.


Free Lecture and Informational Show

Sunday June 28 7 PM – 9PM

Open to the public.
Steve will also be giving a free performance of
“HEMP CAN’T SAVE THE PLANET
BUT
IT MIGHT SAVE HUMANITY!”
Stand up info show, facts, fun, and music

June 28, 7 – 9 PM, at ReSources, 2309 Meridian St
Location: ReSources – 2309 Meridian St, Bellingham, WA 98225


Steve

About Steve

Mr. Allin has enthusiastically pioneered the use of hemp in building internationally since 1997 & is the author of the pre-eminent book “Building with Hemp” (2006) 2nd Edition, 2012. He has also contributed articles to a variety of publications from the Green Building Bible to Cannabis Culture magazine.
Former co-director of Hemp Ireland Ltd. (1998-2003) which was set up to research and develop a hemp processing facility in Ireland. The information gained from this helped in developing the plans for a truly sustainable industrial production of hemp on a local community level as a bio-regional approach to the production of basic ecologically appropriate food, biomass and building materials.
The use of hemp in construction was seen by Steve as the best way to expand the production of hemp and a way to increase the value of the hemp wood element of the crop. In his activities connected to actually using the materials he has experimented with many different combinations of ingredients to create a binder for hempcrete and has consulted with different projects all over the world, from Austria to Canada and Slovakia to the U.K. and has worked on projects in Switzerland and all over Ireland.
He is currently director of the International Hemp Building Association IHBAestablished in November 2009 after the successful 1st International Hemp Building Symposium which he organised earlier that year in Ireland. He continues to act as an advisor for projects wishing to establish hemp processing facilities for hemp construction products.
Learn more about Steve and Hemp Building at HempBuilding.com

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http://www.highlandhemphouse.com/steveallinworkshop/
 

Dr. Sanjay Gupta drops bomb with ‘WEED 3’ on eve of 420

by David Downs