The Colorado Farm Bureau continues to support industrial hemp. They amended their policy as follows:
Policy adopted in 1995:
"We strongly support the reintroduction of industrial hemp (defined as
Canabis sativa having one perceent (1%) or less of THC(tetrahydrocannoabinol)."
Amendment:
Removed the word "strongly" from that statement and added: "We support research into the viability and economic potential of industrial hemp produced in the United States."
It appears the Colorado Farm Bureau will continue to support and lobby for legislation that would allow farmers to produce non-psychoactive hemp as a cash fiber crop in Colorado. They have not shied away from hemp beacause of the scare tactics used by the DEA to kill the industrial hemp bill this year. Chances are good Colorado will have another industrial hemp bill in 1997. We can expect strong opposition from the federal government again this year, especially in light of the passage of the medical marijuana initiative in CA (Prop. 215) and the drug medicalizaion initiative in AZ (Prop. 200). Their rhetoric is: Industrial hemp leads to marijuana which leads to the legalizaion of all drugs.
Fortunately, we have 10,000 years of history and facts to combat their 60 years of lies and dis-information.
1997 will be a very interesting year.