NAIHC Position Paper - Separating the Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Issues
- A clear, well written paper on legalizing Industrial Hemp.
- http://naihc.org/hemp_information/naihc_position_paper.html

North American Industrial Hemp Council
- The comprehensive information source for the North American hemp industry. Learn all about industrial hemp and its many uses. Banning the growing of this product is like banning both corn and cotton.
- http://naihc.org/

The Drug War Comes to the Rez
- When Alex White Plume planted a field full of industrial-grade hemp, he hoped that his crop might lift his family and community out of poverty. Then the DEA came to Pine Ridge. By Leora Broydo, Mother Jones.
- http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2001/02/pineridge_hemp.html?welcome=true

Restoring Hemp to Natural Place in Japan's Culture
- By Angela Jeffs, The Japan Times.
- http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?fl20021109a1.htm

Hemp ban lifted
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News.
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/1998/02/26/hemp980226.html

Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1856 Edition - Hemp
- An objective 19th century description of hemp, its origins, and imports to the UK from a time before it was made illegal in the United States.
- http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/h/hemp22a.html

International Hemp Association
- Non-profit organization based in the Netherlands that is dedicated to the advancement of Cannabis through the dissemination of information.
- http://www.internationalhempassociation.org/

HemperFi
- Provides commentary on hemp cultivation, hemp legislation, and commercial issues.
- http://www.hemperfi.com/

The Colorado Hemp Production Act of 1995
- by Thomas J. Ballanco. Published in: University of Colorado Law Review, Volume 66, Issue 4 (1995).
- http://www.druglibrary.org/olsen/hemp/iha/iha02215.html

Hemp a possible solution to environmental concerns, low crop prices
- By George Green, The Daily Nebraskan, the official student produced publication for the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
- http://www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2000/11/06/News/Hemp-A.Possible.Solution.To.Environmental.Concerns.Low.Crop.Prices-1731714.shtml?norewrite200606040753&sourcedomain=www.dailynebraskan.com

Merits of industrial hemp debated in committee
- By Gwen Tietgen, The Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
- http://www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2001/01/24/News/Merits.Of.Industrial.Hemp.Debated.In.Committee-1730789.shtml?norewrite200606040750&sourcedomain=www.dailynebraskan.com

Sioux fight Feds, this time over hemp
- By Jon Bonné, MSNBC.
- http://www.msnbc.com/news/616149.asp

United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
- as amended by the 1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961. Article 28 states: 2. This Convention shall not apply to the cultivation of the cannabis plant exclusively for industrial purposes (fibre and seed) or horticultural pu
- http://www.incb.org/incb/convention_1961.html

We Can Differentiate Between Hemp, Marijuana
- By Louie B. Nunn, Commentary in The Lexington Herald-Leader. Editor's note: Republican Louie B. Nunn was the governor of Kentucky.
- http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/editorial/11486404.htm

Industrial Hemp Petition
- Full text of the 1998 Resource Conservation Alliance petition to the US Department of Agriculture and Drug Enforcement Administration to adopt regulations permitting industrial hemp cultivation.
- http://www.rca-info.org/alts/petition.html

Hemp Conspiracy
- A true story of state corruption and individual consequence. Site features something for the interested to the most seasoned cannabis researcher.
- http://www.hempconspiracy.net/

Hemp: A New Crop with New Uses for North America
- The single most useful page on hemp on the Internet. By Ernest Small and David Marcus. Reprinted from: Trends in new crops and new uses. 2002. p. 284–326. J. Janick and A. Whipkey (eds.). ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA. Paper also available as a PDF downloa
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html

Tom Hemp
- Running commentary on hemp news around the world and all things related to hemp.
- http://www.tomhemp.com/

Audubon Magazine - Legalize It!
- Questions why, when it is grown in 32 other countries, hemp is still illegal in the United States.
- http://magazine.audubon.org/incite/incite9911.html

Petition to United Nations High Commissioner and General Assembly
- Petition encouraging the United Nations to amend the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs to include controls on worldwide growing of industrial hemp in respect to Article 28, section 2.
- http://www.petitiononline.com/hconspir/petition.html

The Natural Industrial Resource Petition
- Petition encouraging the US to comply with the 1961 United Nations Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs in respect to cultivation of industrial hemp.
- http://www.petitiononline.com/NIRP/petition.html

The Honourable Senator Lorna Milne
- News, past and current speeches, biography, Canadian Senate information, and a good links page. Includes Industrial Hemp legalization history.
- http://www.sen.parl.gc.ca/lmilne/

The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance / Alliance Commerciale Canadienne du Chanvre
- A non-profit national group of hemp processors, marketers, farmers, and information specialists.
- http://www.hemptrade.ca/

Vermont State Auditor - Cannabis Eradication Report
- Final report written by Edward S. Flanagan, State Auditor. Report finds that a large percentage of cannabis eradicated is feral hemp.
- http://www.state.vt.us/sao/reviews/reviews1998_cannabiseradication.htm

ATF Policy for beverage alcohol products made with hemp or hemp components
- ATF News, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
- http://www.atf.treas.gov/press/breakingnews/fy01/040700hemp.htm

DEA Clarifies Status of Hemp in the Federal Register
- DEA News Release.
- http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr100901.html

Hempsters Go to Washington
- By Mari Kane, North Bay Bohemian.
- http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/10.24.02/hemp-0243.html

The war against hemp
- By Nina Willdorf, The Boston Phoenix.
- http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/02219273.htm

Ky. House backs hemp research - Bill OK'd to explore future of crop
- Associated Press story, The Cincinnati Enquirer.
- http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/15/loc_ky_house_backs_hemp.html

Move to legalize hemp grows in heartland
- By Craig Savoye, Special to The Christian Science Monitor.
- http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/02/13/fp2s1-csm.shtml

Cloudy fate awaits hemp bill
- By Anne Marie Tavella, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
- http://www.dailyegyptian.com/spring01/01-18-01/hemp.html

Oregon Senate Bill 89
- Relating to industrial hemp; creating new provisions; amending ORS 475.005, 475.992, 475.999 and 561.144; and appropriating money. 71st Oregon Legislative Assembly--2001 Regular Session.
- http://www.leg.state.or.us/01reg/measures/sb0001.dir/sb0089.intro.html

Harrelson trial highlights benefits of industrial hemp.(Woody Harrelson)
- By John S. Rausch , National Catholic Reporter.
- http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1141/39_36/65774930/p1/article.jhtml?term=hemp

Some see profit in Hawaii hemp
- By Malia Zimmerman, PBN Staff Reporter. Pacific Business News (Honolulu).
- http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/07/12/story3.html

Illinois chose old stereotypes over economic potential
- Editorial, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
- http://www.dailyegyptian.com/fall00/11-30-00/hemped.html

Hemp bill up in smoke
- By Alexa Aguilar, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
- http://www.dailyegyptian.com/fall00/11-29-00/hemp.html

Material possibilities
- Proponents say industrial hemp should be legalized for agricultural production. By Jim Witty and Joan Conrow, Honolulu, Hawaii Star-Bulletin.
- http://starbulletin.com/96/07/23/business/story3.html

Industrial hemp not really a demon weed
- By Becky Somerville, Gazette Staff. University of Western Ontario, Canada.
- http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/1999/October/28/Campus_and_Culture1.htm

Our Word - Hemp
- Editorial, Daily Egyptian, The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's student-run, community newspaper.
- http://www.dailyegyptian.com/spring01/01-18-01/editorial.html

Text of Appeal No. 99-1082
- New Hampshire Hemp Council, Inc. v. Marshall, Acting Administrator, United States Drug Enforcement Administration (1/28/2000, No. 99-1082), United States Court of Appeals, For the First Circuit.
- http://www.law.emory.edu/1circuit/jan2000/99-1082.01a.html

President Bush Names Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy
- The White House, Office of the Press Secretary.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/05/20010510-1.html

Woody Harrelson acquitted of marijuana charge
- By Steve Bailey, Associated Press Writer. This is a longer version of the story.
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2000/08/24/state2041EDT0239.DTL

TestPledge
- Trace THC standards for shelled hempseed and hemp oil.
- http://www.testpledge.com/

Funded Research - USDA Record
- Alternative crops in North Dakota. Among the study topics is : Assess the market potential for hemp production.
- http://fundedresearch.cos.com/cgi-bin/USDA/getRec?9177610

The University of Vermont Legislative Research Shop
- Viability of Industrial Hemp.
- http://www.uvm.edu/~vlrs/doc/hemp.htm

Acts of the 1999-2000 Vermont Legislature - Vermont J.R.S. 98
- Text of the Vermont joint resolution urging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Congress to reconsider federal policies that restrict the cultivation and marketing of Industrial Hemp and r
- http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2000/acts/ACTR333.HTM

The Boston Hemp Co-op's Digital Library And Museum
- Features historical documents, photos and information.
- http://www.hempology.org/

Industrial Hemp Movement Growing
- An article by the National Drug Strategy Network, an anti-drug organization, showing industrial hemp in a positive light, implicitly supporting it
- http://www.ndsn.org/FEB97/HEMP.html