| Hemp house wins construction prize |
01/12/2010 |
| Lichfield-based building contractor Linford Group has won a national award for its “ground-breaking” Renewable House. The contractor lifte... more |
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| Targets for bio-based composites and natural fibre... |
15/11/2010 |
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The European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) welcomes and supports the discussions on targets for different bio-based products, such as bio-polyme... more |
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| Body Shop continues to face prejudice |
20/10/2010 |
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Body Shop hemp ad falls foul of Swedish authority
The use of hemp leaves in an advert commissioned by ethical cosmetics chain The Body Shop, has been... more |
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| BBC team build boat from Ice & Hemp |
01/10/2010 |
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THIS team of BBC presenters tried to prove a ship could be made from ICE - only to see it melt and sink at sea.
The crew from science show Bang Goes... more |
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| A biological solution to animal pandemics |
24/09/2010 |
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EUREKA project E! 4104 ECOPROMAT has developed a novel and environmentally-friendly type of matting for use in protection against the spread of conta... more |
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| Hemp homes are cutting edge of green building |
22/09/2010 |
| In Asheville, N.C., Anthony Brenner holds a handful of industrial hemp shiv, left, and a block of the finished hardened product after the shiv is mixe... more |
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| Norfolk engineer builds speedy hemp harvester |
28/08/2010 |
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West Norfolk engineer Stephen Eyles has developed a high-capacity multi-bladed hemp harvester capable of cutting at high speeds.
His machine has thr... more |
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| Premiere of the revised "The Hemp Solution&qu... |
25/08/2010 |
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A NEW expanded version of the film "The Hemp Solution - For a Sustainable Future" is being premiered at the Narooma Cinema on Monday, Augus... more |
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| Motive Unveils the Kestrel Canada’s First Bi... |
19/08/2010 |
| Motive has announced the development of Canada’s first bio-composite bodied electric car.
Calgary, Alberta -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/19/2010 -- The car... more |
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| Hemp Omega 3's reduce risk of colon cancer |
15/07/2010 |
| A study released by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has found that high omega-3 consumption helps to prevent colon cancer. Dr.... more |
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| GW Pharmaceuticals gains UK approval for Sativex |
23/06/2010 |
| After 11 years of research, trials and approval in Canada, GW Pharmaceuticals has finally gained approval for its Marijuana based medicine, Sativex in... more |
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| Hemp as a building material - Kevin McLeod thinks ... |
09/06/2010 |
| I am recetn interview, Kevin Mcleod, yes he of the Grand Designs rated hemp concrete or Hempcrete as one of the building materials of the future.
When... more |
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| Why Hemp became Illegal in America |
02/06/2010 |
| Why Hemp became Illegal in America
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
The answer is simple and can be summed up in three words. RACISM, GREED and LIES.
It wa... more |
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| Vets use hemp seed oil on animals with cancer |
22/05/2010 |
| GLENDALE, CA -- A growing number of organisations promote the production and use of hempseed oil, ointment pressed from the seed of a cannabis plant. ... more |
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| Diaries of leading Hemp botonist found - Pentagon ... |
17/05/2010 |
| WASHINGTON, DC — On Monday, May 17, 2010 at 7:30pm, the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) will display the diaries of USDA Chief Botanist Lyst... more |
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| Increasing demand for European hemp fibres |
11/05/2010 |
| From a historic point of view, for more than 2,000 years hemp has been an important raw material for industry. Hemp fibres were used for technical tex... more |
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| Hemp Oil Helps In Case Of Problems With Acne, Atop... |
10/05/2010 |
| Enthusiastic letters full of emotions. Such are the common reactions of people to whom cosmetic with hempseed oil-content helped to reduce or re... more |
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| Hemp Oil Helps In Cases of Problems With Acne, Ato... |
03/05/2010 |
| Enthusiastic letters full of emotions. Such are the common reactions of people to whom cosmetics with hempseed oil-content helped to reduce or remov... more |
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| Jack Herer - The Hemperor - dies in Eugene at 70 |
16/04/2010 |
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Jack Herer (1939-2010)
It is with great sadness that I report on the death of Jack Herer, one of the world’s leading lights in... more |
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| East Anglia growers in switch from peas to hemp |
20/02/2010 |
| East Anglia's vining pea growers could switch to a profitable alternative crop and plant hemp this spring, members of Norfolk's oldest farming club ha... more |
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| Green Canoes and Kayaks |
03/09/2009 |
| Mad River Canoe recently decided to release a prototype canoe that they wanted to be as “green” as possible. It's called the Malecite ECO.... more |
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| Industrial uses targeted for hemp in Japan |
19/02/2009 |
| KITAMI, Hokkaido (Kyodo) Despite the bad impression many have of hemp due to a perceived rise in marijuana use, the city of Kitami in Hokkaido is tryi... more |
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| Earthrace eco-boat smashes round-the-world speed r... |
27/06/2008 |
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Sagunto, Spain, 27 June 2008, 12.24 GMT; 14.24 CET
Earthrace, the world’s fastest eco-boat, has smashed the world speed record for a powerboat ... more |
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| World interest in hemp based building material |
07/03/2007 |
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An East Anglian hemp producer believes it can help Chancellor Gordon Brown achieve his dream of zero carbon housing by 2016 – and is invest... more |
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| JVC Mobile's New Arsenal of Hemp Fiber Speakers |
25/01/2007 |
| JVC Mobile has just released seven new products into its Arsenal line of car audio speakers. Of the seven new speakers three are component and fiv... more |
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| North Dakota legalises industrial
hemp production... |
05/12/2006 |
| BISMARCK – On Jan. 1,
North Dakota becomes the first state to legalise production of industrial
hemp .
“The administrative rules ... more |
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| Hemp is at hand |
27/09/2006 |
| For decades, farmers were banned from growing a plant wrongly associated with potheads. But this versatile member of the cannabis family is moving bac... more |
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| Inhibition of skin tumour growth and angiogenesis ... |
18/07/2006 |
| M. Llanos Casanova1, Cristina Blázquez2, Jesús Martínez-Palacio1, Concepción Villanueva3, M. Jesús Fernández... more |
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| Hemp: coming soon to a kitchen near you - Eco coun... |
14/04/2005 |
| WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Canada — It has taken a decade to develop, but a Gretna-based company thinks it is on the verge of making it big with c... more |
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| Scientists Brake Into Industry - Hemp used in brak... |
01/03/2004 |
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Scientists at Exeter University have teamed up with industry leaders to work on a Government project to create eco-friendly brake pads. Exeter Adva... more |
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| JESUS 'HEALED USING CANNABIS' |
06/01/2003 |
| Christians for Cannabis
Jesus was almost certainly a c
anna bis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, accor... more |
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| Planting an idea for car of future |
03/01/2003 |
| WALES — The car of the future could be growing in a field right now if Welsh plant scientists have their way.
They are playing a leading role i... more |
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| The Magic Man - Ralph Bronner continues his father... |
02/01/2003 |
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Ralph Bronner and Jamie Venci look over some of his latest products at Outpost Foods. Bronner’s father, Dr. Emmanuel Bronner, started ... more |
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| THAI TRIBE PRESERVES INTRIGUING WAY OF LIFE |
14/12/2002 |
| Four generations of women impart their ingenious practices for a tourist from Dublin.
— This is a description of a second Hill Tribe we visited... more |
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| NUTRITIOUS HEMP OIL IS EMERGING AS ALTERNATIVE TO ... |
05/12/2002 |
| New study finds mercury pollution is a serious health risk for those that eat fish.
SEBASTOPOL, California — Although consumption of fish is... more |
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| SCIENTISTS COPY POT TO COMBAT DEPRESSION |
02/12/2002 |
| Scientists have created new compounds that act like cannabis on the brain to reduce anxiety and depression -- but without the hunger or the high.
By... more |
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| DID JFK USE MEDICAL MARIJUANA? |
18/11/2002 |
| The revelation of President Kennedy's medical records by historian Robert Dallek, showing that he suffered severe chronic pai... more |
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| Does marijuana use have residual adverse effects o... |
12/11/2002 |
| A monozygotic co-twin control study in men. Eisen SA et al. Addiction (2002) 97:1137-44
Long-term cannabis twin study
Dear Colleagues,
T... more |
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| SMOKE WISDOM |
12/11/2002 |
| Stay Cool About Cannabis Dangers
Bill Clinton - "I puffed, but I didn't inhale" - was wiser than he knew. A new report from the Briti... more |
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| RESTORING HEMP TO IT’S NATURAL PLACE IN JAPA... |
09/11/2002 |
| Yasunao Nakayama, the first person in licensed to grow industrial hemp, calls the plant central to Japanese culture from the earliest times.
E... more |
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| THE HIGH COST OF DYING |
07/11/2002 |
| Gong Kyung-joon, a 54-year-old pharmacist in Bundang, becomes more than annoyed whenever he talks about a funeral.
In October 1999, Mr. Gong’s f... more |
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| KAZAKH CANNABIS MECCA TURNS TO HEMP |
07/11/2002 |
| ALMATY, — ’s Chui valley, where wild cannabis grows naturally, was once a mecca for hippies — and drug dealers — from across ... more |
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| HIGH HONOURS TO CANNABIS CONSTAPATION CURE
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31/10/2002 |
| North Korea has awarded high honors to a herbal medicine for constipation with marijuana as an active ingredient, the communist state's official news ... more |
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| THE NEW POLITICS OF POT |
27/10/2002 |
| Can it go legit? How the people who brought you medical marijuana have set their sights on lifting the ban for everyone
By JOEL STEIN - Time Magazine
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| HEMP SEED: A CURE FOR THE COMMON COLD? |
22/10/2002 |
| MotherHemp, the ’s leading supplier of hemp oil and food products, announces latest clinical trial results on hempseed oil.
Medical researchers ... more |
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| HUNDREDS INVOLVED IN CANNABIS TRIALS |
14/10/2002 |
| Hundreds of patients have been recruited to take part in clinical trials of cannabis based in Devon. The research, by Dr John Zajicek at the Peninsula... more |
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| HEMP HOMES COULD BE THE FUTURE |
10/09/2002 |
| Hemp might be more usually associated with rope and illegal cigarettes, but it could become the London brick of the 21st Century.
A Suffolk-based stud... more |
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| FATTY ACID MAY HOLD KEY TO PREVENTING STROKES - Th... |
27/08/2002 |
| WASHINGTON , D.C. — Research conducted on rats has revealed that linoleic acid, a doubly unsaturated fatty acid found in vegetable seed oils, su... more |
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| HEMP (Cannibis Vulgaris) AS A NUTRACEUTICAL FOR AN... |
26/08/2002 |
| Summary - Hemp is one of our oldest and most versatile plants and has been documented as far back as the 28th century BC. Cannabis sativa, which is th... more |
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| TRANSYLVANIAN TROUSSEAU - Hemp weavers’ ware... |
21/08/2002 |
| It’s hard to imagine there are still women in Europe who weave bed and table linens for their trousseau. Yet, they exist in the Carpathian Mount... more |
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| DRUG TRADE THRIVED IN BIBLICAL TIMES |
07/08/2002 |
| Jerusalem, A thriving Bronze Age drug trade supplied narcotics to ancient cultures throughout the eastern Mediterranean as balm for the pain of childb... more |
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| HEMP (asa)
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05/11/1995 |
| Tokyo Observer
A general term for: taima ["tall hemp"] - karamushi - oma - ama - Manila hemp
Also the fibre made from these materials... more |
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| HEMP SEED: THE MOST NUTRITIONALLY COMPLETE FOOD SO... |
08/07/1992 |
| Seeds of the plant cannabis sativa, hemp seed, contain all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids necessary to maintain healthy human lif... more |
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