This is Hemp History Week, and hundreds of events are occurring across the country to promote hemp products for our belly and our body, and the economy. Premiering this week is the documentary Bringing It Home, showing the benefits of industrial hemp, a variety of cannabis that does not contain psychoactive chemicals. Itamp;rsquo;s legal to eat hemp seeds (full of Omega-3 and Omega-6 essential fatty acids) in your salads, wear hemp woven into chic clothing, to rub it into your skin by using an organic body care product, and to use it in building materials. But U.S. farmers are no longer able to grow industrial hemp. The 1937 Marihuana Tax Act defined hemp as a narcotic drug, just like it's cousin marijuana. Technically, this law and the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (CSA) do permit the growing of hemp, but place strict controls and taxes on the commodity. The DEA has been turning down all permit requests to set up commercial production.
