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Monday evening's League of Women Voters meeting was in part about industrial hemp. The guest speaker county commissioner Steven Acquafresca indicated the Board of County Commissioners would most likely opt out of the item in Amendment 64 that deals with the licensing of cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, and retail stores.
He did not, however, indicate how the possible production of industrial hemp would be handled in Mesa County. As indicated in last week's column, the production of industrial hemp is permitted in Colorado under Amendment 64.
This meeting also gave me the opportunity to bring up the Act signed by Gov. Hickenlooper last year authorizing the establishment of an industrial hemp remediation pilot program to study phytoremediation of contaminated soil using hemp. Hemp has been shown to absorb and sequester contaminates and House Bill 12-1009 authorizes the acceptance of funds and research on this topic.
Many people feel the growing of industrial hemp is illegal according to federal law yet the International Convention of 1961 listing controlled substances specifically excludes industrial hemp. A number of countries that are cosigners of the convention grow industrial hemp. These countries have established rules and regulation that allow hemp containing no more than three-tenth of 1 percent of THC and Colorado should be able to do the same.
Hemp may not be an economical crop in the early stages of development due to the lack of a processing facility for the fibers. As more growers become involved with industrial hemp, a processing plant will most likely follow. When lavender first came into the area, a distillation facility was not available. That situation was quickly corrected with a mobile distillation facility.
Extension specialists in land-grant universities in other states have put together economic data on the production of industrial hemp. Unless Colorado State University's general counsel changes his mind, you should not expect any help on this issue from Colorado State University Extension staff or professionals. They were directed not to provide any assistance regarding the production of cannabis. I would not even be able to discuss this in today's column if I still worked for CSU. Hopefully, the committee that is assigned to work with industrial hemp will develop rules and guidelines based on the success of other countries.
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Website: SWIFT: Many hurdles before Mesa County can grow hemp | GJFreePress.com
He did not, however, indicate how the possible production of industrial hemp would be handled in Mesa County. As indicated in last week's column, the production of industrial hemp is permitted in Colorado under Amendment 64.
This meeting also gave me the opportunity to bring up the Act signed by Gov. Hickenlooper last year authorizing the establishment of an industrial hemp remediation pilot program to study phytoremediation of contaminated soil using hemp. Hemp has been shown to absorb and sequester contaminates and House Bill 12-1009 authorizes the acceptance of funds and research on this topic.
Many people feel the growing of industrial hemp is illegal according to federal law yet the International Convention of 1961 listing controlled substances specifically excludes industrial hemp. A number of countries that are cosigners of the convention grow industrial hemp. These countries have established rules and regulation that allow hemp containing no more than three-tenth of 1 percent of THC and Colorado should be able to do the same.
Hemp may not be an economical crop in the early stages of development due to the lack of a processing facility for the fibers. As more growers become involved with industrial hemp, a processing plant will most likely follow. When lavender first came into the area, a distillation facility was not available. That situation was quickly corrected with a mobile distillation facility.
Extension specialists in land-grant universities in other states have put together economic data on the production of industrial hemp. Unless Colorado State University's general counsel changes his mind, you should not expect any help on this issue from Colorado State University Extension staff or professionals. They were directed not to provide any assistance regarding the production of cannabis. I would not even be able to discuss this in today's column if I still worked for CSU. Hopefully, the committee that is assigned to work with industrial hemp will develop rules and guidelines based on the success of other countries.
News Hawk- TruthSeekr420 420 MAGAZINE
Source: gjfreepress.com
Author: Curt Swift
Contact: contactus | Grand Junction Colorado | GJFreePress.com News
Website: SWIFT: Many hurdles before Mesa County can grow hemp | GJFreePress.com
