Katelyn Baker
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Hemp, reports The Oklahoman's Brianna Bailey, is marijuana's nonintoxicating cousin, and supporters of a bill say allowing production of the fibrous plant would stoke the Oklahoma economy.
A bill at the Oklahoma Legislature this session authored by Sen. Anastasia Pittman, D-Oklahoma City, would allow hemp farming in Oklahoma for the first time since the early 20th Century.
Detractors worry hemp operations could be used as cover for marijuana grows.
A trip into The Oklahoman archives showed hemp hats for tots, girls and ladies were all the rage in the early 20th century.
For $1, a customer in 1914 Oklahoma could enjoy "Panamas, Hemps, Milan Hemps and Milans. They are trimmed in flowers or ribbons or quills or wings. However, such word sketches convey no idea of the styles and becomingness of these hats ... they are wonder values."
The year 1915 brought a hemp "Shortage fear," read one Page 1 Daily Oklahoman headline, with an accompanying article citing conflict in the Mexican state of Yucatán hurting imports for hemp from which most "harvest binding twine used in the United States is made."
The plant has long stirred controversy and confusion.
"Indian hemp case puzzles officers," read a May 4, 1924 article in The Daily Oklahoman. The newspaper stated that arrests by a federal officer in Hominy of two men for possession of Indian hemp "has raised question as to whether there is a law covering this plant as a narcotic and whether Indian hemp really is a narcotic as generally understood."
The law enforcement action was thought to be "the first arrest ever made in the state for the possession of Indian hemp."
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Full Article: Will Marijuana's Cousin Make An Oklahoma Comeback?
Author: Juliana Keeping
Contact: (405) 475-3311
Photo Credit: Steve Gooch
Website: NewsOK
A bill at the Oklahoma Legislature this session authored by Sen. Anastasia Pittman, D-Oklahoma City, would allow hemp farming in Oklahoma for the first time since the early 20th Century.
Detractors worry hemp operations could be used as cover for marijuana grows.
A trip into The Oklahoman archives showed hemp hats for tots, girls and ladies were all the rage in the early 20th century.
For $1, a customer in 1914 Oklahoma could enjoy "Panamas, Hemps, Milan Hemps and Milans. They are trimmed in flowers or ribbons or quills or wings. However, such word sketches convey no idea of the styles and becomingness of these hats ... they are wonder values."
The year 1915 brought a hemp "Shortage fear," read one Page 1 Daily Oklahoman headline, with an accompanying article citing conflict in the Mexican state of Yucatán hurting imports for hemp from which most "harvest binding twine used in the United States is made."
The plant has long stirred controversy and confusion.
"Indian hemp case puzzles officers," read a May 4, 1924 article in The Daily Oklahoman. The newspaper stated that arrests by a federal officer in Hominy of two men for possession of Indian hemp "has raised question as to whether there is a law covering this plant as a narcotic and whether Indian hemp really is a narcotic as generally understood."
The law enforcement action was thought to be "the first arrest ever made in the state for the possession of Indian hemp."
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Will Marijuana's Cousin Make An Oklahoma Comeback?
Author: Juliana Keeping
Contact: (405) 475-3311
Photo Credit: Steve Gooch
Website: NewsOK
