Lawyer: DEA Battle to Ban Hemp Food Over (feds gave up)

SAN FRANCISCO -- Food products made with hemp will remain legal after the Justice Department declined to challenge a ruling that overturned a Bush administration ban, lawyers for the hemp industry said.

Monday night was the deadline for the government to challenge a federal appeals court's February decision that the United States cannot ban the domestic sale of hemp foods.

The appeals court decision was a victory for more than 200 companies that make products including energy bars, waffles, milk-free cheese and veggie burgers with the plant that contains only trace amounts of THC, the key ingredient in marijuana.

Patrick Goggin, a San Francisco lawyer representing the Hemp Industries Association, said the government had informed the group's legal team that it would let Monday's deadline expire.

"They don't see this as a battle they can win," Goggin said.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-marijuana-hemp,0,7002545.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

GET THE F**K OUT OF MY BODY!

If hemp foods contain any THC at all and become widely sold in the United States, a person fired or denied employment because of a positive test for THC metabolites might claim that they that they don't use marijuana. They might claim that they eat mainly or only hemp based foods and have done so for the past several months (or years, eventually). They cannot be denied employment for using a legal product.

....anything that shows the drug war for the idiocy that it is is all good to me. I am going to start eating hemp even though I don't even smoke herb. (anymore)

Heyo

maybe it was the peace platter of brownies sent to the feds that cinched the deal.

:shrug:
dp

At least not the agricultural varieties being discussed.

Of course, I know you're joking.

Good array of essential fatty acids. Good amino-acid profile. Good phytochemicals, most of which are still as yet thoroughly scientifically examined, but very promising.

I'm glad for this ruling; at least it looks good at first glance.

Now get all the stupid-ass legal hurdles out of the way so all the benefits of hemp production can be really appreciated!!!

It's way past time for this beneficial crop to be re-introduced!!!

This might be good news for struggling farmers.

:kick:

if so, yumm!!!! :)

:toast: