Colorado Nails Another Hemp First

(Mañana – September 9, 2016) Colorado is expected to reach another national first on cannabis today when state agriculture officials show off the first domestic certified hemp seeds. The Colorado Department of Agriculture has been working years to produce hemp seeds that consistently produce plants low enough in the chemical THC to qualify as hemp and not its intoxicating cousin, marijuana.

Congress authorized hemp production in 2014. But farmers who want to grow it must have state certification to raise the crop. The industry estimates that fewer than 7,000 acres are being grown nationwide this year. Colorado is the first state to certify hemp seed, which means the seed has been proven to be genetically pure.

How all of this washes with evil giants like Monsanto Corporation and other genetically altered pirates is anyone’s guess. These companies have been making shrouded moves so as to position themselves to act when the country catches up with itself on the long overdue overhaul of our drug laws.