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Bill: Industrial Hemp Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Manalishi Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2226
Description[?]:
| As there is no current policy on this, we feel it is time to clarify the situation. Industrial Hemp Facts & Advantages * Hemp has been grown for over 12 000 years for the production of textiles, paper and food. * Over 25 000 products can be made from hemp * Hemp grows well in a variety of different climates and soil types * Industrial Hemp has a THC content of less than 1% (in marijuana it is between 3-30%) Hemp vs Cotton * Hemp fibres are stronger, longer and more absorbent than cotton. * Hemp can be made into a variety of fabrics, including those of linen quality. * 50% of the world's pesticides are used on cotton; pesticides and herbicides are not needed in the production of hemp. * Hemp is more effective at blocking damaging UV rays. Hemp vs Wood * Hemp can be made into fine quality paper, and is several times more recyclable than wood-based paper. * Hemp can be pulped using less chemicals than wood. * Hemp can be used to produce stronger and/or lighter construction materials such as MDF. * Hemp can yield 4 times more tonnage per acre than the average forest. The Future of Hemp (from wikipedia) In the last decade hemp has been widely promoted as a crop for the future. This is stimulated by new technologies which make hemp suitable for industrial paper manufacturing, use as a renewable energy source (biofuel), and the use of hemp derivatives as replacement for petrochemical products. Hemp Plastic is a new techology based on 20-100% hemp fibre based plastics that can be moulded or injection moulded. The use of fibre re-inforced composites and other natural plastics are expected to become more popular as oil prices rise. The increased demand for health food has stimulated the trade in shelled hemp seed. Hemp oil is increasingly being used in the manufacturing of bodycare products. For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp http://www.ivy7.com/Greenweb/Documents/Trifolds/IndHemp.pdf http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3854 |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Current: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Proposed: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:14:27, May 10, 2006 CET | From |  Growth and Prosperity Party | To | Debating the Industrial Hemp Act |
| Message | The GPP can not support this bill because it would restrict hemp (as you said a VERY useful product) to only agribusinesses rather than allowing all to benefit from its production. This would needlessly hurt small farmers to benefit agribusinesses, which the GPP considers an incredibly unfair corporate handout. |
| Date | 19:05:37, May 10, 2006 CET | From | Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the Industrial Hemp Act |
| Message | We understand the concerns of the GPP, but unfortunately we felt that this option was the best of a bad bunch! Whilst we agree with the general point of the GPP, we did not interpret it like that as agribusinesses can be of all shapes and sizes. Instead we saw it as an affirmation that we support the manufacturing of industrial hemp by ALL those that show dedication towards producing it, as opposed to a laissez-faire position that gives rise to misinterpretation and abuse of the law. The other three options all propose or allow for the banning on industrial hemp which is something which are completely opposed to. Ultimately we fully support the production of industrial hemp for all of the advantages as listed above. We chose this proposal as we interpreted it as the best option towards the active realisation of this view, with the current option neither positively or negatively reacting to hemp and being so laissez-faire as to allow abuses of the situation. If it is the general consensus of other parties is that the current legislation is actually the more liberal, positive, yet responsible approach then we will naturally drop the bill and support that, albeit badly worded. |
| Date | 03:33:40, May 11, 2006 CET | From | Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the Industrial Hemp Act |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 02:40:11, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Industrial Hemp Act |
| Message | ok |
| Date | 03:42:13, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Industrial Hemp Act |
| Message | Wait, sorry, I was looking at the bill the wrong way. A little dislexic moment. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 121 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 504 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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