This website is a collaborative effort between five students with diverse academic and personal interests. The cohesive element of the group is our insistence to bring some rationality to the both the official discourse and public sentiment on the Industrial Hemp and Cannabis Criminalization debate. We will largely exclude the Cannabis Criminalization component but we cannot attempt to separate Cannabis and Hemp. To separate what is linked intimately through biological and cultural functions continue to blur issues surrounding the debate. This website will act as an extension of a Hemp Workshop that took place March 18, 1999 at The Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto.
The website will act to present relevant materials of the Hemp component to the larger issues. This presentation took place during a student-directed special topics course under the supervision of Professor Ray Rogers entitled Challenging Development. The presentation was composed of five sections: Historical Overview of Hemp, Canadian Legislation, Nutrition, Environmental Implications, Hemp Products. The group had also arranged for an appearance and discussion by Robin, co-owner of the Friendly Stranger, a Cannabis Culture shop located on Queen Street West in Downtown Toronto. Robin has been a leading advocate for rationality in official policy relating to Cannabis decriminalization and Industrial Hemp production in Canada.
Feel free to explore the site. Our objective of this site is to act as a preliminary resource for information specific to Canadian Industrial Hemp. Although it has been difficult to compile solely Canadian sources and information, we have included numerous links to other web sites that offer specific information. On each page you will find relevant internet links. We hope you are able to add some rationality to the debate after visiting this site. If you are able to add information, resources, comments, etc. please contact us. Contact information can be found at the bottom of each page.
Thanks and enjoy.
Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative Association
The Canadian Industrial Hemp Council (CIHC)
North American Industrial Hemp Council, INC.
Hemp Industries Association Members
Ecolution/Hemp and related links
Hempen
Ale Beer: http://www.fredbrew.com/hempenale/