Alison Morrow
(Photo: KING)
Permits to build a house out of hemp don’t exist, but that isn’t stopping a Bellingham woman from building two hemp houses.
“This is what we call hemp herd,” Pam Bosch said. “It’s like straw only it’s stronger.”
Bosch hasn’t ever built a home before. She’s using lime mixed with hemp to create plaster.
“Anybody can do this,” she laughed. “Grandma can do it. Grandma’s doing it.”
Full Article:
http://www.king5.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/09/18/tiny-hemp-house-bellingham/72431564/
Month: September 2015
Toledo, Ohio Votes Yes To Decriminalize Marijuana by 70% Margin
by Rick Thompson
photo caption: Kevin Spitler of the Toledo Hemp Center: photo by Rick Thompson/The Compassion Chronicles
During a city-wide vote on Tuesday September 15, 70% of Toledoans said YES to removing all criminal penalties for possession of under 200 grams of marijuana and reducing penalties for larger possession offenses.
The ordinance “eliminate fines and jail time for marijuana violations and lowers all marijuana crimes in the Toledo Municipal Code to lowest level allowed under state law… The measure would also prohibit asset forfeitures and driver’s license suspensions for marijuana violations and forbid reporting of convictions to professional licensing agencies when the the offense is prosecuted under the Toledo Municipal Code and not the Ohio Revised Code,” per a report in the Toledo Blade newspaper.
Full Article:
http://thecompassionchronicles.com/2015/09/16/toledo-votes-yes-to-decriminalize-marijuana-by-70-margin/
Linda Stanley (Lepp) – House burned down – Please help if you can!
She lost everything.
Here is the gofundme link:
https://www.gofundme.com/ku4394pw
Indiana – Purdue hosts first hemp field day
Erica Quinlan, Field Editor
Full Article:
http://agrinews-pubs.com/Content/News/MoneyNews/Article/Purdue-hosts-first-hemp-field-day-/8/27/13243
First NYC Medical Marijuana Dispensary to Open in in January
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If there was any doubt about the national momentum on legalized marijuana use in America, consider this. There will be a medicinal marijuana dispensary right off New York City’s Union Square come January 2016.
Full Article:
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/first-nyc-medical-marijuana-dispensary-open-january-n425681
Jeans—Buttons and All—Turn to Compost Once Overworn
LEO LUTERO
Freitag has developed an alternative denim fabric that causes less harm to the environment and can be decomposed after use. Freitag’s F-ABRIC is a radical change from the resource-hungry way denim is produced today.
Color and texture-wise, the F-ABRIC Denim doesn’t look far from the regular cotton ones. The blue is still rich, the ridges are still there and the sturdiness is present. However, instead of using cotton fibers, Freitag uses a line (81%) and hemp (19%) blend.
Full Article:
http://www.psfk.com/2015/09/compostable-jeans-freitag-f-abric-denim.html
The Canada Revenue Agency says you can claim medical marijuana on your taxes
Julius Melnitzer
The Canada Revenue Agency has confirmed that it will allow the costs of medical marijuana purchased from a licensed producer as a medical expense despite the fact that the Income Tax Act does not as yet recognize the enabling legislation.
Full Article:
http://business.financialpost.com/legal-post/cra-says-you-can-claim-medical-marijuana-on-your-taxes
Lily Tomlin Sells Weed Out of Her Dressing Room on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
BY ABOVE AVERAGE
Before making her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Lily Tomlin set up shop in her dressing room… a medicinal marijuana shop that is.
Full Article:
http://aboveaverage.com/lily-tomlin-sells-weed-out-of-her-dressing-room-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/#.VdpFe7GDaXQ.facebook
Henry Ford Designed a Car made of Hemp: More Fuel Efficient, More Durable: It Disappeared
Joshua De Leon
Henry Ford was an innovator ahead of his time. By 1941, Ford had been working on ways to invent more fuel efficient and durable vehicles that could operate with alternative fuel sources. He came up with a hemp-bodied prototype automobile, which he foresaw running on alcohol generated from agricultural products such as Hemp.
Full Article:
http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/08/henry-ford-had-a-car-that-ran-on-hemp-it-disappeared/