Hemporium constructed a hemp house in Noordhoek that is constructed with hempcrete (a mix of chipped hemp stalk and lime), hemp insulation (made from the hollow hemp fibre) and hemp chipboard.
The soft furnishings such as carpets, curtains, couches and bed linen all were made from hemp too.
Hempcrete has been dubbed “the better-than-zero-carbon” building material, and the houses built with it are not only eco-friendly, but are healthy, breathable and well insulated.
With economies of scale, all of these products could be competitive with the price of traditional building methods, as has been shown in Europe, with Marks & Spencer building their latest flagship store using hempcrete.
If we evaluated construction materials on the true costs, including the environmental and social costs, hemp would win every time.
Full Article:
http://www.iol.co.za/news/high-time-we-explore-hemp-s-many-uses-1.1667026
Category: Cannabis News Corner
Las Vegas – Medical Marijuana Job Expo: April 5th & 6th
Cell: (702) 506-6379
Office: (702) 410-5833
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Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
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The coming marijuana crash
Posted by: Dana Larsen
“Alright, so that’s 40 pounds of premium marijuana at $8 a pound. Will you take a cheque?”
Marijuana prices are going to drop substantially over the next year, and then drop even more once full legalization happens.
SHRINKING EXPORTS DRIVE DOWN PRICES
Marijuana prices in BC have dropped about 30% over the past decade, and I predict this decline will only accelerate over the coming years.
Home cultivation in Canada really got going with the introduction of high-intensity indoor lighting in the mid 1980′s. Before that time, virtually all marijuana and hash in North America was imported from Mexico or South America.
The profitability of Canadian marijuana exports into the US peaked during the mid 1990′s. At this time, the US dollar was worth up to $1.60 Canadian, and American prohibition was in full swing which kept prices high. It was a very profitable time to bring BC Bud across the border.
Since that time, the demand for Canadian cannabis in the USA has been on a slow and steady decline. California legalized medical cultivation and sale in 1996, and other states have steadily followed their lead. Now there are 20 states with some form of legalized medical marijuana, and two states with full legalization. Combine this with a US dollar basically at par with Canada’s, and we see why the demand for imported BC Bud has declined dramatically in the USA.
Full Article:
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2014/03/28/the-coming-marijuana-crash/
SHRINKING EXPORTS DRIVE DOWN PRICES
Marijuana prices in BC have dropped about 30% over the past decade, and I predict this decline will only accelerate over the coming years.
Home cultivation in Canada really got going with the introduction of high-intensity indoor lighting in the mid 1980′s. Before that time, virtually all marijuana and hash in North America was imported from Mexico or South America.
The profitability of Canadian marijuana exports into the US peaked during the mid 1990′s. At this time, the US dollar was worth up to $1.60 Canadian, and American prohibition was in full swing which kept prices high. It was a very profitable time to bring BC Bud across the border.
Since that time, the demand for Canadian cannabis in the USA has been on a slow and steady decline. California legalized medical cultivation and sale in 1996, and other states have steadily followed their lead. Now there are 20 states with some form of legalized medical marijuana, and two states with full legalization. Combine this with a US dollar basically at par with Canada’s, and we see why the demand for imported BC Bud has declined dramatically in the USA.
Full Article:
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2014/03/28/the-coming-marijuana-crash/
Sir Richard Branson Asked To Bankroll Marijuana Legalization in California
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It’s not private prisons or Big Pharma that’s keeping marijuana illegal in California (though no doubt both benefit big-time from drug prohibition).
It’s money, as in a lack of about $3 million to put a voter initiative like the ones that legalized small amounts of cannabis in Colorado or Washington (and failed here in 2010) before voters in the country’s richest and most populous state.
Luckily, there are some exceedingly rich people who say they like the idea of legalization. And one of them — the magnetic Virgin Group magnate Sir Richard Branson, all $5 billion of him — was asked in San Francisco last night, point-blank if he’d consider writing the check.
He didn’t say yes. But, at the same time, the bold and outspoken billionaire didn’t say no.
Full Article:
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/03/sir_richard_branson_marijuana_legalization.php
Las Vegas – Medical marijuana meeting sees overwhelming response
Stacey Gualandi
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — It’s a hot topic that people definitely have an opinion on.
On Wednesday, the pot talk drew a crowd so large there was standing room only. It was held at the Development Services Center.
Now that the city has paved the way for patients to access medical marijuana, the public got to check out the city’s proposed rules and regulations for licensing.
It was a packed house with a line out the door. Some fought their way in, but many were turned away.
Full Article and Video:
http://www.jrn.com/ktnv/news/Medical-marijuana-meeting-sees-overwhelming-response-252560121.html
Players Network Announces Marijuana Lifestyle Channel
LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Mar 26, 2014)
Players Network (OTCQB: PNTV), a Digital Television, Technology and New Media company that develops, owns, and operates Branded Lifestyle Channel Destinations, announces today the development of a new Lifestyle Channel Destination for the Marijuana Industry that will be powered by the company’s proprietary NexGenTV Technology and Enterprise Platform.
Full Article:
http://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/6660795-players-network-announces-marijuana-lifestyle-channel
Kleangas Energy Technologies Hemp Pellet Test Results Exceed Expectations
Kleangas Energy Technologies, Inc.
Kleangas Energy Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: KGET) is pleased to report that our Hemp Pellet test results have more than exceeded our expectations, and are equal to wood pellets tested in many respects. Given the successful KLEANGAS proprietary testing results we received from utilizing Hemp, we are enthusiastically moving forward with the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of our exclusive new Pellet brand HEMP-PEL™.
Hemp farming is completely sustainable when rotated with other crops, produces four (4) times as much fiber per acre as pine trees, and Hemp is an ideal source of biomass as fuel which will be used as an alternative to coal and other fossil fuels.
Full Article:
http://www.einnews.com/pr_news/197045582/kleangas-energy-technologies-hemp-pellet-test-results-exceed-expectations
Rhode Island man says medical marijuana has been a lifesaver
BY MARK PATINKIN Journal Columnist mpatinki@providencejournal.com
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Michael Szeliga, 60, a recently retired Postal Service employee, with his wife, Peggy, at Goddard State Park in Warwick. Michael has been using medical marijuana for six months to relieve chronic pain from a rare condition where spinal nerves tracking through the shoulder malfunction.
Michael Szeliga remembers clearly the morning he was awakened by something that would all but ruin his quality of life for the next eight years.
He was 50ish and worked for the Postal Service. His wife, Peggy, taught fourth grade in West Warwick. They had two adult daughters.
Michael woke that day with the worst pain he’d ever experienced. It went from his right shoulder to his hand. Moving the arm, even slightly, was so excruciating he at one point began to cry. His hand had tremors he couldn’t stop. Despite it being on the right side, he feared a heart attack, so Peggy helped him into their Volvo and they drove from their North Kingstown home to Miriam Hospital.
It was early on a Sunday morning in 2005, the start of an ordeal that would take him through nearly a decade of painkillers, including OxyContin and methadone. Ultimately, it led him to a drug he never expected to turn to, especially as a 60-year-old grandfather of three who continued to soldier on with the Postal Service — marijuana.
Full Article:
http://www.providencejournal.com/writers/mark-patinkin/20140323-mark-patinkin-r.i.-man-says-medical-marijuana-has-been-a-lifesaver.ece
He was 50ish and worked for the Postal Service. His wife, Peggy, taught fourth grade in West Warwick. They had two adult daughters.
Michael woke that day with the worst pain he’d ever experienced. It went from his right shoulder to his hand. Moving the arm, even slightly, was so excruciating he at one point began to cry. His hand had tremors he couldn’t stop. Despite it being on the right side, he feared a heart attack, so Peggy helped him into their Volvo and they drove from their North Kingstown home to Miriam Hospital.
It was early on a Sunday morning in 2005, the start of an ordeal that would take him through nearly a decade of painkillers, including OxyContin and methadone. Ultimately, it led him to a drug he never expected to turn to, especially as a 60-year-old grandfather of three who continued to soldier on with the Postal Service — marijuana.
Full Article:
http://www.providencejournal.com/writers/mark-patinkin/20140323-mark-patinkin-r.i.-man-says-medical-marijuana-has-been-a-lifesaver.ece
Arizona – Family wins fight to treat son with oil form of marijuana
A Maricopa County judge has ruled that a 5 year-old boy from Mesa with multiple disorders including horrible seizures can be treated using marijuana extract oil.
See Video Here:
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/clip/9976469/family-wins-fight-to-treat-son-with-oil-form-of-marijuana#.UzCANSZp4_4.facebook
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking to help the economy of Ukraine by bolstering imports of its hemp seed.
By Alan Bjerga
Ukranian hemp — a cousin of marijuana — lacks the active ingredient that gives pot smokers a high, and is prized for commercial and industrial applications. Hemp seed can be used in high-protein oils or for making paint and plastics.
“We are now involved in trying to figure out ways in which we might be able to use the industrial hemp seeds that are created in the Ukraine in the U.S.,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today in an interview.
Full Article:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-03-25/hemp-seed-weighed-as-non-lethal-aid-to-ukraine