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Cannabis sativa for health and hemp /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publisher,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Public health in the 21st century series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CANNABIS SATIVA FOR HEALTH AND HEMP
- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1 MEDICAL MARIJUANA: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL AND STATE POLICIES*
- SUMMARY
- INTRODUCTION: THE ISSUE BEFORE CONGRESS
- BACKGROUND: MEDICAL MARIJUANA PRIOR TO 1937
- FEDERAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA POLICY
- Congressional Actions
- The Marihuana Tax Act of 19376
- Controlled Substances Act (1970)
- Anti-Medical Marijuana Legislation in the 105th Congress (1998)
- The Hinchey-Rohrabacher Amendment (2003-2007) 22
- Legislative Activity in the 110th Congress
- Medical Marijuana Measures in the 111th Congress
- Executive Branch Actions and Policies
- IND Compassionate Access Program (1978)
- Approval of Marinol (1985)
- Administrative Law Judge Ruling to Reschedule Marijuana (1988)
- NIH-Sponsored Workshop (1997)
- Institute of Medicine Report (1999)
- Denial of Petition to Reschedule Marijuana (2001)
- FDA Statement That Smoked Marijuana Is Not Medicine (2006)
- Administrative Law Judge Ruling to Grow Research Marijuana (2007-2009)
- DEA Enforcement Actions Against Medical Marijuana Providers
- The Obama Administration and Medical Marijuana
- Medical Cannabis in the Courts: Major Cases
- U.S. v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative (2001)
- Conant v. Walters (2002)
- Gonzales v. Raich (2005)
- Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Lawsuit Against HHS
- STATE AND LOCAL REFERENDA AND LEGISLATION
- States Allowing Use of Medical Marijuana70
- Statistics on Medical Marijuana Users
- California (1996)
- Oregon (1998)
- Alaska (1998)
- Washington (1998)
- Maine (1999)
- Hawaii (2000)
- Colorado (2000)
- Nevada (2000)
- Vermont (2004)
- Montana (2004)
- Rhode Island (2006)
- New Mexico (2007)
- Michigan (2008)
- New Jersey (2010)
- Other State and Local Medical Marijuana Laws
- Arizona (1996).
- Maryland (2003)
- Other State Laws
- District of Columbia (1998)
- Local Measures
- PUBLIC OPINION ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- ANALYSIS OF ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- Marijuana Is Harmful and Has No Medical Value
- Marijuana Effectively Treats the Symptoms of Some Diseases
- Smoking Is an Improper Route of Drug Administration
- Marijuana Should Be Rescheduled to Permit Medical Use
- State Medical Marijuana Laws Increase Illicit Drug Use
- Medical Marijuana Undermines the War on Drugs
- Diversion
- Changed State and Local Law Enforcement Priorities
- Distinguishing Between Legal and Illegal Providers and Users
- Patients Should Not Be Arrested for Using Medical Marijuana
- The States Should Be Allowed to Experiment
- Medical Marijuana Laws Harm the Drug Approval Process
- The Medical Marijuana Movement Is Politically Inspired
- End Notes
- Chapter 2 HEMP AS AN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
- SUMMARY
- INTRODUCTION
- OVERVIEW OF CANNABIS VARIETIES
- Comparison of Hemp and Marijuana
- Production Differences
- Hemp
- Marijuana
- HEMP PRODUCTION AND USE
- Commercial Uses of Hemp
- Demand in the United States
- U.S. Retail Market
- U.S. Hemp Imports
- GLOBAL PRODUCTION
- Current International Production
- Historical U.S. Production
- LEGAL STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES
- Federal Law
- Previous DEA Actions
- DEA's 2003 Rules
- Dispute over Hemp Food Imports (1999-2004)
- Other Recent Policy Statements
- Other Federal Actions
- State Laws
- Actions in Selected States
- LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- APPENDIX. LISTING OF SELECTED HEMP STUDIES
- End Notes
- Chapter 3 INDUSTRIAL HEMP IN THE UNITED STATES: STATUS AND MARKET POTENTIAL
- ABSTRACT
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- INTRODUCTION
- IDENTIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL HEMP OR MARIJUANA?
- HISTORY
- INDUSTRIAL HEMP IN CANADA.
- PLANT CHARACTERISTICS AND GROWING REQUIREMENTS
- HARVESTING, RETTING, AND FIBER SEPARATION
- Harvesting
- Retting
- Fiber Separation
- U.S. HEMP FIBER AND FABRIC IMPORTS
- FIBER MARKETS
- Specialty Textiles
- Paper and Composites
- Other Potential Uses
- Hemp Hurds
- SEED MARKETS
- POTENTIAL U.S. PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING
- Possible Yields
- Processing
- Estimated Costs and Returns
- U.S. Experience with Kenaf and Flax
- STATE STUDY FINDINGS
- CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX I: HEALTH CANADA- COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP MARCH 1998
- APPENDIX II OVERSUPPLY OF SMALL, THIN MARKETS
- General Economic Theory
- Case Studies
- Poinsettias
- Emus
- Organic Mesclun
- APPENDIX III. STATE REPORT SUMMARIES
- Summary.
- Report to the Governor's Hemp and Related Fiber Crops Task Force
- Commonwealth of Kentucky, June 1995
- Summary
- Feasibility of Industrial Hemp Production in the United States Pacific Northwest
- May 1998
- Executive Summary.
- Economic Impact of Industrial Hemp in Kentucky
- July 1998
- Executive Summary.
- Industrial Hemp as an Alternative Crop in North Dakota
- July 1998
- CHAPTER SOURCES
- INDEX.