OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » hemp laws http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Sat, 18 May 2013 08:29:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Out of the Weeds: Industrial Hemp Bill Passes in Kentucky http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/out-of-the-weeds-industrial-hemp-bill-passes-in-kentucky/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/out-of-the-weeds-industrial-hemp-bill-passes-in-kentucky/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:01:12 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11639 Hemp advocates are rejoicing as Kentucky has passed legislation to allow the agricultural production of industrial hemp, which is currently classified as a Schedule 1 drug because of its relation to its psychoactive cousin, cannabis.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/out-of-the-weeds-industrial-hemp-bill-passes-in-kentucky/feed/ 0 The Cleanest Man In Prison: Dr. Bronner’s Soap CEO Arrested for Hemp Activism http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/dr-bronners-soap-ceo-arrested-hemp-legalizatio/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/dr-bronners-soap-ceo-arrested-hemp-legalizatio/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:00:46 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11042 David Bronner

David Bronner, CEO and President of the iconic organic soap brand, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap, founded by his grandfather Emil Bronner in 1948, was arrested earlier this week just outside of the White House for protesting the law that makes it illegal to grow the hemp plant in the U.S. because of its close relation to marijuana.

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