Last December, the US took the first step to legalizing the commercial farming of industrial hemp when Hawai'i Governor Benjamin Cayetano dedicated a three-acre test plot 25 miles northwest of Honolulu. In 1999, North Dakota became the first state to legalize commercial hemp farming. Today, California and 21 other states have expressed legislative support for hemp farming. Governor Jesse Ventura is prepared to negotiate hemp-growing permits for Minnesota farmers. Meanwhile, in Hawai'i.
Old habits die hard.
The DEA has surrounded the test crop with chain link fence, razor wire and a 24-hour infrared security system. Buying a permit wouldn't obligate you to use it, and would prevent anyone else from doing so. The use of the funds does benefit populations and therefore individual animals. He suspects that these compounds protect against central nervous system failure, as well as playing parts in controlling movement and pain perception.