DEA Backs Down in Face of Imminent Court Action ARLINGTON, VA -- The Drug Enforcement Administration handed a victory to the multimillion-dollar-a-year hemp food industry last night when they told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit they will extend the "grace period" for hemp food…

According to a recent DEA ruling, hemp foods will fall under the category of a Schedule I narcotic after a grace period ending on February 6th, 2002. By that time all retailers and manufacturers are to have disposed of any of their remaining supplies of hemp foods, and already any further…

For A Better Ohio (FABO), Columbus’ own advocacy group for the reform of cannabis legislation, had several successful acts of hemp activism and agitation this spring in hopes of raising awareness regarding its current efforts to decriminalize personal use. This effort, in the form of an initiative…