Pubdate: Wed, 03 Jun 2015
Source: Colorado Springs Independent (CO)
Column: CannaBiz
Copyright: 2015 Colorado Springs Independent
Contact:  http://www.csindy.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1536
Author: Bryce Crawford

HEMP HAS ITS WEEK, AND ANOTHER TRY FOR PTSD

Hemp has its week

This issue of the Independent finds us smack in the middle of Hemp 
History Week (hemphistoryweek.com), a nationwide campaign organized 
by the Hemp Industries Association and Vote Hemp, which runs through 
Sunday, June 7. This sixth installment includes over 1,400 events 
"all aimed to catalyze movement on the issue of lifting the federal 
ban on industrial hemp farming in the U.S.," says a press release.

A May 11 story from KUNC radio in Greeley reports some small progress 
on that front, saying that the Colorado Department of Agriculture was 
finally successful in receiving a permit from the federal government 
to import hemp seeds, "essential to kick-start[ing] Colorado's hemp 
industry, which state agriculture officials say has seen a bottleneck 
in research and cultivation due to a lack of viable seed stocks."

"There's plenty of seed out there," the station quotes Mitch Yergert, 
director of the Colorado Division of Plant Industry, as saying. "The 
difficulty is with the [Drug Enforcement Administration], getting a 
registration and then getting an import permit and making sure all 
that lines up to be able to import the product."

Anyway, there are a variety of opportunities for participation in the 
week itself.

Throughout the week, the Hemp Store (2 Ruxton Ave., toddshempstore) 
in Manitou Springs is offering cooking demos and food samples, hemp 
films, and hemp arts and crafts from over 50 local artists, according 
to store reps.

On Saturday, the documentary Bringing It Home will show at the 
Rawlings Public Library (100 E. Abriendo Ave., Pueblo) at 11 a.m., 
followed by a 1 p.m. discussion (and some Colorado Hemp Coffee) at 
the Daily Grind Cafe (209 S. Union Ave., Pueblo).

And then there's the inaugural Colorado Hemp Farmers Market in 
Denver. Taking place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 6565 E. Evans 
Ave., the event "will showcase food, body care products, apparel, 
hats, paper, artwork, CBD oils and creams, legal and real estate 
services, and much more," according to a release. The "more" includes 
vinyasa yoga.

Another try for PTSD

The Colorado Board of Health recently sent notification that it will 
hold a public rule-making hearing at 10 a.m., July 15, in Building A 
at 4300 Cherry Creek Drive in Denver.

The biggest change being considered is, yet again, the possible 
addition of post-traumatic stress disorder as a condition considered 
treatable with medical marijuana, which would allow doctors to 
recommend the plant's use for its treatment. Other topics include 
removing a notary requirement and some technical clarifications. The 
agenda and proposed amendments will be released a week before the 
meeting and available at 1.usa.gov/1AGHqCI.
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