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The
Hemp Industries Association
(
HIA
) is a
non-profit
trade group
representing
hemp
companies, researchers and supporters in the
United States
and
Canada
. The group petitions for fair and equal treatment of industrial hemp. Since 1994, the HIA has been dedicated to education, industry development, and the accelerated expansion of hemp world market
supply and demand
.
History
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HIA was established in 1994 by 45 U.S. hemp industry companies.
[1]
Cannabis activist and author
Chris Conrad
served as its first president.
[3]
By 1998 the association had more than 200 members.
[4]
In 2010, the organization bought the diaries of
Lyster Dewey
and plans to display them to the public for the first time in many years at the first Hemp History Week.
[5]
[6]
[7]
HIA Executive Director Eric Steenstra said in 2014 that
hemp seed oil
is less than 25 parts per million
CBD
, thus hemp seed oil is not a source of CBD which could be used in epilepsy treatments.
[8]
HIA vs. DEA
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On October 9, 2001, the
Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) posted an interpretive rule on its website declaring that all hempseed products containing any traces of THC would be considered seizable contraband, effectively criminalizing all hempseed products in the US.
[9]
After a period of public comment, the DEA filed the final proposed rule in the
Federal Register
on March 21, 2003. One week later, the HIA joined with the Organic Consumers Association and several companies which used hempseed in one or more products to file suit against the DEA rule going into effect.
[10]
On February 6, 2004, the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
ruled unanimously for the HIA, opining that the DEA did not have the authority under the federal Controlled Substances Act to ban an otherwise legal product because it might have traces of THC.
[11]
On September 28, 2004, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear the appeal, allowing the Ninth Circuit decision to stand.
[12]
The settlement between HIA and DEA was finally reached on May 25, 2018, in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
[13]
References
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Deardorff, Julie (January 27, 1995).
"Hemp Dreams"
.
Chicago Tribune
. Retrieved
May 17,
2019
.
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T. Brown, David (1998).
Cannabis: The Genus Cannabis
. CRC Press. p. 123.
ISBN
90-5702-291-5
– via
Google Books
.
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Conrad, Christopher P. M. (2013).
"Curriculum Vitae as court-qualified expert witness"
.
chrisconrad.com
. Archived from
the original
on May 11, 2015
. Retrieved
May 25,
2015
.
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Sloman, Larry "Ratso" (1998).
Reefer Madness: A History of Marijuana
. St. Martin's Press. p.
430
.
ISBN
0-312-19523-0
– via
Internet Archive
.
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Roig-Franzia, Manuel (May 13, 2010).
"Hemp fans look toward Lyster Dewey's past, and the Pentagon, for higher ground"
.
The Washington Post
.
Washington DC
:
WPC
.
ISSN
0190-8286
. Retrieved
May 25,
2015
.
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Hobbs, Jen Hobbs (2019).
American Hemp: How Growing Our Newest Cash Crop Can Improve Our Health, Clean Our Environment, and Slow Climate Change
. Simon and Schuster. p. 47.
ISBN
978-1-5107-4329-8
– via
Google Books
.
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Smith, Jordan (May 19, 2010).
"Hempsters Take D.C."
The Austin Chronicle
. Retrieved
May 17,
2019
.
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Jones, Whitney (July 25, 2014).
"Hemp Oil Not a Source of CBD Which Could Be Used in Epilepsy Treatments"
.
WKMS-FM
. Retrieved
May 17,
2019
.
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"Information: Legal Cases: DEA Hemp Food Rules"
.
votehemp.com
. 2014
. Retrieved
May 25,
2015
.
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Scaccia, Annamarya (April 19, 2017).
"Hemp Wars: Inside the Fight for Federally Legal CBD"
.
Rolling Stone
. Retrieved
May 17,
2019
.
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"Hemp Industries Association USA LLC V. Drug Enforcement Administration"
.
FindLaw
. February 6, 2004
. Retrieved
May 25,
2015
.
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Chepesiuk, Ron (February 16, 2005).
"U.S. Hemp Industry Wins Battle with DEA"
.
newstandardnews.net
. Archived from
the original
on February 17, 2005
. Retrieved
May 17,
2019
.
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Keahey, Colleen (June 8, 2018).
"Hemp Industries Association Reaches Settlement with DEA and Affirms Victory from 2004 Hemp Foods Rules Challenge"
. Hemp Industries Association
. Retrieved
May 17,
2019
.
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