A Brief History of US konoplevodstva
Demand for regenerative farming methods and innovative achievements is growing, so it is a hemp will once again become relevant and necessary for the development of the agrarian culture of the US economy.
Industrial hemp is a traditional culture to America - an integral part of its culture and history. The article presents a chronological overview of the history of hemp in the United States - the beginning, the first and second restrictions, growing during the Second World War and hemp today.
How it all began
Growing hemp in the United States dates back to the 1600s with the arrival of immigrants to the continent of Europe.
The first version of the Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were engaged in the cultivation of cannabis and actively supported the production of this culture on a commercial scale.
In 1800, the hemp was the main crop USA.
1619
It issued the first North American law on cannabis in the colony of Jamestown, Virginia requiring colonists to grow cannabis.
1700
Providing grants and subsidies in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, North and South Carolina and New England states to encourage the cultivation of cannabis, as well as the manufacture of ropes and textiles. Unfortunately, this did not contribute to stabilization of the hemp industry in any of these states.
1840-1850 gg.
Dawn konoplevodstva, Kentucky became the center of production of hemp in America.
For the first time in Kentucky hemp planted near Danville in 1775. In 1790 in the local newspapers was taken by the announcement of the sale of hemp fiber. Hemp industry developed rapidly, and Kentucky, for the next 100 years, it became an industrial center. Most of the cannabis crops located in the Bluegrass region. By 1811, the state, there were already about 60 plots planted with hemp, and by the end of 1850. more than a third of the 400 US factories for the production of bags, textiles and twisted products are in the state of Kentucky.
1850
Hemp extract is widely recommended and sold throughout the Western pharmacies.
The first ban
In the 30-ies. XX century, cannabis was identified with "marijuana" and made illegal under the «Marihuana Tax Act» of 1937, which provided for the registration of farmers' hemp cultivation in the Federal Reserve and set prohibitively high tax on the cultivation of the most highly profitable crop.
1915 - 1927
The influx of Mexican immigrants in the US has led to a ban on the use of psychoactive hemp in 9 states.
1929 - 1936
Recreational use of cannabis is distributed among minority and inflicts hemp production market, as well as the "Reefer Madness" falls on the unsuspecting people.
Harry J. Anslinger was appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.
1937
Anslinger offers statute «Marihuana Tax Act» US Congress and states that "marijuana - the most brutal drug in the history of mankind." The law shall take, as a result of its right to use not only marijuana, but hemp are outlawed.
Technical Association of hemp with marijuana, undoubtedly caused the reluctance of farmers to grow the crop, while the red tape around the statute «Marihuana Tax Act» in 1937 destroyed the hemp industry safely.
1938
The magazine «Popular Mechanics» hemp called "a new culture of a billion dollars" for its versatile use.
The Second World War
During World War II, hemp was so necessary for military use, the US Department of Agriculture released a training films, as well as special literature for the purpose of canvassing farmers to grow the crop. More than 150,000 acres of land have been planted with hemp within the framework developed by the US Department of Agriculture program "Hemp for victory."
The second ban
In 1970, the statute Controlled Substances Act, which was adopted by the industrial hemp is classified as marijuana, despite the fact that the government has funded research for decades to determine the unique structure of this plant and use a huge range of different varieties of industrial hemp.
1970
«Controlled Substances Act» statute, hemp belongs to the first group of drugs.
1972
The National Commission presented a report in which podcherchivalas need to lift the ban on growing hemp, but the commission's findings were ignored.
1982
President Reagan drastically tightened the punishment in the "war on drugs" and hemp again recognized as illusory and dangerous to be eradicated.
Modern hemp status in the US
Prior to the signing by President Obama in 2014, the law «Hemp Farm Bill» cannabis cultivation remains illegal.
Kentucky, Vermont and Colorado became the first state to have renewed the cultivation of hemp, in compliance with the conditions prescribed in section 7606 (Legitimacy of research with industrial hemp) «Federal Farm Bill», that strict guidelines regulates the cultivation of this crop.
In addition, the adopted amendments to bills and now the Office of the US Drug Enforcement forbidden to levy additional taxes on farmers involved in the cultivation of cannabis for research in states where the activity is legalized.
Recognition of cannabis as a "culture of the 21st century" is growing rapidly. Using rich in cellulose fires hemp as a raw material for paper production, construction materials, fuel and bedding for the animals is now a generally accepted fact. As many nutrients contained in the seeds of hemp, find their use in the manufacture of food products, cosmetics and medicines. Demand for regenerative farming methods and innovative achievements is growing, so it is a hemp will once again become relevant and necessary for the development of the agrarian culture of the US economy.
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