Revival Estonia konoplevodstva
Mainly in the country are engaged in manufacturing cold-pressed hemp oil, which then goes into the food or cosmetics. Most industrial hemp is grown Finnish variety Finola, but quite large areas of crops takes Ukrainian-grade US Open 31 French Santhica 27 and Futura 75.
"The composition of cannabis about 400 different active substances, of which more than 60 - cannabinoids. Only one delta-9 Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is monitored throughout the world. Each year in the European Union examines the technical hemp seeds for the presence of THC. For further cultivation of those varieties are permitted only where a controlled substance below the norm "- explains the director of the Institute of Plant Estonia Mati Koppel.
According Methodist Botanical Garden Krista Kaur "On the territory of Estonia allowed the cultivation of industrial hemp, tetrahydrocannabinol content not exceeding 0.2% .All legal varieties included in the relevant list of allowed for the cultivation of plants of the European Union.
Control by law enforcement agencies
"All fields of technical hemp account for seeds given special certificates of quality. Malonarkoticheskaya hemp has no narcotic effect, "- said a police spokesman Jõhvi Ene Muttika. According to her, representatives of law enforcement bodies know that young people, and sometimes quite adults trying to collect beznarkoticheskuyu cannabis for the purpose of further use, but these actions are meaningless, since industrial hemp does not have narcotic properties. However, complaints about the massive theft of crops with such fields have been reported to the police, we are talking about individual cases. In case of any suspicion to the amount of the psychoactive substance in cannabis, all checked by experts in the laboratory. If we receive a signal about a suspicious hemp sown field, it first checks the register of industrial hemp cultivation technology, and only then, if the subject field is not in the field of view of the state, representatives of law enforcement agencies are beginning to document the illegal activities.
Statistical indicators of the Estonian Police indicate that the number of crimes related to the dissemination or use of psychoactive cannabis decreased markedly over the past few years. In particular, if the 72 investigation into the spread of small amounts of the psychoactive cannabis was opened in 2014, whereas in 2016 such cases was only 19. "The interdiction of a large number of Cannabis indica is also noticeable change. 123 cases were opened in 2015, this year - only 69 ", - says Ms. Muttika.
Modern country konoplevodstvo
On Estonian store shelves you can find quite a motley range of products. Most of the cosmetic products (soap, shampoos, aromatic oils) which are used hemp ingredients. Also on grocery store shelves, you can find quite a large number of foods (sweets, hemp seeds, cookies, chips, meal, bread, hemp oil).
"Basically in the country are engaged in manufacturing cold-pressed hemp oil, which then goes into the food or cosmetics. It is ideal for low-fat amino acids Omega 6 and Omega 3. You can use hemp oil in its pure form, and added to the products, for example, chocolate, "- says Mati Koppel of the Estonian Institute of Plant.
Comment of the Association "Ukrainian industrial hemp"
In Estonia, at the legislative level, it allowed the cultivation of industrial hemp exclusively industrial crops. Cannabis indica - psychoactive hemp grown prohibited because psychoactive varieties belong to the category of prohibited on the territory of the country of drugs.
Most technical hemp grown Estonia Finnish variety Finola, but quite significant acreage occupies Ukrainian-grade US Open 31 French Santhica 27 and Futura 75. In 2016, the Department of Agricultural Registers and Information have been submitted requests for the cultivation of hemp malonarkoticheskoy an area of about 3500 ha. This does not mean that the Estonian agricultural producers is cultivated so many industrial hemp, but the trend in the increase of the area occupied by industrial crops most highly profitable crop in the face.
Information taken from the site http://tku.org.ua