letter from Executive
EDITORS NOTE
Marco Fantham
Editor
Hemp Seeds
Now Legal
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BRINGING IT HOME
he recent legislative
amendments to allow New
Zealanders to produce, trade and
consume hemp seed food products
(as from 12 November 2018), is
a very small step forward for our
iHemp industry. by Linda Booker and Blaire Johnson.
bringingithomemovie.com
However, this legislation change still does not allow
us to utilize the flower or leaf to make low THC food,
drink or medicine products, unless under licence.
iHemp is STILL being regulated by the Ministry of
Health and under the Misuse of Drugs Act, instead
of being transferred to the Ministry for Primary
Industries (which was always the intention for the
iHemp industry).
It appears as if government’s failure to actively
support New Zealand’s iHemp industry goes beyond
incompetency.
I believe that New Zealanders must now be given the
right to choose between pharmaceutical chemical
products and medicinal cannabis products.
Our doctors need to have training about medicinal
cannabis products, alongside their training in
pharmaceuticals. This training is urgently needed
but will only happen once cannabis legislation
changes.
We must now have legislative change to allow us to
legally grow and use the whole of the iHemp plant in
our gardens and fields: This plant can provide hugely
beneficial nutrition and healing for us all. q A
Jo Say (NZHIA Chair of Media Committee)
father's search to find the
healthiest building materials leads
him to the completion of the nation's
first hemp house.
Hemp with lime is a non-toxic, energy
efficient, mildew, fire and pest resistant
building material.
The drawback — industrial hemp is
currently illegal to farm in the U.S.A.
Industrial hemp is a non-psychoactive
plant, grown in 31 other countries
that makes 1,000's of sustainable
products and offers solutions for
global warming, nutrition, poverty and
deforestation.
Hemp could be a money-making crop
for farmers and create jobs.
SO why don't we grow it here?
BRINGING IT HOME tells the story of
hemp: past, present and future and a
global industry that includes textiles,
building materials, food products, bio-
plastics, auto parts and more.
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