Press Releases

“Marijuana Flavored” Lollipops Are Made With Cannabis Flower Essential Oil – Not Hemp Seed Oil

WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, which advocates for industrial hemp in Washington, DC, and the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), representing over 200 hemp companies, are concerned by recent Associated Press and USA Today news reports alleging that lollipops “flavored with hemp oil” are “legal.”...


Industrial Hemp Farming Act Introduced at Packed Capitol Hill Hemp Food Lunch

  WASHINGTON, DC — For the first time since the federal government outlawed hemp farming in the United States, a federal bill has been introduced that would remove restrictions on the cultivation of non-psychoactive industrial hemp. At a Capitol Hill...


First Federal Industrial Hemp Bill to Be Introduced in Congress June 23rd

WASHINGTON, DC — On June 23, Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) will introduce the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, a bill that would allow states to regulate industrial hemp while freeing farmers from federal restrictions on this versatile and profitable crop. Coinciding...


First Federal Industrial Hemp Bill to Be Introduced in Congress This Month

WASHINGTON, DC – On June 23, Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) will introduce the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, a bill that would allow states to regulate industrial hemp farming while freeing U.S. farmers from federal restrictions on this versatile and...


Lakota, Once Encouraged by U.S. Government Treaty to Grow Hemp, Fight to Do So Again

PINE RIDGE, SD — This week, Vote Hemp and the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, supporting members of the Lakota Nation in their attempt to grow industrial...


California Assembly Agriculture Committee Puts Industrial Hemp Bill on Two-Year Track

SACRAMENTO, CA — Yesterday the California Assembly Agriculture Committee declined to bring to a vote the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, AB 1147, putting the bill on a two-year track. Any future hearing this year on the bill that would...


California Considers Industrial Hemp Bill

SACRAMENTO, CA — Thousands of local businesses, organizations, individuals and farmers are backing new industrial hemp legislation (AB 1147) that would give California farmers the right to grow low-THC varieties of hemp. On Wednesday, April 27 at 1:30pm in Room...


Oregon Considers Industrial Hemp Farming Bill

SALEM, OR — Business leaders, farmers and legislators in Oregon are backing Senate Bill 294, legislation that would bring back hemp farming for the first time in almost 50 years. The Oregon Senate Environment and Land Use Committee will hold...


Hemp Farming Legislation Gaining Momentum

WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, a non-profit organization dedicated to the acceptance of industrial hemp, believes that four state legislatures are likely to pass legislation this year that would allow farmers and researchers to grow industrial hemp. In California, New Hampshire, Oregon...


Hemp Farming Bill to be Introduced in California

Sacramento, CA — California business leaders, farmers and legislators will offer their support for a new industrial hemp farming bill (AB 1147) at a press conference on Feb. 23 at 9:00am in the California State Capitol, room 1190. The press...