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Australia: Growing cannabis becomes legal in NSW today - provided you are a licensed farmer who will harvest hemp for industrial use.
After years of debate, the State Government has approved large-scale hemp farming and will consider licence applications under a new scheme. Hemp needs little water, grows quickly and the fibrous stems can be used in clothing, cosmetics, livestock and animal feeds, and building materials. The police-approved cannabis varieties all have low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, the compound people smoke to get high. "Industrial hemp has the potential to provide farmers with a much-needed additional fast-growing summer crop option that can be used in rotation with winter grain crops," said the Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald. "It's a potentially lucrative industry due to [its] environmentally friendly nature." The new licensing system has been developed to prevent industrial hemp being grown to camouflage illegal crops of marijuana, which looks almost identical although it is cultivated to bear more foliage. Properties growing industrial hemp will be audited and inspected regularly. Two hundred people have contacted the department to express an interest in hemp growing. But the peak farming bodies of Australia and NSW said they did not have policies on hemp growing and were unaware of a major interest in it. News Hawk: User: http://www.420magazine.com/ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Author: Ben Cubby Copyright: 2008 The Sydney Morning Herald Contact: The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Website: High hopes for cannabis - National - smh.com.au
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