by Somebody Unidentified
The Association undertook the project to demonstrate the uses of the industrial hemp plant. Two plots of hemp were grown under tribal ordinance; however, these plants were seized and destroyed by the DEA (U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency) just prior to harvest. The use of the stalk materials is allowed, but the leaves and live seeds are defined as "dangerous substances" and are illegal at this time. Noted, however, was the fact that 500,000 acres of feral hemp found in central to eastern Nebraska can be legally harvested once the cold weather blows off the leaf and seed materials.
Until the drug policy and regulations in the U.S. are changed, it will not be possible to cultivate industrial hemp for use as a building material. (The industrial hemp plant can be used to create 250 products ranging from textiles used for clothing, linens to floor coverings, rope; cosmetics and health products; paper and building products such as hempcrete, hemp block, hemp board.)
