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LETTERS
Thanks
Dear Sir/Madam,
We received the December
issue. Congratulations on another fine journal.
Early this year, an Australian company was
under serious legal threat for importing sterilized hemp seeds to use in food production.
I referred them to one of your articles which
showed that hemp seeds contain no THC, and it proved to be a factor of some importance in
the decision to drop the charges against them!
Keep up the good work!
Cathy Crago
President
Roseworthy Hemp Information Network
South Australia
Theft
Dear IHA,
I was impressed by the
variety of contents in the IHA information package, which I received in mid-August of
1996. Several items were new to me, and the selection of color slides was
spectacular! After going over the check list, however, I noticed something missing;
a sample of 'hemp stone', which was described as a small, rust red or black square.
After a call to the IHA, I was assured that the
hemp stone had been enclosed. I was also informed that this material was in short
supply, and that its omission was unlikely. I considered the possibility that my
missing piece of hemp stone may have, to the untrained eye, resembled a piece of hashish.
Since my package had already been inspected (i.e., opened) enroute, I
petitioned Finnish customs to investigate this possibility. Their prompt response
neither confirmed nor denied a hand in the matter, but only asked how much the missing
item was worth. I responded with more forms, to indicate that an actual answer was
more valuable to me than a quick payoff. Almost three months have passed without a
response. Fortunately, "with a little help from my friends", I was able to
eventually obtain samples of this 'suspicious' material.
J.C. Callaway, Ph.D.
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Kuopio
FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland