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Cannabis information resources (II.)
David P. Watson
International Hemp Association
P.O. Box 75007, 1070AA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Electronic Access
This installment exhibits the resources available on the Internet, specifically World Wide Web (WWW) sites or e-mail. The suggested non-ranked recommendations, immediately following, are made for the best (mostly) English language sites. Sites representing the best sources within each category are arranged by subject.
BODYCARE - Hemp Times, Hemp World / BREEDING - HempCyberFarm, Ohio Hempery / COMMERCIAL (Comm.) - Cannanet, HempWorld, HempTech, HIA / COMPOSITES - Alaskanet, Cascade Composite Technologies, Chanvriere De L’Aube / ECONOMICS - CHIC, Hanfnet / FABRIC - Hemp Times, HempWorld, Ohio Hempery / FIBER - Hempline, Ohio Hempery / FOOD - Hempola, Ohio Hempery, Rella Good Cheese Company / HARVESTING/PROCESSING - Hempline, HempTech / HISTORY - Dr. Dave’s, CHIC, Uncleweed / MEDICINE - ACT, Carl E. Olsen, CCU, ICRS, Lindesmith, NORML, MAPS, Marijuanamagazine, MPP, POT, RxCannabis / NEWS - Hanfnet, Hempnation, Hempseed Com, HempTech / ORGANIZATIONS (Orgs.)/CONSULTANTS (Consult.) - Cannanet, Hanfnet, HempTech, HIA, IHA, Okoforum / PAPER - Church of the Living Tree, NAIHC / RAW MATERIALS - Chanvriere De L’Aube, Hempline, Natural Fibers Institute, / REPORTS/STUDIES - CIHN, Dr. Dave’s / R&D - Hanfnet / SEED - Chanvriere De L’Aube, HempCyberFarm, Rella Good Cheese Company, Natural Fibers Institute / SEED OIL - Hempola, Ohio Hempery
Of the hundreds of WWW sites that are relevant for industrial or medical uses, the following represents almost fifty of the best, listed in alphabetical order by organization name. Information and commentary has been organized according to the following criteria:
| (#1) | organization name and contact information; |
| (#2) | activities; |
| (#3) | Website addresses (URLs) and/or E-mail; |
| (#4) | ease of access and time required to load the pages; |
| (#5) | frequency of web page updates; |
| (#6) | comments; |
| (#7) | subjects covered (their best are written in italics), and |
| (#8) | number/quality of Web links. |
URL addresses have been listed without their usual prefix (http://www.) except in two cases that require abbreviation of this prefix.
| #1 | Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics
(ACT) P.O. Box 21210 Washington, DC 90009, USA 202-483-8595 (ph) 703-354-5694 (fx) |
| #2 | Non-profit org. |
| #3 | URL: marijuana-as-medicine.org/ E-mail: alliance@webcom.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated frequently |
| #6 | For medical users |
| #7 | News, FAQ, Fact sheets, articles |
| #8 | Good links |
| #1 | Alaskanet |
| #2 | Activist |
| #3 | URL: alaska.net/~anc4hemp/skidmor2.html |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Not sure how often updated |
| #6 | Lots of resources |
| #7 | History, breeding, reports/studies, building materials, genetics, orgs./consult. |
| #8 | No links |
| #1 | Berkeley Rx, Cannabis Growers Collective P.O. Box 136 Berkeley, CA 94710, USA |
| #2 | Non-profit |
| #3 | URL: rxcannabis.org/BRXCGC/ E-mail: submlt@rxcannabis.org |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load |
| #5 | Updated weekly |
| #6 | OK resources |
| #7 | Only about growing for medicine, and medical use |
| #8 | Links to 10 other buyers clubs |
| #1 | Californians for Compassionate Use
(CCU) 144 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94102 USA 415-621-3986 (ph) 415-621-0604 (fx) |
| #2 | Non-profit |
| #3 | URL: marijuana.org/ E-mail: cbc@marijuana.org |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated weekly |
| #6 | Lots of resources |
| #7 | Politics, medicine, news, articles |
| #8 | Links to buyers’ clubs, and medical issues |
| #1 | Canadian Industrial Hemp Council
(CIHC) 58 27th Ave. S.W. Calgary, AB T2S 2X8, Canada 403-232-8576 (ph) 403-262-1263 (fx) |
| #2 | Trade org. |
| #3 | URL: escape.ca/~langtry/chic/index.htm |
| #4 | Easy to access, Fast to load pages. |
| #5 | Updated infrequently, every six months |
| #6 | Shallow resources |
| #7 | Canadian hemp is covered OK. |
| #8 | Poor links |
| #1 | Canadian Industrial Hemp Network (CIHN) |
| #2 | Non-profit org. |
| #3 | URL: interlog.com/~ihn/ E-mail: ihn@interlog.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, Fast to load pages. |
| #5 | Updated infrequently, every few months. |
| #6 | Good info |
| #7 | Paper, fiber, seed, seed oil, history, reports/studies, economics. |
| #8 | Good links. |
| #1 | Cannanet 97 (Swiss Hemp
Network) 41-1-450-5130 (ph) 41-1-450-5131 (fx) |
| #2 | Non-Profit Org. |
| #3 | URL: cannanet.ch/ E-mail: reusser@dial.eunet.ch |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated frequently |
| #6 | Mostly in German |
| #7 | History (great time line) |
| #8 | Great commercial links to Swiss hemp businesses, orgs. |
| #1 | Carl E. Olsen’s Marijuana Archive |
| #2 | Activist |
| #3 | URL: commonlink.com/~olsen/ (See also: calyx.net/~olsen/) E-mail: carl-olsen@home.com |
| #4 | Easy to access pages, home page a little slow, pdf files slow |
| #5 | Updated frequently |
| #6 | Great resources |
| #7 | Paper, fiber, seed, medicine, history, reports/studies, news |
| #8 | Good links to medical issues and Industrial and food uses, also has a great list of WWW sites from Hemp magazine Feb. and April 1997, good updated news section. |
| #1 | Cascade Composite Technologies P.O. Box 2928 Blaine, WA 98231-2928 USA (or) Cascade Composite Technologies 1030 W 14th Ave. #204 Vancouver, BC V6H 1P3, Canada 604-738-4180 (ph/fx) |
| #2 | Comm., Composites R&D |
| #3 | URL: forestnet.com/cascade/index.html E-mail: biocomp@integate.bc.ca |
| #4 | Easy to access, pages are long to load and crashes often (because of movie import?) |
| #5 | Not updated frequently |
| #6 | Lots about composites, has reports and composite data base for sale. |
| #7 | Raw-materials and composites |
| #8 | No hemp links, good forestry issues links |
| #1 | Chanvriere De L’Aube Rue De General De Gaulle 10200 Bar Sur Aube, France 33-32-532-3192 (ph) 33-32-527-3548 (fx) |
| #2 | Commercial Hemp Co-Operative (400 growers) |
| #3 | URL: marisy.fr/chanvriere/homepage.htm E-mail: chanvriere@marisy.fr |
| #4 | Easy to access, a little slow to load |
| #5 | Not updated frequently |
| #6 | Shows their activities |
| #7 | Seeds, Fibers, animal bedding, building products |
| #8 | No links |
| #1 | Church of the Living Tree P.O. Box 64 Leggett, CA 95584, USA 707-925-6494 (ph) |
| #2 | Non-profit and Comm. |
| #3 | URL: tree.org/ E-mail: tree@tree.org |
| #4 | Easy to access, pages load quickly |
| #5 | Updated monthly |
| #6 | Has info on the Krotov Pulper, hand made hemp paper |
| #7 | Paper, pulping |
| #8 | Links to tree issues |
| #1 | Coalition for Hemp Awareness
(CHA) P.O. Box 9068 Chandler Heights, AZ 85227, USA 602-988-9355 (ph) 602-988-9438 (fx) |
| #2 | Non-profit org. |
| #3 | URL: indirect.com/www/chaptrk/ E-mail: chaptrk@indirect.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated monthly |
| #6 | Wide content |
| #7 | Medical, comm. |
| #8 | Many links, some dead |
| #1 | Dr. Dave’s Hemp Archives Gametec Inc. 363 Warren St. Prescott, WI 54021, USA 715-262-3162 (ph) 715-262-3914 (fx) |
| #2 | Comm. Breeder/ Consult. |
| #3 | URL: pressenter.com/davewest/AAmyhomepage.htm E-mail: davewest@pressenter.com |
| #4 | Easy to connect, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated infrequently |
| #6 | Great resources |
| #7 | History, paper, fiber, breeding, seed, reports/studies |
| #8 | Good links. commercial, info/research, legal/politics |
| #1 | Giggling Piglet Durable Goods Co-op 2103 Harrison NW, Suite 2756 Olympia, WA 98502-2607, USA 360-866-4626 (ph) |
| #2 | Comm. |
| #3 | URL: olywa.net/uncleweed/ E-mail: uncleweed@olywa.net |
| #4 | Easy to connect, slow to load pages |
| #5 | Updated monthly |
| #6 | Mostly about Japanese hemp and the Hempen Road movie |
| #7 | History, art, paper, fiber, traditional uses |
| #8 | Great Japanese hemp cultural links |
| #1 | Hanfnet (Okologische Netzwerk) Lebrter Strasse 45 30559 Hannover, Germany 49-511-954-4432 (ph) 49-511-954-4495 (fx) |
| #2 | Non-profit org. |
| #3 | URL: hanf.de/ E-mail: infohanf@hanfnet.de |
| #4 | easy to access, slow to load pages |
| #5 | Updated weekly |
| #6 | Wide collection of resources (in German language) |
| #7 | Paper, fiber, seed, seed oil, medicinal, history, economics, news, orgs./consult. |
| #8 | Links to nova-Institut info about Bio-Resource ‘97 |
| #1 | Help End Marijuana Prohibition
(HEMP) 5632 Van Nuys Blvd. #310 Van Nuys, CA 91404, USA 818-988-0285 (ph) 818-988-3319 (fx) |
| #2 | Non-profit org. (Jack Herer’s group) |
| #3 | URL: fishnet.net/~hemp/ |
| #4 | Easy to access, slow to load pages |
| #5 | Under construction |
| #6 | Wide content |
| #7 | News, medicine |
| #8 | OK links |
| #1 | Hemp-CyberFarm |
| #2 | Non-profit |
| #3 | URL: Hemp-CyberFarm.Com/ E-mail: matthijs@hemp-cyberfarm.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load |
| #5 | Updated weekly |
| #6 | Good resources |
| #7 | Breeding, seeds, has all VIR/IHA Cannabis Germplasm Preservation Project articles. |
| #8 | Good links, including hemp institutes |
| #1 | Hemp Industries Association
(HIA) P.O. Box 1080 Occidental, CA 95465, USA 500-442-4367 (ph) 707-874-3648 (fx) |
| #2 | Trade org. |
| #3 | URL: thehia.org/ E-mail: info@thehia.org |
| #4 | Easy to access, pages load fast. |
| #5 | Updated monthly |
| #6 | OK resources |
| #7 | WWW sites of over 50 members |
| #8 | Great links |
| #1 | Hempline Inc. 632 #1 Elizabeth St. London, ON N5W 2S8, Canada 519-434-3684 (ph) 519-434-6663 (fx) |
| #2 | Commercial grower |
| #3 | URL: hempline.com/ E-mail: gkime@hempline.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated infrequently |
| #6 | Narrow content |
| #7 | Raw materials, harvesting/processing |
| #8 | OK links |
| #1 | Hemp Nation Eco Store 343 Richmond St.. London, Ontario N6A 3C2, Canada 519-433-5267 (ph) 519-433-7725 (fx) |
| #2 | Comm./Activist |
| #3 | URL: hempnation.com/ E-mail: chris.clay@hempnation.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, a little slow to load pages. |
| #5 | News updated almost daily. |
| #6 | Great resources |
| #7 | News, medical, lots of politics. |
| #8 | Great links, read about their constitutional Cannabis case |
| #1 | Hempseed Com 55 Broad St, 23rd floor NYC, NY 10004 USA 212-344-5907 (ph) 212-422-1761 (fx) |
| #2 | Comm. |
| #3 | URL: hempseed.com/ E-mail: webmaster@hempseed.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, pages a bit slow. |
| #5 | Updated weekly |
| #6 | Pretty good resources |
| #7 | News, also has a ICR chat room for hemp, a bulletin board for topic discussions and a members-only section. |
| #8 | Great links! |
| #1 | Hemptech (Industrial Hemp Information Network) P.O. Box 1716 Sebastopol CA 95473, USA 707-823-2800 (ph) 707-823-2424 (fx) |
| #2 | Comm./Consult./Publisher |
| #3 | URL: hemptech.com/ E-mail: info@hemptech.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, slow to load pages. |
| #5 | Updated every week |
| #6 | Great info resources. |
| #7 | News, and info on all subjects! |
| #8 | Great links! Their directory lists: Associations, Consultants, Distributors, Food, Oil, Paper. Mail-order, Processors, Publishers, Textile Equip., Textile Importers. |
| #1 | Hemp Times 1111 E 14th St., Suite 278 NYC, NY 10003 USA 212-260-0200 (ph) 212-475-7684 (fx) |
| #2 | Comm. publisher |
| #3 | URL: hemptimes.com/ |
| #4 | Easy to access, a little slow to load pages |
| #5 | Updated monthly, quarterly magazine |
| #6 | Focus on the business of hemp fashion |
| #7 | Body care, fiber, fashion, has issues of Hemp Times on-line |
| #8 | Few links |
| #1 | HempWorld P.O. Box 550 Forestville, CA 95436, USA 707-887-7508 (ph) 707-887-7639 (fx) |
| #2 | Comm. Publisher |
| #3 | URL: wco.com/~mari/hwmag.html E-mail: mari@hempworld.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated monthly |
| #6 | Wide content, OK resources, used a lot for this article! |
| #7 | Paper, body care, medicinal,history, news, conferences, industry, fashion, activism |
| #8 | Good links (e.g., to Rohemp’s page) |
| #1 | International Cannabinoid Research
Society (ICRS) 98 Brooks Ave. Burlington, VT 05401, USA 802-865-0970 (ph) |
| #2 | Scientific Org., Non-profit |
| #3 | URL: http://129.49.19.42/ICRS/ICRS_main.html E-mail: icrs@together.net |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated monthly, discussion forum more often |
| #6 | Rigorous study group for Cannabis and the cannabinoids |
| #7 | Medicine, “abuse”, R&D |
| #8 | No links |
| #1 | International Hemp Association
(IHA) Postbus 75007 1070 AA Amsterdam The Netherlands 31-20-6188758 (ph/fx) |
| #2 | Non-Profit Educational Org./Publisher |
| #3 | URL: calyx.net/~olsen/HEMP/IHA/ (See also: commonlink.com/~olsen/HEMP/IHA/iha.html) E-mail: iha@euronet.nl |
| #4 | Easy to access, Fast to load pages, except pdf files. |
| #5 | Updated every six months, one year old JIHA issues. |
| #6 | Very extensive info on all aspects of legal Cannabis use. |
| #7 | Paper, fiber, composites, breeding, seed, seed oil, medicinal, energy, history, reports/studies, economics, harvesting/processing, R&D, raw materials, orgs./consult., news, conferences. |
| #8 | OK links, although Carl Olsen (@calyx, commonlink), who posts and hosts our IHA site gratis, has great links. |
| #1 | Lindesmith Center 888 Seventh Ave NYC, NY 10106, USA |
| #2 | Non-profit Foundation |
| #3 | URL: lindesmith.org/focal.html E-mail: tlcweb@sorosny.org |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load |
| #5 | Updated frequently |
| #6 | Good resources for medical use |
| #7 | News, reports/studies |
| #8 | Links to the Foundation Policy, buyers clubs, medical doctor (MD) consultants for patients, five of the eight federally sanctioned marijuana patients |
| #1 | Marijuana Magazine 8159 Santa Monica Blvd. #201 Los Angeles, CA 90046, USA 213-512-1528 (ph) |
| #2 | Non-profit publisher |
| #3 | URL: marijuanamagazine.com/ E-mail: info@marijuanamagazine.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated weekly |
| #6 | Great content for medical users |
| #7 | Medicine, frequently asked questions, reports/studies, news, orgs. |
| #8 | Great links, even all the anti-medical use sites |
| #1 | Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) |
| #2 | Non-profit org. |
| #3 | URL: mpp.org/ E-mail: mpp@mpp.org |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load |
| #5 | Updated frequently |
| #6 | Focused on American Cannabis policy, interesting |
| #7 | Politics, medicinal-use news |
| #8 | Poor links |
| #1 | Multidisciplinary Association for
Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) 1810 Tippah Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205, USA 704-358-9830 (ph) 704-358-1650 (fx) |
| #2 | Non-profit org. |
| #3 | URL: maps.org/mmj/ E-mail: sylvia@maps.org |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated monthly |
| #6 | Good for medical users |
| #7 | Medicine, reports/studies, news, orgs. |
| #8 | Great links |
| #1 | National Organization for the Reform of
Marijuana Laws (NORML) 1001 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 1010-C Washington, D.C. 20036, USA 202-483-5500 (ph) 202 483 0057 (fx) |
| #2 | Non-profit org. |
| #3 | URL: norml.org/
(see also: norml.org/medical/medmj.shtml) E-mail: norml@natlnorml.org |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated weekly |
| #6 | Very wide content |
| #7 | Seed, medicine, reports/studies, news, orgs. |
| #8 | OK links |
| #1 | North American Industrial Hemp Council
Inc. (NAIHC) P.O. Box 259329 Madison, WI 53725-9329, USA 608-224-5135 (ph) 608-224-5110 (fx) |
| #2 | Trade org. |
| #3 | URL: naihc.org/ E-mail: sholtea@wheel.datcp.state.wi.us |
| #4 | Easy to access, Fast to load pages. |
| #5 | Updated infrequently, every few months. |
| #6 | Good selection of diverse info |
| #7 | Paper, fiber, seed |
| #8 | Good links. |
| #1 | Ohio Hempery 7002 State Route 329 Guysville, OH 45735, USA 800-BUY-HEMP (ph) 614-662-6446 (fx) |
| #2 | Comm. |
| #3 | URL: hempery.com/ E-mail: hempery@hempery.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated frequently |
| #6 | Very wide content |
| #7 | Paper, fiber, breeding, seed, seed oil, medicine, history, reports/studies, news. |
| #8 | Great links |
| #1 | Okoforum (Austrian Hemp Assoc.) Durergasse 3/4 1060 Wien, Austria 43-1-586-9429 (ph) 43-1-586-9448 (fx) |
| #2 | Non-profit org. |
| #3 | URL: magnet.at/llr/hanf/ohi.htm |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated infrequently |
| #6 | Narrow content |
| #7 | History, seed, cultivation |
| #8 | No links |
| #1 | Patients Out of Time (POT) FishPond Plantation 1472 Fish Pond Rd. Howardsville, VA 24562, USA |
| #2 | Non-profit org. |
| #3 | URL: commonlink.com/~olsen/Medical/POT/pot.html E-mail: Mary_Lynn@patient.win.net |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated every few months |
| #6 | Good info for medical users |
| #7 | Medicine, reports/studies, news, orgs. |
| #8 | OK links |
| #1 | Rella Good Cheese Company (formerly Sharon’s Finest) P.O. Box 5020 Santa Rosa, CA 95402-5020, USA 707-576-7050 (ph) 707-545-7116 (fx) |
| #2 | Comm. food producer |
| #3 | URL: rella.com/hempfood.html E-mail: yourfriend@rella.com |
| #4 | Easy to access, fast to load pages |
| #5 | Updated frequently, will E-mail update notice |
| #6 | Great about seeds, oil and food |
| #7 | Seed, seed oil, reports/studies, economics |
| #8 | OK links |
Miscellaneous Sites
| #1 | Ecolution |
| #3 | URL: ecolution.com/ |
| #6 | Lots of links, some don’t work |
| #1 | Natural Fibers Institute |
| #2 | E-mails for “netflax” the FAO bast fiber network and various heads of the Institute |
| #3 | URL: http://iwn.inf.poznan.pl/ |
| #6 | (in Polish language) |
| #1 | Hemp BC |
| #2 | News, library, commercial directory, Cannabis Canada magazine |
| #3 | URL: hempbc.com/ |
| #1 | Hempnet |
| #3 | URL: hempnet.com/ |
| #6 | Lots of links , some outdated and dead |
| #1 | Hempola |
| #3 | URL: hempola.com/ |
| #6 | Good seed oil info |
Your suggestions for additional sites are appreciated and should be sent to the author. The next article in this series will explore resources on videotapes, books and maga-zines/journals. The first article (JIHA, Dec. 1996, p. 86-87) discussed “business directories”.