Pubdate: Thu, 07 Feb 2002
Source: Free Lance-Star (VA)
Copyright: 2002 The Free Lance-Star
Contact:  http://fredericksburg.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1065

HEMP FOUND IN STUDENTS' PRETZELS, GRANOLA BARS

EAU CLAIRE, Wis.(AP) - University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students who 
snapped up pretzels and granola bars handed out earlier this week could now 
face drug charges because the products contain hemp seeds.

The Drug Enforcement Administration decided last October that food products 
made with hemp seeds or hemp oil should be illegal because hemp contains 
the intoxicating substance found in marijuana.

Students for Sensible Drug Policy handed out the food on Tuesday in 
preparation for the hemp ban the next day. Chapter president Randy Lusk 
said the purpose was to show that the snacks don't contain enough of the 
intoxicating chemical for a person to test positive on a drug test.

"You can't get high from hemp," he said.

The marijuana portions of the cannabis plant include the flowering tops, 
the leaves and the resin. The remainder of the plant - the stalks and 
sterilized seeds - is referred to as hemp.
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