Monson vs DEA
North Dakota Industrial Hemp Legal Case - video clips:
June 18, 2007 -- Teleconference discussing the filing case of Monson vs DEA
Video Lawsuit Info: QuickTime 7 H.264 .mp4 | Windows Media .wmv | Part 1
Video -- Reporters Questions: QuickTime 7 H.264 .mp4 | Windows Media .wmv | Part 2
AUDIO RECORDING
Wayne Hauge - 1 North Dakota 2007 Industrial Hemp legal case
ND Permit to plant Industrial Hemp | DEA challenge
| Industrial Hemp is imported from Canada | Industrial Hemp requires fertilizer
but not chemicals for weeds | Hemp Concrete products | Rotation Crop |
Industrial Hemp grows so fast it can choke out weeds | cost savings | a
very strong fiber | ND processing plants may arrive | Land Grant University
research | Industrial Hemp verity for seeds 5 to 6 ft. tall | certified
seed producer | market should improve | Industrial Hemp volume of plant
matter per acre | Industrial Hemp Concrete | South Dakota Hemp House |
Industrial Hemp application process.
AUDIO
RECORDING
Wayne Hauge - 2 North Dakota 2007 Industrial Hemp
legal case
North Dakota Department of Agriculture | Roger Johnson
| Industrial Hemp licenses | ND allows Industrial Hemp | DEA seeks to control
any measurable amount of THC | Industrial Hemp less than 0.03 of THC |
100 acres for Industrial Hemp seeds | North Dakota approval for Industrial
Hemp | a strong farming state | Industrial Hemp GPS measured field | Law
Firm Attorneys working to get this through the courts | set up framework
for Industrial Hemp farmers in other states to get up and running | Industrial
Hemp oils and proteins are ideally suited for human consumption | no field
fences needed | DEA has far more important things to do than regulate this
AUDIO
RECORDING
Tim Purdon -- North Dakota 2007 Industrial Hemp legal
case
Vogel
Law Firm | Bismarck - attorney for the plaintiffs
Teleconference Audio Recording | June 18, 2007 | Part 1 & 2 | mp3 file 13MB
Teleconference discussing filing the case of Monson vs DEA.
Participants were:
Rep. David Monson - North Dakota House assistant majority leader, farmer
Wayne Hauge - seed breeder, licensed hemp farmer
Roger Johnson - North Dakota agriculture commissioner |
Tim Purdon -- Vogel Law Firm | Bismarck - attorney for the plaintiffs - resource links |
Joe Sandler -- Washington DC law office -- legal counsel for VoteHemp, Inc.
Eric Steenstra -- president, VoteHemp, Inc.
"North Dakota's involvement is key. This is becoming a serious commodity. You have farmers in North Dakota dealing with depressed soy and corn prices. They see Canadians farming industrial hemp. Why are we cutting American farmers out of this rapidly emerging market?"
-- David Bronner | Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps: http://www.drbronner.com/index.html |
Monson vs DEA |
Justice Department Wants Hemp Lawsuit Dismissed
Aug. 22 2007
The Justice Department wants a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two North Dakota farmers who have applied for permission to grow industrial hemp. Dave Monson and Wayne Hauge (HOW-ghee) sued the Drug Enforcement Administration for not actin Government wants industrial hemp lawsuit thrown out...
The Justice Department wants a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two North Dakota farmers who have applied for permission to grow industrial hemp
Dave Monson and Wayne Hauge (HOW-ghee)
sued the Drug Enforcement Administration for not acting
on their application. A motion filed in federal court in Fargo asks that
the lawsuit be thrown out. The motion was filed by U-S Attorney Drew Wrigley
and Justice Department attorneys in Washington. It says D-E-A policies
can only be reviewed by a federal appeals court.
And it says federal lawThe farmers' lawsuit asks a federal judge to recognize that hemp can legally be grown in North Dakota, through a state licensing process.
does not distinguish between industrial hemp and its cousin, marijuana.
Video: http://www.kxmb.com/video.asp?ArticleId=155359&VideoId=12784 |
Monson vs DEA Full Complaint Document here |
Monson vs DEA Full Complaint Document here |
State Rep. David Monson from Osnabrock, North Dakota
USA Today 2005 | "Industrial" hemp support takes root |
Roger Johnson, North Dakota agriculture commissioner
-- http://www.agdepartment.com/commissioner.html
JOHNSON RAPS DEA RESPONSE ON INDUSTRIAL HEMP LICENSES
-- http://www.agdepartment.com/2007Press/other070330.htm |
BISMARCK ? Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson says the failure of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to act on the registration applications of two North Dakota farmers to grow industrial hemp is “not unexpected but still disappointing.”
“DEA's latest response is a de facto denial of permission,” Johnson said. “If the applicants cannot have a decision in time to plant the crop, then the applications are meaningless.”
The two farmers ? State Rep. David Monson, Osnabrock, and Wayne Hauge, Ray ? obtained state licenses to grow industrial hemp and applied for registration from the DEA to activate the licenses. They have also paid the required fees.
Joseph Rannazzisi, DEA deputy assistant administrator, told Johnson in a letter dated March 27, 2007, that there was not enough time for the agency to conduct a complete review it says is needed to permit production of industrial hemp.
Johnson had earlier asked DEA to either register Monson and Hauge before April 1 or grant state authority to regulate cultivation of the crop.
“DEA has far more important concerns ? stopping meth amphetamine, for example ? than continuing to prevent farmers from growing a legitimate crop,” Johnson said. “Industrial hemp should not be considered a drug because it cannot produce any psychoactive effect. Every other industrialized country in the world allows production of industrialized hemp. It's really time DEA let the United States catch up.”
Johnson said letters will be sent to all prospective industrial hemp producers who have expressed strong interest in applying for a state license to grow industrial hemp.
“If producers wish to move forward with state license applications, we will accommodate them,” he said. “I want them to know, however, that it is virtually certain DEA will not allow the planting of industrial hemp in 2007.”
MEDIA: For more information, please call
Ted Quanrud at (701) 328-2233 or tquanrud@nd.gov |
Patrice Lahlum at (701) 239-7210 or plahlum@nd.gov
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Monson vs DEA
North Dakota Farmers - 2007 Legal Battle
-- http://www.votehemp.com/PR/06-18-07_north_dakota_farmers.html
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-- http://www.votehemp.com/legal_cases_ND.html
| Audio
- PDF Letter - PDF Filed Complaint |
-- http://www.votehemp.com/PR/06-18-07_north_dakota_farmers.html
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Licensed hemp farmers seek to receive assurances that no federal agency could hold them criminally liable under the Controlled Substances Act.
State Rep. David Monson from Osnabrock, North Dakota, North Dakota and Wayne Hauge from Ray, North Dakota -- issued their state licenses to grow industrial hemp from North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson in February 2007. In the litigation industrial hemp is defined to be those varieties of Cannabis that have no drug value and are cultivated exclusively for fiber and seed.
DEA considers industrial hemp plants to be "marihuana," a controlled substance under Schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), 21 U.S.C. §§ 801 et seq., the possession or production of which is subject to severe criminal penalties under that law, including property forfeiture.
"We are asking that DEA to do nothing, exactly what they have done for ten years," says Tim Purdon one of the attorneys working for Monson and Hauge. "North Dakota's rules no longer require a DEA permit so we are basically asking the court to tell DEA to leave our farmers alone."
Tim Purdon -- a partner in the Bismarck office of the Vogel Law Firm. resource links |
