A documentary by Kevin Balling

Blending history with current events, this one-hour documentary traces hemp’s legendary past in U.S. agriculture and chronicles the heated debate to return the crop to American farmers.

Hemp is a crop with a rich history in U.S. agriculture. In the last decade of the twentieth century consumer demand for hemp products resulted in the crop’s resurgence on farms throughout the western world.

Thirty-one nations, including Canada, France, England, and China grow industrial hemp. Although hemp has no psychoactive potential, hemp shares the same plant family as marijuana. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) makes no distinction between hemp and marijuana, and a decade after hemp’s revival American farmers are still not permitted to grow it.

Includes footage of:

• Woody Harrelson’s Kentucky Court Trial
• DEA eradicating hemp on Pine Ridge Reservation
• Greg Herriott, Hempola Family Farms
• Michael Brady, Alterna Hair Care
• Jean Marie Laprise, Kenex
• James Woolsey, former CIA Director
• Dr. Paul Mahlberg, University of Indiana
• Dr. David West, Biologist
• Bud Sholts, North American Industrial Hemp Council
• Joe Hickey, Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative
• Andy Graves, Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative
• Jake Graves, Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative

Running Time: 55 minutes

Review
Movie Review: Hemp and the Rule of Law

'"Hemp And The Rule Of Law" (2004) from Kevin Balling/tinroofvideo.com on Vimeo.