Legal Opinion
New Hampshire Hemp Council, Inc. v. Marshall
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 30, 2000No. 99-1082PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
This case, which involves the definition of marijuana as used in federal criminal statutes, has its origin in a defeated legislative proposal in New Hampshire. 1 In 1998, Derek Owen, a member of the New Hampshire state legislature, co-sponsored a bill to legalize and regulate the cultivation of “industrial hemp.” The connection between the criminal statutes and Owen’s bill is that both the drug commonly known as marijuana and various industrial products (e.g., rope) derive from different portions of the plant popularly called the hemp plant and designated Cannabis…
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