{"id":80206,"date":"2025-12-29T15:18:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=80206"},"modified":"2025-12-29T22:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:26:25","slug":"industrial-hemp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/industrial-hemp\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial Hemp"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Industrial Hemp Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister has launched a policy push to legalise and regulate the cultivation of industrial hemp.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Industrial Hemp<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is botanically related to marijuana, but with very different properties.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While marijuana is rich with<\/span><b> tetrahydrocannabinol<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (THC), the psychoactive component that makes pot a drug of choice by many, hemp contains only the <\/span><b>smallest traces of THC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (&lt;0.3%),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>herbaceous, dioecious plant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belonging to the Cannabis genus within the <\/span><b>Cannabaceae family.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is high in fiber and <\/span><b>low in active tetrahydrocannabinol<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (THC).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications of Industrial Hemp<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used for varieties used for <\/span><b>recreational, therapeutic, and industrial purposes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, commonly referred to as marijuana and hemp, respectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a versatile crop that can be processed into different products with multiple uses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Its stalk can be used to <\/span><b>produce biofuel,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> auto parts, paper, upholstery, and fiber for cloth and other textile items. T<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>stem <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can also be processed into <\/span><b>building materials, industrial products<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and different kinds of papers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>seeds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be used to <\/span><b>produce feed or food or the sources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of oil that can be converted into a lotion or cosmetic products.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/chandigarh\/wild-weed-to-himalayan-gold-cm-sukhu-launches-policy-to-cultivate-industrial-hemp-10442170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industrial Hemp is botanically related to marijuana, but with very different properties. 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