The current status of HEMP in Canada

Canada does have a hemp industry. It is based almost entirely on the hemp seed for food and its nutritious oil which has value as a skin treatment. It used as a base in many lines of hemp skin care and hemp hair care products.

Hemp in Canada is still a controlled substance that requires a special license from Health Canada. (Why not Agriculture Canada?) The fact that Hemp is still illegal in this day and age is utter absurdity. There is clearly no reason to outlaw a food and fibre crop except for the obvious economic competition that any inexpensive high quality product will give to a marketplace. The documented history of hemp prohibition and its economic motive is well summarized in this article. For more in-depth information the book, "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" is highly recommended."