'It's not cannabis': Alta. farmer hopes to nip hemp stealing in the bud

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An Alberta farmer is asking people to stop stealing hemp from his field after multiple people have been spotted taking plants.

Lory Betchuk is growing hemp for the first time, usually he grows more traditional crops like wheat, barley and oats, to name a few.

"People stop along the road, jump out of their vehicle, go grab a handful, jump into their vehicle and take off again," said Betchuk. "The bottom line is, it is stealing." He said the owners told him people are walking into the field to steal an armful, sometimes even a bag full of plants. "These are quite stalky and very narrow, and tall," said van der Leek, talking about the hemp plants. "A marijuana plant gets bushy, and shorter."

Education, and a little common sense, is what van der Leek hopes will help people understand the difference between industrial hemp and cannabis.

 

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We have this problem in Southern Ontario as well. Quite a few local farms are growing industrial hemp; people have been stopping to steal plants thinking it is weed.

Shoot on sight like in the states would be a good deterrent

Kids these days... All they want to do is steal things to make rope with.

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