Air Force Bans Greek Yogurt With Hemp Seeds Over Anti-Drug Policy Concerns…
The Air Force warned personnel over the weekend to steer clear of a specific flavor of Chobani Greek yogurt that includes hemp seeds.
Hemp contains trace amounts of THC, the psychoactive ingredient also found in marijuana, classified alongside heroin and LSD as a Schedule I drug under federal law. The Air Force, as part of its anti-drug policy, added hemp seed oil products and hemp seed to a list of forbidden substances in 1999, over concerns that they could confuse the results of drug tests regularly given to service members.
Chobani’s Blueberry Power Flip is the latest victim of that prohibition. The Air Force made clear that yogurt flavors without hemp were still fine to eat.
“The Air Force has not restricted military members from consuming Chobani Greek yogurt; rather, only Chobani yogurt that contains hemp seed or hemp seed oil is prohibited, just as any product which contains or is derived from hemp seed or hemp seed oil is prohibited,†said Capt. Adam Koudelka, the legal adviser for the Air Force Drug Testing Laboratory at the Air Force Medical Operations Agency at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, according to the Air Force Times.
Here’s the relevant passage of Air Force policy:
Studies have shown that products made with hemp seed and hemp seed oil may contain varying levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), an active ingredient of marijuana which is detectable under the Air Force Drug Testing Program. In order to ensure military readiness, the ingestion of products containing or products derived from hemp seed or hemp seed oil is prohibited. Failure to comply with the mandatory provisions of this paragraph by military personnel is a violation of Article 92, UCMJ.
Jessica DiGennaro, a spokeswoman for Chobani, told the Air Force Times that Blueberry Power Flip contains about 10 grams of hemp seeds.
An independent study by Vote Hemp, a nonprofit hemp advocacy group, found that eating a half-pound of commercial hulled hemp seeds would be unlikely to cause someone to exceed the federal limit of 50 parts of THC per billion. People who regularly consumed smaller amounts of hemp seeds mostly were below the limit, the research found. A half-pound is more than 20 times the amount of hemp seeds found in a 5.3-ounce cup of Chobani Blueberry Power Flip.
DiGennaro said that based on other research about hemp seeds with standard amounts of THC, it would be unlikely for the Chobani product to result in a failed drug test. But she told the Times that Chobani couldn’t confirm "with certainty" how its yogurt would affect Air Force drug testing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/26/air-force-hemp-yogurt_n_3819257.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
…because we all know stoners habitually seek out large quantities of hemp seed to support their nefarious habits… :wacked:
I bet you can still buy poppyseed muffins and bagels at the chow hall though. Fuck the air farce :hammertime:
"Fool me one time, shame on you. Fool me two times, cant put tha blame on you. Fool me three times, fuck tha peace signs, load the choppa and let it rain on you"
Hemp seed which already has almost no measurable amt of thc has the hulls of the nut removed, This is the only part that can have anything in it and its not part of the food source.
This is plain ignorance.
It feels good to be running from the devil
Another breath and I'm up another level
It feels good to be up above the clouds
It feels good for the first time in a long time now
Wow. Seriously people?
Abduction means the end for me, a million years of misery…
OK, actually, there are parts per million cannibinoids in raw hemp seed. Good luck separating it from the lipids! It would take about 25 pounds of unhulled seed to get off though–good luck with that.
In the FWIW category, I did a serious ectraction from 2 hemp doormats/welcome mats a few years ago, about 6 pounds of woven hemp. After much processing, I think there was a net yeild of about an eighth gram of a very usable oil. Cost of the door mats: 22$ each. Chemicals: 28$ Time: a few days. Worth it? Maybe to someone. It was a huge mess, I ruined a lot of equipment and it took an enormous amount of processing. I did it to prove a point.
Hemp seed extraction is just not worth it. A recreational dose from seeds would cost hundreds of dollars.
This is Obummer-type paranoia and attempting to hold the party line. There is no pyschoactive potential of seeds and no one is gonna test positive from eating a dozen seeds in yogurt. Still, if you are being tested all the time for MJ and your career depends on you being clean, it is worth your while to avoid all contact from any source.
OK, actually, there are parts per million cannibinoids in raw hemp seed. Good luck separating it from the lipids! It would take about 25 pounds of unhulled seed to get off though–good luck with that.
In the FWIW category, I did a serious ectraction from 2 hemp doormats/welcome mats a few years ago, about 6 pounds of woven hemp. After much processing, I think there was a net yeild of about an eighth gram of a very usable oil. Cost of the door mats: 22$ each. Chemicals: 28$ Time: a few days. Worth it? Maybe to someone. It was a huge mess, I ruined a lot of equipment and it took an enormous amount of processing. I did it to prove a point.
Hemp seed extraction is just not worth it. A recreational dose from seeds would cost hundreds of dollars.
This is Obummer-type paranoia and attempting to hold the party line. There is no pyschoactive potential of seeds and no one is gonna test positive from eating a dozen seeds in yogurt. Still, if you are being tested all the time for MJ and your career depends on you being clean, it is worth your while to avoid all contact from any source.
I have a pair of hemp Long Johns…..I need I really big Blunt paper…
Most AF pilots I knew were speed junkies. Not pot, not at all. Something about their chosen profession..Basterds always got all the good steaks in the mess hall too..
OK, actually, there are parts per million cannibinoids in raw hemp seed. Good luck separating it from the lipids! It would take about 25 pounds of unhulled seed to get off though–good luck with that.
In the FWIW category, I did a serious ectraction from 2 hemp doormats/welcome mats a few years ago, about 6 pounds of woven hemp. After much processing, I think there was a net yeild of about an eighth gram of a very usable oil. Cost of the door mats: 22$ each. Chemicals: 28$ Time: a few days. Worth it? Maybe to someone. It was a huge mess, I ruined a lot of equipment and it took an enormous amount of processing. I did it to prove a point.
Hemp seed extraction is just not worth it. A recreational dose from seeds would cost hundreds of dollars.
This is Obummer-type paranoia and attempting to hold the party line. There is no pyschoactive potential of seeds and no one is gonna test positive from eating a dozen seeds in yogurt. Still, if you are being tested all the time for MJ and your career depends on you being clean, it is worth your while to avoid all contact from any source.
I have a pair of hemp Long Johns…..I need I really big Blunt paper…
Most AF pilots I knew were speed junkies. Not pot, not at all. Something about their chosen profession..Basterds always got all the good steaks in the mess hall too..
AF critical service dudes used to have go-go pills at their disposal. Pretty much available any time they were on duty, especially on ops. Not sure how things are now but I have my suspicions.
They still have the Go Go beans..i used to hit My AF buddy Up Whenever I Had battalion CQ…that was a 24 hour Gig. And if you fell asleep , you did so in front of the Sergeant Major. Which never ended without pain..
:goodpost The go go pills and even pain pills are so readily available atm it is actually shocking. After an incident with a suicide bomber my whole squad was prescribed ambien w/o ever complaining of sleep issues. When a few guys told the medic that the pills made them too sleepy in the am we got another script for "wake up" pills. Alot of guys when in transit at the air force bases would take a couple ambien and chug energy drinks to stay awake and feel buzzed. I came home with a three month supply of ambien and speed in my duffle bag. Thank god i avoided the yogurt though….. :wacked:
"Fool me one time, shame on you. Fool me two times, cant put tha blame on you. Fool me three times, fuck tha peace signs, load the choppa and let it rain on you"
Military supplies speed-knew that-but Ambien????? Jeez, Ambien + PTSD = BAD,BAD,BAD.(I know from experience) >:(
There are 2 kinds of justice in ‘Merika- One for the peeps and the sheeps-
And one for the creeps at the top of the heap……….
Military supplies speed-knew that-but Ambien????? Jeez, Ambien + PTSD = BAD,BAD,BAD.(I know from experience) >:(
I know right? they have me on Ambien and Seroquel and Zoloft and Depakote. A cocktail made to depress. I think all the Army head docs are idiots.
In my experience, Seroquel are zombie pills and Depakote can cause major weight gain. That’s just for starters; what’s not to be depressed about?
Sail and grow
Deep inside
The brave align
Green we stay
-Boss Keloid Lung Valley
Just another example of the morons in charge the same people that make smart bombs, but otherwise are dumb people.
Don’t Date Robots! The world is trained to ignore everything unless it comes from the church, their TV, celebrities, or the media.
I was on seroquel for four years. Took me forever to get my expressions back. The left side of my mouth still doesn’t move quite right, tho it did get better.
Abduction means the end for me, a million years of misery…