America’s top drug cop is clearly not an expert in agriculture. So why is Obama’s Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske claiming to be one?
Drug Czar Reiterates Government’s Opposition To Domestic Hemp Production
via NORML’s weekly newsWashington, DC: The federal government continues to oppose allowing licensed farmers the opportunity to cultivate industrial hemp for fiber and other agricultural purposes, according to statements posted last week by Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske on the whitehouse.gov website.
Hemp is a distinct variety of the plant species cannabis sativa that contains only minute (typically less than .03 percent) amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive compound in marijuana. According to a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, “The United States is the only developed nation in which industrial hemp is not an established crop.” Farmers in Canada and the European Union grow hemp commercially for fiber, seed, and oil for use in a variety of industrial and consumer products, including food.
Stated Kerlikowske on the White House’s ‘We the People‘ website: “Federal law prohibits human consumption, distribution, and possession of Schedule I controlled substances. … While most of the THC in cannabis plants is concentrated in the marijuana, all parts of the plant, including hemp, can contain THC, a Schedule I controlled substance. The Administration will continue looking for innovative ways to support farmers across the country while balancing the need to protect public health and safety.”
A white paper published by the North American Industrial Hemp Council counters: “The THC levels in industrial hemp are so low that no one could get high from smoking it. Moreover, hemp contains a relatively high percentage of another cannabinoid, CBD, that actually blocks the marijuana high. Hemp, it turns out, not only (isn’t) marijuana; it could be called ‘anti-marijuana.'”
In recent years, lawmakers in several states – including North Dakota, Montana, and Vermont – have enacted legislation seeking to allow state-licensed farmers the opportunity to grow hemp crops. However, according to the CRS, “The US Drug Enforcement Administration has been unwilling to grant licenses for growing small plots of hemp for research purposes,” even when such research is authorized by state law, because the agency believes that doing so would “send the wrong message to the American public concerning the government’s position on drugs.”
In 2007, 2009, and again in 2011, federal lawmakers have introduced in Congress, “The Industrial Hemp Farming Act,” to exclude low potency varieties of cannabis from federal prohibition. If approved, this measure would grant state legislatures the authority to license and regulate the commercial production of hemp as an industrial and agricultural commodity. The present version of this Act, House Bill 1831, has 33 co-sponsors, but has yet to receive a Congressional hearing. The measure is before the US House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
During World War II, the US Department of Agriculture actively promoted the domestic cultivation of hemp during a campaign known as ‘Hemp for Victory.’
The DEA is so fucking corrupt! Here’s a little song me and my folks, C-Siccness, Trankilo of 420 Deep and SD Outlaw did called “Fuck the DEA”! It’s time to legalize and stop this bull shit war on marijuana! Cannabis is medicine and hemp could help save the planet! http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11114012
Why are we letting these people dictate our personal behavior? I guess it’s because they’ve got the guns.
haha doesn’t surprise me… what’s next? When does it all end?
This official fear of all things cannabis is simply astonishing. The continued supression of hemp continues the original reason for marijuana prohibition. It was a diversion by powerful industrialists to quash competition with petroleum and timber interests by demonizing cannabis. They were so successful, thanks to Hearst yellow journalism, that to this day officialdom actually believes that an incredibly versatile and beneficial non-toxic natural resource is so dangerous that we must conduct a global war to outlaw it.
This policy and our government’s adherence to it is so amazingly stupid that words escape me.
I’m not sure I understand the drug warriors’ arguments against hemp. Don’t they know that the best way to eradicate high potency marijuana would be to grow hemp EVERYWHERE?
Yes, the governement is sending the wrong messages on drug use, drug addication, mental health in general. There isn’t any true association between marijuana use and mental health. If anything, people using marijuana have a more positive outlook than they otherwise might have.
Stop “protecting us”, please!!!
“While most of the THC in cannabis plants is concentrated in the marijuana, all parts of the plant, including hemp, can contain THC”. Does he understand that hemp is not part of a cannabis plant? it is a different strain of the cannabis plant with low levels of thc in the buds. and the stalks of the plant and the seeds are the only parts that will be used, which don’t contain any thc
Hmm, America is at war fighting foreign drug money . . . our war is a war of attrition affecting our economy (like the 1980’s Soviet Russia and her economic collapse coming from war with Afghanistan) . . . because drugs are illegal, we are in a recession because we are fighting a long war in Afghanistan and Iraq against drug money and drug money’s 9/11 and yet hemp could really help our economy and our military, but the drug czar and others won’t let it hemp be legal for consumer goods and industry, even though we are suffering from a war of attrition fighting Muslim extremists –logic dictates Gil our drug czar is a Muslim Extremist or at least a Muslim Terrorists sympathizer . . . hay, I didn’t say it or proclaim Gil to be the Muslim Terrorist holding the drug czar’s position –he did, since actions will always speak louder than words.
As Ron White would say, ‘You can’t fix stupid’. Unfortunately our government seems to fall squarely into this rather large American demographic. I would love to be proud of our elected officials but all I seem to be able to manage anymore is outright contempt.
Gil is an asshole.
He is a big pharma stooge.
Gil is a Wall street lapdog.
Gil is now the new FARMER IN THE DELL of HOOTERVILLE. Now they went from sciencetists to farmers and they have Mr. Douglas and Mr. Haney as hemp advisors. GREEN ACRES IS THE PLACE TO BE WITH FARM LIVIN UNDER A MONARCHY. MARIJUANA PROHIBITION has put a stranglehold on farmers who want to grow hemp but the government is in denial and trying to protect their own BERLIN WALL. Look at all the jobs created if MARIJUANA PROHIBITION was to end. This would be the REAL GREEN MOVEMENT instead of the ENVIRON FANTASY of green created by our government. They tell us to go green and we want to but the wrong type of green. HAIL TO THE MONARCHY!
http://www.illuminati-news.com/marijuana-conspiracy.htm
* All schoolbooks were made from hemp or flax paper until the 1880s; Hemp Paper Reconsidered, Jack Frazier, 1974.
* It was LEGAL TO PAY TAXES WITH HEMP in America from 1631 until the early 1800s; LA Times, Aug. 12, 1981.
* REFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries WAS AGAINST THE LAW! You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769; Hemp in Colonial Virginia, G. M. Herdon.
* George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers GREW HEMP; Washington and Jefferson Diaries. Jefferson smuggled hemp seeds from China to France then to America.
* Benjamin Franklin owned one of the first paper mills in America and it processed hemp. Also, the War of 1812 was fought over hemp. Napoleon wanted to cut off Moscow’s export to England; Emperor Wears No Clothes, Jack Herer.
* For thousands of years, 90% of all ships’ sails and rope were made from hemp. The word ‘canvas’ is Dutch for cannabis; Webster’s New World Dictionary.
* 80% of all textiles, fabrics, clothes, linen, drapes, bed sheets, etc. were made from hemp until the 1820s with the introduction of the cotton gin.
* The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross’s flag, the first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were made from hemp; U.S. Government Archives.
* The first crop grown in many states was hemp. 1850 was a peak year for Kentucky producing 40,000 tons. Hemp was the largest cash crop until the 20th Century; State Archives.
* Oldest known records of hemp farming go back 5000 years in China, although hemp industrialization probably goes back to ancient Egypt.
* Rembrants, Gainsboroughs, Van Goghs as well as most early canvas paintings were principally painted on hemp linen.
* In 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees need to be cut down. Government studies report that 1 acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of trees. Plans were in the works to implement such programs; Department of Agriculture
* Quality paints and varnishes were made from hemp seed oil until 1937. 58,000 tons of hemp seeds were used in America for paint products in 1935; Sherman Williams Paint Co. testimony before Congress against the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.
* Henry Ford’s first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the CAR ITSELF WAS CONTRUCTED FROM HEMP! On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, ‘grown from the soil,’ had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941.
* Hemp called ‘Billion Dollar Crop.’ It was the first time a cash crop had a business potential to exceed a billion dollars; Popular Mechanics, Feb., 1938.
* Mechanical Engineering Magazine (Feb. 1938) published an article entitled ‘The Most Profitable and Desirable Crop that Can be Grown.’ It stated that if hemp was cultivated using 20th Century technology, it would be the single largest agricultural crop in the U.S. and the rest of the world.
The following information comes directly from the United States Department of Agriculture’s 1942 14-minute film encouraging and instructing ‘patriotic American farmers’ to grow 350,000 acres of hemp each year for the war effort:
‘…(When) Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service of mankind. For thousands of years, even then, this plant had been grown for cordage and cloth in China and elsewhere in the East. For centuries prior to about 1850, all the ships that sailed the western seas were rigged with hempen rope and sails. For the sailor, no less than the hangman, hemp was indispensable…
…Now with Philippine and East Indian sources of hemp in the hands of the Japanese…American hemp must meet the needs of our Army and Navy as well as of our industries…
…the Navy’s rapidly dwindling reserves. When that is gone, American hemp will go on duty again; hemp for mooring ships; hemp for tow lines; hemp for tackle and gear; hemp for countless naval uses both on ship and shore. Just as in the days when Old Ironsides sailed the seas victorious with her hempen shrouds and hempen sails. Hemp for victory!’
There is no use trying to work with the federal government if they are not even willing to allow the growing of industrial cannabis. The entire cannabis community must unite and make a huge splash and wake people the hell up to this outdated, archaic and timid viewpoint from the DEA. The federal government will never support any pro cannabis measure and it’s time to stop trying to work with them and start working for ourselves. It has been 40 years since the CSA was passed and although at the state level progress has been made, it is not enough. Overgrow the government.
The Hemp factor is the missing component to the mystery of cannabis illegality other that the racial -moral health cover-ups on the surface
This multi faceted herb was deemed such a threat to some of the early monopolist that with the help of some buddies in their infrastrutures,
Not only could they prevent competition with cotton,timber and other textile industries, They created a whole new industry of imprisoning harmless(to themseves and others) users of this benign, beneficial herb. Talk about killing two birds with one stone!
And in a sick little way you gotta give these “individuals” a lot of credit
for brainstorming these schemes…Much like the think- tanks that stratagised the Iraq war years before it happened
ignorant people are easier to control that is why it was against the law to teach black children to read. That’s why Hitler burnt libaries of books. It’s easier to set fires than to reason with intelligent people about unreasonal conclutions
I love that line that it would “send the wrong message” – its basically an admission that you don’t want people to find out how stupid your policy is.
So industrial hemp might have traces of thc? Most animals have more traces of cannabiniods they produce themselves called endocannabinoids. Mr. Killer-cow-ski, should I kill myself because there are endocannabinoids in my body? I produce them myself, does this make me a mobile drug lab?
Let’s all drink the koolaid then!!!
Idiot Gil must be high on hemp hurds.
In 2005 I was sent on a business trip to Costa Rica to train them to take American jobs. I resigned that week as I was disgusted in the role I was being forced to take for the oligarchy. The same swine that ensure hemp remains illegal. While there I bought a hemp t-shirt that I still wear to this day as if its new. I sure as hell dont have any cotton shirts from 05. That is exactly why it is illegal. If we have the option to buy quality American products, then we are not going to buy their cheap, third-world built garbage.
Overgrow the oligarchy!
what would they do if everyone planted hemp? Washington has lost the support of the american people. Can we kick DC out of the union? and gil go back to russia, polland, or what ever commie country you came from.
The US Government is the most corrupt in the world.
The American people just keep bending over.
Y not start some protests? Hell what could it hurt… Walk down to the white house may 20th and fight if they make u leave.
You know I find this really hilarious. They want to act like pot smokers are just bad people. Yet most government officials are worse then the so called criminals they lock up. Hell even Jimmy Kimmel called them out on some of there shit and they still think that it is OK to ignore the people. One day the peoples voice will be louder than theirs and we will when this war.
“fleetwoods come softly to me”
good mafia 2 song to rally around
Hemp is typically less than. 03% THC while the prescription drug Marinol is 100% THC (oh, ok, synthetic…a Rose by any other name…) – I’m sorry, what “message?”
.03%, not. 03%
Stupid phone.
morals morals morals thats all u ever hear from the justice department.
It needs to change ignorant retards are at the helm and do not care for the people all they see is $ signs…
Trying to obtain legitimate, reliable data on real-life usage of cannabis is like trying to get a cat to scratch your back.
you were offered a difrent voice. alls you had to do was vote for him. it is not to late.
Dr.Ron Paul 2012
Natural Plants.
People, this has NOTHING to do with safety. We need to start arguing against the real reasons that Marijuana is illegal and that is government control and money. Marijuana was made illegal as it was poised to replace paper and cotton. Now it threatens big oil, big pharma, big tobacco, big alcohol, and a LOT of the agricultural industry. Hemp is one of the most naturally occurring substances in the world, it will have a LOT of enemies.
On top of all of this, Nixon KNEW marijuana was safe yet still fought MJ because of the anti-war sentiment. Marijuana makes people think and it makes people peaceful, two things the government does NOT want.
Wisen up, start fighting the real problem, corrupt government.
The only people he’s protecting is those who profit from keeping it illegal!!!
@David C – Please don’t give the morons any more ideas!!!
This is not ignorance it is corruption plain and simple. He knows hemp doesn’t get you high and he doesn’t care that people are getting high he cares about money and protecting interests.
Growing hemp will take away from the petroleum industry. The people who run the petroleum industry are running this world. Face the facts. If we want anything to ever change, there needs to be a revolution. That is it.
Tomorrow, may 3 is “national reason day.” Maybe our elected folk will come to reason, even if it is through pray.
http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/whatsinit.htm
What’s In Cigarette Smoke?
Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins. These include nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT.
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Most of the chemicals inhaled in cigarette smoke stay in the lungs. The more you inhale, the better it feels—and the greater the damage to your lungs.
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Lowell Kleinman, M.D., and Deborah Messina-Kleinman, M.P.H.
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Cigarette flavors have gone through many changes since cigarettes were first made. Initially, cigarettes were unfiltered, allowing the full “flavor” of the tar to come through. As the public became concerned about the health effects of smoking, filters were added. While this helped alleviate the public’s fears, the result was a cigarette that tasted too bitter.
Filters Don’t Work
Filters do not remove enough tar to make cigarettes less dangerous. They are just a marketing ploy to trick you into thinking you are smoking a safer cigarette.
The complete list of chemicals added to your cigarettes is too long to list here. Here are some examples that will surprise you:
Fungicides and pesticides — Cause many types of cancers and birth defects.
Cadmium — Linked to lung and prostate cancer.
Benzene — Linked to leukemia.
Formaldehyde — Linked to lung cancer.
Nickel — Causes increased susceptibility to lung infections.
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There are more than 4,000 ingredients in a cigarette other than tobacco. Common additives include yeast, wine, caffeine, beeswax and chocolate. Here are some other ingredients:
Ammonia: Household cleaner
Angelica root extract: Known to cause cancer in animals
ARSENIC: Used in rat poisons
BENZENE: Used in making dyes, synthetic rubber
Butane: Gas; used in lighter fluid
CARBON MONOXIDE: Poisonous gas
CADMIUM: Used in batteries
CYANIDE: Deadly poison
DDT: A banned insecticide
Ethyl Furoate: Causes liver damage in animals
LEAD: Poisonous in high doses
FORMALDEHYDE: Used to preserve dead specimens
Methoprene: Insecticide
Megastigmatrienone: Chemical naturally found in grapefruit juice
Maltitol: Sweetener for diabetics
Napthalene: Ingredient in mothballs
METHYL ISOCYANATE: Its accidental release killed 2000 people in Bhopal, India in 1984
POLONIUM (lead-210): Cancer-causing radioactive element
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These aren’t things that are found naturally in small quantities in the tobacco plant. These are ADDITIVES, as in, tobacco companies have been concocting this lethal recipe intentionally, what can only be called poison.
Then forget cigarettes, which may be an extreme example, Carmex and Chapstick lip balms add phenol, a volatile aromatic compound. Phenol strongly breaks down or destroys DNA, on the upper layer of skin cells on the lips, so the skin cells die and slough off. This leads to people getting hooked on lip balm in order to keep killing the top layer of skin on their lips for that soft supple feeling. Phenol is carcinogenic in large amounts.
Then think that even if 0.03% THC is found in various cultivars of industrial hemp…it is certainly not nearly enough to get high, even 3.0% or 30% THC cannot kill because THC’s lethal dose (LD) is so astronomically large, it is essentially impossible to overdose on THC.
It is one thing to point out that there are miniscule quantities of THC in industrial hemp, but to say that’s justification enough to make hemp farming illegal in the US, simply because it’s a “controlled substance” in schedule 1, is breathtakingly stupid. The amount of cannabis that would have to be smoked to kill a person (considered physically impossible) is about 20,000 joints smoked in a period of 10-15 minutes, and so physically impossible.
Cannabis is only a controlled substance because of Nixon and his attorney general, John Mitchell. These two(!) people created the Controlled Substances Act and its scheduling system of controlled substances, a system that has nothing to do with safety, and they put cannabis in schedule 1, the worst of all categories, to ensure draconian penalties (for-profit imprisonment) not out of any desire to improve public safety or welfare. The scheduling system is misleading and nonsensical. “schedule 1” could just as well be called “it won’t kill you but if you’re caught with it, we (federal free-riders) might do so (after we kick down the door, shoot anyone in the line of sight and then steal all your stuff and imprison you)”
Nixon’s 15 member panel, of which he hand-picked 8 members, to study cannabis advised him that it should not even be illegal or a controlled substance in his new scheme. Nixon should never have allowed to decide for everyone else, in a facade (a giant lie) of “concern” and “public safety.” Which has degenerated into generalizations of “good” or “bad,” “safe vs. unsafe” after generations of ‘reefer madness,’ misinformation, and lies.
What is even more breathtakingly stupid is how bureaucratic half-wits and liars can continue to make these stupid unfounded claims, without being fully and publicly ridiculed for making claims that are simply bold-faced lies–even while in positions of trust and obligation to the citizenry. What qualifications are necessary for the job? Apparently, it’s just a willingness to hold a straight face and parrot the same lies to the American people, over and over.
Where in the Constitution does it explicitly allow for an appointed, not elected, dictator called a “drug czar” who has arbitrary power over matters that affect every single American? Look at Wm. Bennett, an obese and self-righteous sloth who blew millions on an addiction to video poker. Then he was a talking head on CNN as if he’s an expert on anything. In order to be drug czar, one only needs to be unscrupulous enough to lie publicly, this is actually a part of the job description. Drug czars don’t go on to bigger and better things, they’ve usually passed the highest possible point of their career and have nothing to lose.
If what the allknowing drug czar says were correct then by default not only is hemp an extremely volatile and dangerous substance, but by definition anything produced by hemp wuold be considered just as dangerous. If you are going to villify the substance due to minute amounts of thc then all things containing it are potential jail sentences waiting to happen. Lets get real and call This what it is, blatant corruption in government. The more facts that come out refuting the dangers of marijuana and hemp, the more the administration closes its eyes to facts and cries out in favor of special interest groups whom line their pockets.
When the political candidates begin knocking on doors seeking support, ask them one question:
Will your candidate support marijuana use?
If the answer is “No”, then shut the door in their face.
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion – when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you – when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – you may know that your society is doomed.
Ayn Rand
We need to have a million human marijuana march in D.C. a.s.a.p.
Marijuana is here.
Hemp needs to be.
@ “V”,
i admire your putting your principles before personal gain. i left a factory job 20 yrs ago making 13 bucks an hr and started packing hod for 6 bucks. i chose a hard life in the masonry business but i did not and still do not piss in bottles for pc maggots..
It is unfortunate that the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy doesn’t even know the difference between hemp and marijuana. It has been a long fight to industrialize hemp in the United States through state and federal legislation. It is clear that government agencies do not have a clue about the differences between hemp and marijuana and they continue to use the same old tired, unsound arguments that link hemp to marijuana, all in the name of America’s oh so fantastic War on Drugs. Industrial hemp farming needs to be taken out of the control of the Drug Enforcement Administration and into the hands of state governments. The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2011 could pave the way for the industrialization of hemp in the U.S. if it doesn’t die in committee like the bill did in the past three congressional sessions.
Hey Gil- a quick background lesson for you. Hemp and marijuana are not “part of the same species of cannabis plant”. Hemp and marijuana are different varieties of the same plant species Cannabis sativa L. that are classified as a Schedule I narcotic under the Controlled Substance Act regardless of THC content. Now hemp contains only 0.3-1% THC while marijuana contains anywhere from 3-15% percent THC. Hemp cannot render a psychoactive dose equivalent to that of marijuana and in fact contains cannabidiol (CBD) that has been shown to block the effect of THC in the nervous system. Plus, most policies that regulate industrial hemp production in other nations require a near zero THC content. Industrial hemp production can be regulated effectively in the United States because over 30 other industrialized nations currently grow industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity. The U.S. is the only industrialized nation that does not recognize the value of industrial hemp and permit its production.
And if you truly are “looking for innovative ways to support farmers across the country while balancing the need to protect public health and safety,” these methods already exist with industrial hemp cultivation. Hemp has the ability to support farmers who currently only grow tobacco, a cash crop that is now in decline. Hemp is an extremely versatile crop that according to a 2005 report conducted by the Stockholm Environment Institute on the “Ecological Footprint and Water Analysis of Cotton, Hemp and Polyester” determined that hemp has the lowest Ecological Footprint of the three textiles with over twice the yield per hectare in fiber compared to cotton. Public health and safety could be greatly improved if hemp were to be produced at a broad scale instead of cotton and polyester, especially since polyester is a synthetic made from petrochemicals. Industrial hemp production would not increase covert marijuana operations because growing methods for industrial hemp would not allow for maximization of high-THC marijuana. Industrial hemp is grown close together to maximize for stalk while marijuana is grown at least 4-feet apart to maximize for buds and leaves. Trying to hide marijuana plants in hemp fields would force cross-pollination, which would decrease THC levels in marijuana because of a high CBD to THC ratio. Not to mention that if hemp were industrialized in the U.S., effective policies would be in place to regulate its production. Farmers would be required to obtain annual government permits to grow industrial hemp, farmers cannot have had a drug offense in the past 10 years and need to have a criminal background check, federal agronomists and police will check fields and test plants to make sure that no narcotic plants are grown along with industrial hemp, the area to be planted is registered in advance, and farmers need to use hemp seed from certified low-THC varieties.
So if these “innovative solutions” already exist, why is the U.S. still refusing to allow industrial hemp farming? The arguments linking hemp to marijuana are ridiculous and illogical, and honestly are getting a little too repetitive. At the end of the day, it’s always about money. And the U.S. political system and decision-making processes have continued to express the interests of industry and corporate economics. By shutting down industrial hemp farming, the U.S. is protecting its corn, soy, and cotton industries as well as the big wigs of agribusiness. But, the U.S. can no longer afford to ignore the benefits of hemp for it has the ability to improve the environment, farmer’s livelihoods, and the national economy. And if economics are the driving force, the U.S. is already falling behind in the world market for industrial hemp, which will only continue to grow with time.
Cops want marijuana illegal because of forfeiture laws plain and simple. Bust someone with pot you get to take all of their stuff and fund your police operations / DEA operations without having to go through congress. I can’t think of how it could be any more corrupt. Oh wait, yes I can… privatize prisons.. now you have the whole criminal side of things a money making industry..
You know.. the pesticides used on corn alone would kill a person so never mind the whole ‘public safety’ thing. Ask some honey bees how they feel about life right now as they all die from pesticides.. our food is less healthy than marijuana/thc.. why are these people ruling us?? Guns nothing.. why.. why aren’t we free??
“Federal law prohibits human consumption, distribution, and possession of Schedule I controlled substances”…but it is ok for a woman to rip an unborn baby from her body. This country is so f’ed up.
Weed… dangerous to buy. Alcohol… dangerous to consume.
OK folks its time to make a stand.
The only thing that can get things done is money and votes. Most of us have voting rights, some have money. Email this message to your elected officials and stand firm. Also send to like minded friends and family:
To the President, Members of the US Congress, State and local elected officials:
Criminal marijuana prohibition is a failure. Over 20 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana offenses since 1965 with over 800,000 arrests in 2010. The problem is getting worse – not because of the benign plant, but because of the obsolete laws. The time has come to amend criminal prohibition and replace it with a system of legalization, taxation, regulation, and education.
I can no longer vote for elected officials that support the the current laws. I have decided not to vote for any politician that does not publicly support the removal of all penalties for the private possession and responsible use of marijuana by adults, including cultivation for personal use, and casual nonprofit transfers of small amounts.
Signed
Voting Citizen
& Member of the Movement
It’s frankly laughable that they can invent so many bullshit excuses to avoid legalizing hemp.