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<DIV><SPAN class=625384620-21022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Legalizing hemp (and Papaver somniferum garden poppies) would, I'm
afraid, limit some of the government's power to confiscate your land and do
other nasty things to you WITHOUT due process. See Michael Pollan's
article related to this in 'Opium Made Easy-- One gardener's encounter with
the war on drugs' Harper's, April 1997. The U.S. government likes to have some
things like this that it can call on in order to arrest you and then not allow
you that one phone call to your attorney. Only in the U.S. is such a thing
possible. Oh, just so you know, having Opium poppy seeds is legal. It is also
legal to grow Opium poppies for garden use as long as you don't know you are
growing poppies for garden use. That is clearly stated in Section 841 of the
Federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Go figure. Oh, by the way, I have a
really nice fluffy pink O. somniferum variety if anybody wants some.... seeds
that is.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=625384620-21022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Robert
Dickow, troublemaker</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Megan Prusynski<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 21, 2007
12:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020]
Industrial Hemp Legalization?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Hello visionaries,<BR>
<DIV>I recently came across a post called "Industrial Hemp on the Horizon" on
the GreenOptions.com blog (on which I write a weekly column on sustainable art
and design). I thought it may interest others in Moscow. As a long-time
supporter of the legalization of industrial hemp and a veteran of many Hemp
Fests (in Moscow of course, as well as the big one in Seattle), I was very
excited to hear that a bill is before Congress to re-legalize growing
industrial hemp in our country. Here is an excerpt from the post: </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#000000><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px">"The United States is
the </SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.votehemp.com/PR/2-6-04_9thCir_grants.html"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#000000><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px">only industrialized
nation</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#000000><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px">
that bans farmers from growing industrial, non-psychoactive hemp, but a group
of lawmakers in Washington are trying to change that.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#000000><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px"><BR
class=khtml-block-placeholder></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#000000><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px">Last week, House
Representative Ron Paul, a Republican from Texas who is also running for
president in 2008, was joined by 9 Democratic co-sponsors in </SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1171468412478.xml&catref=ag1001"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#000000><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px">introducing House
Resolution 1009</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class=Apple-style-span
color=#000000><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px">, the Industrial Hemp
Farming Act of 2007. The </SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.votehemp.com/PR/02-13-07_federal_bill.html"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#000000><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px">bill
would</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#000000><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px">
"remove restrictions on the cultivation of non-psychoactive industrial
hemp."</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#000000><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px"><BR
class=khtml-block-placeholder></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#000000><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px">And you can read the
entire article here: </SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
color=#000000><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.329412) 1px -1px"><A
href="http://www.greenoptions.com/blog/2007/02/20/industrial_hemp_on_the_horizon">http://www.greenoptions.com/blog/2007/02/20/industrial_hemp_on_the_horizon</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">It's about time that we re-legalized this very
versatile, useful, and environmentally-friendly plant, which needs no
pesticides to grow, provides a complete source of protein (hemp seeds), and
can be used to make anything from paper to cloth to plywood to
bio-fuel. </DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Also, Moscow's 2007 Hemp Fest is scheduled for
Saturday, April 21. I will be on the planning committee again this year, and
once again designing the t-shirts and posters (hopefully we have more t-shirts
this year so they won't sell out quite so fast!) - there are some great bands
lined up and it should be another great event! Arlene at Tye Dye Everything is
heading up the planning, so if you're interested in volunteering or need any
more information, I encourage you to get in touch with her.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Just thought we could use some good news around
here... :)</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">peace!</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">~megan</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>