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H.R. 1009, The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007 (9 comments ↓)
H.R. 1009 would amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana.
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shawn
Legalize hemp!
Paul J. von Hartmann
Cannabis "hemp" is a critically determinate natural resource, without which it may not be possible for our species to achieve sustainable existence within a functional Natural Order. Potentially the most abundant, globally-distributed agricultural crop, hemp was identified in Executive Order 12919 as a "strategic food resource," available by "essential civilian demand." Because Cannabis produces large quantities of monterpenes, which have been shown to slow global warming, the "self-evident, god-given, natural right" to grow hemp is beyond the rightful jurisdiction of any court.
Rand Clifford
Cannabis hemp is our greatest natural resource. The most valuable crop, the most useful plant...how anyone could say NO to the benefits of cannabis hemp...BOOO!
Paul Curtis
Hemp is good for fiber, cordage, clothing, land restoration, an alternative to clearcutting forests, and for the restoration of economically depressed rural areas including those needing alternatives to tobacco production. You can't go wrong with hemp... For Victory!
Mary Ann
When I see people voting to not allow farmers to grow hemp, I really wonder who they are. It's almost like saying farmers can't grow wheat---although hemp is a superior crop to wheat and everything else. Hemp seed is the finest food of all.
Kathleen Ann
As an analogy, outlawing growing industrial hemp because it is a member of the cannibus family is rather like trying to outlaw potatoes because they are a member of the deadly nightshade family. It's utterly inane.
Malcolm
Yes Hemp for Victory! The reason people vote against hemp is because they are not educated in the wonderful benefits of it. It is assumed that hemp and marijuana are the same thing, when actually they are very different. Vote for HR 1009!
Doug
"Hemp is of first necessity....to the wealth and protection of the country." Thomas Jefferson (1791)
"Make the most of the hemp seed and sow it everywhere." George Washington (1794)
We need this important crop back in American farms so Americans can once again use it's resources, as was done for hundreds of years. Understanding hemp's enormous potential impact on many key industries very much supports the claim that the threat hemp posed back in the 1930s to special interests of natural resource companies (petroleum, plastics, timber and paper industries) accounts for its original ban.
This isn't about drugs...it's about creating products (again) in a sustainable method.
Lew Reed
Perfect comment, Doug. The essential truths. Truth in America has become so...politicized it's all mud. Follow the plight of this clear and thoughtful bill (HR 1009) to see just how muddied the truth can be.