Guest guest Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Many thanks for sharing this information. Hemp is not only the most versatile fibre but also a very important medicinal plant, far superior to many pharmaceutical drugs. Health freedom has been violated long ago, staring with the witch hunt against midwives and wise women and men who knew about the healing properties of plants. The Codex alimentarius agenda is just the consequence of the ruthless drive for complete control. The German author Mathias Broeckers wrote a book about the conspiracy to eliminate hemp growing. His book became a huge besteller, followed by one on conspiracy theories and 9/11. 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Offered by Boekhandel Blokken. www.antiqbook.nl/boox/blok/8878.shtml On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 10:31 AM, <bestsurprise2002 wrote: > > The Real Reason Hemp is Illegal > > _ > http://www.venusproject.com/ethics_in_action/Real_Reason_Hemp_Illegal.html_ > ( > http://www.venusproject.com/ethics_in_action/Real_Reason_Hemp_Illegal.html) > > > We Could Put All Our Farmers Back To Work Tomorrow > The Marijuana Trick - The Real Reason Hemp is Illegal > - Tuesday, November 01, 2005 > Where did the word 'marijuana' come from? In the mid 1930s, the M-word was > created to tarnish the good image and phenomenal history of the hemp > plant...as you will read. The facts cited here, with references, are > generally > verifiable in the Encyclopedia Britannica, which was printed on hemp paper > for 150 > years: > * 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 1900s; LA Times, August 12, 1981. > * REFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th, 18th and 19th > 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 hemp; 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 8000 years in Persia. > Hemp industrialization began 5000 years ago in Central Asia and North > Africa, > in ancient Persia, China and Egypt. > * Rembrandts, Gainsborough's, Van Gogh's 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!' > Certified proof from the Library of Congress; found by the research of Jack > > Herer, refuting claims of other government agencies that the 1942 USDA film > > 'Hemp for Victory' did not exist. > Hemp cultivation and production do not harm the environment. The USDA > Bulletin #404 concluded that hemp produces 4 times as much pulp as wood > with at > least 4 to 7 times less pollution. > From Popular Mechanics, Feb. 1938: > 'It has a short growing season...It can be grown in any state...The long > roots penetrate and break the soil to leave it in perfect condition for the > next > year's crop. The dense shock of leaves, 8 to 12 feet above the ground, > chokes out weeds....hemp, this new crop can add immeasurably to American > agriculture and industry.' > In the 1930s, innovations in farm machinery would have caused an industrial > > revolution when applied to hemp. This single resource could have created > millions of new jobs generating thousands of quality products. Hemp, if not > made > illegal, would have brought America out of the Great Depression. > William Randolph Hearst (Citizen Kane) and the Hearst Paper Manufacturing > Division of Kimberly Clark owned vast acreage of timberlands. The Hearst > Company supplied most paper products. Patty Hearst's grandfather, a > destroyer of > nature for his own personal profit, stood to lose billions because of hemp. > > In 1937, Dupont patented the processes to make plastics from oil and coal. > Dupont's Annual Report urged stockholders to invest in its new > petrochemical > division. Synthetics such as plastics, cellophane, celluloid, methanol, > nylon, > rayon, Dacron, etc., could now be made from oil. Natural hemp > industrialization would have ruined over 80% of Dupont's business. > Andrew Mellon became Hoover's Secretary of the Treasury and Dupont's > primary > investor. He appointed his future nephew-in-law, Harry J. Anslinger, to > head > the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. > Secret meetings were held by these financial tycoons. Hemp was declared > dangerous and a threat to their billion dollar enterprises. For their > dynasties > to remain intact, hemp had to go. These men took an obscure Mexican slang > word: 'marihuana' and pushed it into the consciousness of America. > - Only Thing New Is History We Do not Know - > Hemp, or cannabis, or marijuana was outlawed in 1937 because it threatened > the nation-less corporate interests of - William Randolph Hearst & shy; and > - > DuPont. They had to get rid of the competition. - Hearst's yellow > journalism > newspaper chain wrote scathing stories about " marijuana " - a word he made > up - > because he knew no one would believe them about hemp, which George > Washington himself grew hemp. > The decorticator, a state of the art hemp harvester, led Popular Mechanics > to call hemp the New Billion Dollar Crop. - - Because of printing and > bindery > lead time required for publication, this February 1938 article was actually > > prepared in the spring of 1937, when cannabis hemp was still legal to grow > and > was an incredibly fast-growing industry. - - Newsprint could now be > produced > far more cheaply than any other method, and one acre of hemp could produce > as much newsprint as four acres of forest trees. - Hearst owned vast timber > > acreage and competition from the hemp industry might have driven his paper > manufacturing out of business. He stood to lose millions of dollars. > DuPont stood to lose on two fronts. DuPont owned the patent for converting > wood pulp into newsprint and supplied Hearst with the necessary chemicals. > Secondly, in the 1930s DuPont was gearing up to introduce nylon and other > man-made fibers, along with synthetic petrochemical oils, which they hoped > would > replace hemp see oil used in paints and other products. The decorticator > meant > that hemp fibers could be manufactured as fine as any man-made fibers. > DuPont > would lose untold millions of invested dollars, plus an estimated 80 > percent > of all future business, unless hemp was outlawed. > DuPont's financial backer was Mellon Bank, owned and chaired by Andrew > Mellon. - - Andrew Mellon at the time was also Secretary of Treasury > Department, > which was in charge of drug taxes - -, i.e., prohibition - -. Harry > Anslinger, > commissioners of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which answered to the > Treasury Department, was married to Andrew Mellon's niece. Thus they had > the > power and the means. - Anslinger's lies about hemp were repeated endlessly > in > Hearst's newspapers. Stories about marijuana, the killer weed from Mexico, > instilled fear and completely misled the public that the weed was, in fact, > just > good old hemp. > Cannabis hemp was not prohibited because it was dangerous. Indeed, for > thousands of years it was the world's largest agricultural crop used in > thousands > of products and enterprises, producing the majority of fiber, fabric, > lighting oil, paper, incense, medicine and food. - No, cannabis hemp was > prohibited > to protect the Hearst and DuPont corporations from devastating competition, > > as well as appealing to the overt racism stirred up by Hearst's yellow > journalism. > MEDIA MANIPULATION > A media blitz of 'yellow journalism' raged in the late 1920s and 1930s. > Hearst's newspapers ran stories emphasizing the horrors of marihuana. The > menace > of marihuana made headlines. Readers learned that it was responsible for > everything from car accidents to loose morality. Films like 'Reefer > Madness' > (1936), 'Marihuana: Assassin of Youth' (1935) and 'Marihuana: The Devil's > Weed' > (1936) were propaganda designed by these industrialists to create an enemy. > > Their purpose was to gain public support so that anti-marihuana laws could > be > passed. > Examine the following quotes from 'The Burning Question' AKA REEFER > MADNESS: > > * A violent narcotic. > * Acts of shocking violence. > * Incurable insanity. > * Soul-destroying effects. > * Under the influence of the drug he killed his entire family with an > axe. > * More vicious, more deadly even than these soul-destroying drugs > (heroin, cocaine) is the menace of marihuana! > > Reefer Madness did not end with the usual 'the end.' The film concluded > with > these words plastered on the screen: TELL YOUR CHILDREN. > In the 1930s, people were very naive; even to the point of ignorance. The > masses were like sheep waiting to be led by the few in power. They did not > challenge authority. If the news was in print or on the radio, they > believed it > had to be true. They told their children and their children grew up to be > the > parents of the baby-boomers. > On April 14, 1937, the Prohibitive Marihuana Tax Law or the bill that > outlawed hemp was directly brought to the House Ways and Means Committee. > This > committee is the only one that can introduce a bill to the House floor > without it > being debated by other committees. The Chairman of the Ways and Means, > Robert Doughton, was a Dupont supporter. He insured that the bill would > pass > Congress. > Dr. James Woodward, a physician and attorney, testified too late on behalf > of the American Medical Association. He told the committee that the reason > the > AMA had not denounced the Marihuana Tax Law sooner was that the Association > > had just discovered that marihuana was/is hemp. > Few people, at the time, realized that the deadly menace they had been > reading about on Hearst's front pages was in fact passive hemp. The AMA > understood > hemp to be a MEDICINE found in numerous healing products sold over the last > > hundred years. > In September of 1937, hemp became illegal. The most useful crop known > became > a drug and our planet has been suffering ever since. > Congress banned hemp because it was said to be the most violence-causing > drug known. Anslinger, head of the Drug Commission for 31 years, promoted > the > idea that marihuana made users act extremely violent. In the 1950s, under > the > Communist threat of McCarthyism, Anslinger now said the exact opposite. > Marijuana will pacify you so much that soldiers would not want to fight. > Today, our planet is in desperate trouble. Earth is suffocating as large > tracts of rain forests disappear. Pollution, poisons and chemicals are > killing > people. These great problems could be reversed if we industrialized hemp. > Natural biomass could provide all of the planet's energy needs that are > currently > supplied by fossil fuels. We have consumed 80% of our oil and gas reserves. > > We need a renewable resource. Hemp could be the solution to soaring gas > prices. > THE WONDER PLANT > Hemp has a higher quality fiber than wood fiber. Far fewer caustic > chemicals > are required to make paper from hemp than from trees. Hemp paper does not > turn yellow and is very durable. The plant grows quickly to maturity in a > season where trees take a lifetime. > ALL PLASTIC PRODUCTS SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP SEED OIL. Hempen plastics are > > biodegradable! Over time, they would break down and not harm the > environment. > Oil-based plastics, the ones we are very familiar with, help ruin nature; > they do not break down and will do great harm in the future. The process to > > produce the vast array of natural (hempen) plastics will not ruin the > rivers as > Dupont and other petrochemical companies have done. Ecology does not fit in > > with the plans of the Oil Industry and the political machine. Hemp products > > are safe and natural. > MEDICINES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. We should go back to the days when the > AMA supported hemp cures. 'Medical Marijuana' is given out legally to only > a > handful of people while the rest of us are forced into a system that relies > on > chemicals. Hemp is only healthy for the human body. > WORLD HUNGER COULD END. A large variety of food products can be generated > from hemp. The seeds contain one of the highest sources of protein in > nature. > ALSO: They have two essential fatty acids that clean your body of > cholesterol. > These essential fatty acids are not found anywhere else in nature! > Consuming > hemp seeds is the best thing you could do for your body. Eat uncooked hemp > seeds. > CLOTHES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. Hemp clothing is extremely strong and > durable over time. You could hand clothing, made from hemp, down to your > grandchildren. Today, there are American companies that make hemp clothing; > usually > 50% hemp. Hemp fabrics should be everywhere. Instead, they are almost > underground. Superior hemp products are not allowed to advertise on fascist > > television. Kentucky, once the top hemp producing state, made it ILLEGAL TO > WEAR hemp > clothing! Can you imagine being thrown into jail for wearing quality jeans? > > The world is crazy...but that does not mean you have to join the insanity. > Get together. Spread the news. Tell people, and that includes your > children, > the truth. Use hemp products. Eliminate the word 'marijuana.' Realize the > history that created it. Make it politically incorrect to say or print the > M-word. Fight against the propaganda (designed to favor the agenda of the > super > rich) and their bullshit. We must begin utilizing hemp now! Time is running > out! > We need a clean energy source to save our lives and planet Earth. WE MUST > INDUSTRIALIZE HEMP! > The liquor, tobacco and oil companies fund more than a million dollars a > day > to Partnership for a Drug-Free America and other similar agencies. We have > all seen their commercials. Now, their motto is: 'It's more dangerous than > we > thought.' Lies from the powerful Nation-Less Corporations, that began with > Hearst, are still alive and well today. > The brainwashing continues. Now, the commercials say: If you buy a joint, > you contribute to murders and gang wars. The latest - anti-Hemp - > commercials > say: If you buy a joint...you are promoting TERRORISM! The new enemy, > (terrorism) has paved the road to brainwash you any way THEY see fit. The > untold > truth is that fossil fuels consumption is the direct link and help for > maintaining, spreading and protecting TERRORISM, all over the world! Think > about this > next time pumping GAS into your SUVs at the pump! > There is only one enemy; the friendly people you pay your taxes to; the > war-makers and nature destroyers. With your funding, they are killing the > world > right in front of your eyes. OVER A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY > TOBACCO CONSUMPTION. AND HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY > ALCOHOL > CONSUMPTION. > Ingesting THC, hemp's active agent, has a positive effect; relieving asthma > > and glaucoma. A joint tends to alleviate the nausea caused by chemotherapy. > > You are able to eat on hemp. This is a healthy state of being. > There is physical evidence that hemp plant is not like any other plant on > Earth. Hemp is the ONLY plant where the males appear one way and the > females > appear very different, physically! No one ever speaks of males and females > in > regard to the plant kingdom because plants do not show their sexes; except > for > hemp. To determine what sex a certain, normal, Earthly plant is, you have > to > look internally, at its DNA. A male blade of grass (physically) looks > exactly like a female blade of grass. The hemp plant has an intense > sexuality. > HEMP IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE GREEDY STUPID CRIMINAL BILLIONAIRES WANT TO REMAIN > BILLIONAIRES AT ALL COSTS, TO HUMANITY AND EVEN THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE > > ALL LIVE! > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * > * * * * > * * > * > - - Evil Will Only Triumph When Good People Do Nothing To Stop It - - > What We, The People Can Do? > > - Bahram Maskanian > Actually we can do plenty. Tiny inexpensive modifications in our > self-destructive behaviors and taking small actions could potentially > protect and save > our one and only home, Planet Earth and us, the humankind whose survival is > > completely depends upon the health and well being of the host, Planet > Earth. > To begin with we should review and follow the simple and easy seven (7) > step > guidelines stated below. We need to learn the two key word definitions also > > mentioned below. We must learn and understand that only we, the people, > have > the power to make things better. We need to learn how to obtain control, > and > exercise our power locally, collectively and responsibly, inspired by the > superior wisdom of common sense and based on ethical standards. > 1 - A simple low-cost action we all can take right away is to spend a few > dollars and buy a couple of canvas shopping bags and take our own canvas > bags > with us when we go to the market shopping, thus stop accepting plastic > bags. > 2 - A simple and money saving action we all can take right away is to stop > buying any disposable products and products made out of plastic. We must > truly > and seriously recycle and reuse, remember our one and only home, Planet > Earth, is not disposable. > 3 - A simple, money saving and environmentally safe action we all can take > right away is to put a minimum deposit requirement of at least $0.25, cents > > for all plastic, glass and aluminum containers, from detergent and > vegetable > oil, to water and wine bottles. > 4 - A simple, money saving and environmentally safe action we all can take > right away is to buy a portable thermos. A 25 oz stainless steel vacuum > flask > double insulated tumbler costs between 7 to 6 dollars. Cool to touch > exterior > while holding our hot liquids such as coffee, tea or soup inside. We should > > also get a ceramic mug for drinking water / tea / coffee and having our > soup > at work. Obviously keeping a stainless steel knife, spoon and a fork for > use > at work is also a must. > 5 - A simple and unifying action we all can take right away is to talk to > our friends, family and neighbors to form our own community's action > committee. > We then must either force our local, city, state and federal politicians to > > legalize hemp cultivation or throw them out of office and replace them with > > intelligent and responsible politicians to begin correcting the grave and > stupid mistakes of the past. > 6 - A simple, money saving, healthy and environmentally safe action we all > can take right away is to buy a cookbook, or simply search the Internet > where > we can find thousands of recipes. We should especially buy organic seasonal > > fresh fruits and vegetables, naturally raised and produced dairy, meet and > eggs to ensure a healthy and happy disease and drug free life. We must > learn the > joy of cooking. We should cook as much as possible to avoid consuming the > unhealthy, cancer causing, full of chemical preservatives and chemical > coloring > and artificial addictive chemical taste crap of the restaurants foods / > deliveries. > 7 - A simple, money saving, healthy and environmentally safe action we all > can take right away is to buy a dozen soft cotton handkerchiefs for wiping > the > nose and mouth. We should also buy a dozen cotton wiping cloth (dish > towels) > especially for use in the kitchen, bathroom and generally around the house. > > Definition Of Boycott: > Boycott, is an inherent right of the consuming public to come together in > unity abstaining from using, buying, and or dealing with merchants of greed > and > perpetrators of destructive environmental, economic and political practices > > currently plaguing the humanity. > Boycott, is an instrument of gaining political grounds and objectives. > Boycott, is an expression of non-violent and constructive means of protest > to > peacefully correct and replace the destructive environmental, economic and > political practices with wide-range of all encompassing prospers policies > and > procedures. > Definition of Politics: > Politics is the art and science of managing or governing one's entire > social > and economic affairs interactively in conjunction with the rest of the > community, especially the collective governing of a political entity, such > as a > nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external > relationships. Politics is the activity and interaction engaged in by any > given > society's citizens, to build community and establish communal services for > all. > Politics is the maneuvering methods and tactics involved in managing any > given > society or state government. A politician is an individual, holding an > intriguing and rewarding career of public service that honorably discharges > hers > or his duties in an ethical and caring manner. > All politics are local. We, the people, must at all times think globally > but > act locally. We should never forget that Reform always begins with oneself. > > The spirit and inspiration of reform can only be radiated, advanced and > spread by, and through those who have already reformed themselves. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * > In The Absence of Sustainable > And Environmentally Safe Hemp Production > - Plastic Particles Are Choking Earth's Oceans - > > Plastic is creating an - Ocean Commotion - For years, the problem of > plastics in the sea has been of plastics we could see. Six-pack rings > strangled > wildlife, old nets snared birds and other creatures, small bits and pieces > clogged harbors, and garbage ruined our days at the beach. Scientists are > more > concerned about what is happening to these oceans of plastic. They say it's > > breaking down into microscopic fragments that are drowning the sea. > For all practical purposes plastics are permanent. Because these synthetic > materials do not occur in nature, nature never evolved a process to > biodegrade > them into harmless compounds. Plastic particles don't disappear. Instead, > they simply break apart under the influence of sunlight, water, and > abrasion > into smaller and smaller pieces. That piece of old Styrofoam that looks > like it > is decomposing isn't at all. It's simply falling apart into trillions and > trillions of microscopic bits of Styrofoam. > And therein lies what researchers have now identified as a problem of > unknown dimension: The world's oceans are filling with invisible bits of > plastic. > According to a study conducted at England's University of Plymouth and > published in the May edition of the journal Science, the seven seas are > swimming > with polymer particles. > Scientists examined 20 sites around the British Isles and found microscopic > > bits of plastic contaminating almost every soil sample they obtained. From > apparently clean beach sand to mud in tidal estuaries and sediments on sea > floors some 30 feet beneath the surface, unseen bits of plastic were > lurking > everywhere. > The researchers looked for nine different kinds of plastic that were easy > to > chemically identify in minute amounts, including polyester, acrylic and > nylon. What they found were polymer fibers as small as 20 microns in > length. (- > One micron is equal to 1,000,000th of one meter -). Smaller, fragments > about > 75% smaller than the smallest grains of beach sand. These fibers were > embedded > in sands and soils and even found inside sea plankton. (- Sea Planktons are > > microscopic organisms, including algae and protozoans, that float or drift > in > great numbers in fresh or salt water, especially at or near the surface, > and > serve as food for fish and other larger organisms. -) > The scientists were also able to ascertain that the flood of plastics > filling the seas has been increasing for at least 40 years. Since the > 1960s, > merchant ships have voluntarily trailed garbage can-sized filters behind > them as > they plied the ocean's waters. By comparing the current contents of these > filters to those of archived filters, researchers were able to show that > the > number of invisible plastic pieces has tripled over the course of the last > generation. Further, since the study's methods couldn't measure plastic > fragments > smaller than 20 microns, experts said the results, in all likelihood, > underreported the actual amount of plastics microscopically drifting in > ocean waters. > Currently, scientists aren't sure what all this means for the world and its > > wildlife, human included. The short answer might be nothing, but that's far > > from a certainty. As part of the project, researchers put some of the > fragments in tanks containing tiny crustaceans, barnacles, and lugworms and > found > that they were readily eaten. Whether or not such materials accumulate in > the > food chain to eventually create some type of toxic effect remains to be > seen, > but previous research has shown that larger, one millimeter-sized pieces of > > plastic readily absorb toxins from ocean waters and can poison animals that > > ingest them. > The news that microscopic pieces of plastic are polluting the oceans is > just > part of a recent tide of discomforting news about the environment that > covers 71% of the Earth's surface. According to recent reports from both > the U.S. > Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission, the world's > oceans > are in poor health as a result of human pressures. Water quality is > falling; > coastal development pressures are increasing (some 37 million people have > moved to U.S. shore regions in the last 30 years); populations of whales > and > large fish, like sharks and marlins, have declined by 90%; only 22% of > smaller > fisheries are being harvested sustainably; and invasive species are causing > a > number of negative effects. > To combat this, both organizations have recommended a sweeping series of > regulatory changes in the way the world's oceans are managed, and a > dramatic > increase in funding. For more information about these reports and their > suggested plans for a rescue at sea, visit: > _http://www.pewoceans.org/_ (http://www.pewoceans.org/) > _http://www.oceancommission.gov/documents/prelimreport/welcome.html_ > (http://www.oceancommission.gov/documents/prelimreport/welcome.html) > Asthma Miasma: Have Phthalates Flung Dung At Our Kids' Lungs? Among the > more > eye-opening pieces of evidence that things are out of whack in today's > world > are the latest asthma statistics for kids. Between 1980 and 1994, the > incidence of asthma among pre-school aged children rose 160%, more than > twice the > overall rate. Today, the disease is the leading chronic illness of > childhood. > Some nine million kids have the disease, or nearly one in 13. Together, > they > miss 14 million school days each year and need $3.2 billion of treatment. > What's causing all this asthma has been a bit of mystery. Now scientists > think > they may have a clue. And it's a culprit called phthalates. > Dedicated Non-Toxic Times readers will recall that we've discussed > phthalates in these pages before, and never in a positive light. A group of > industrial > compounds widely used in a variety of common products, there are about 7.6 > billion pounds of phthalates produced throughout the world each year. The > largest use of phthalates is as a plasticizer in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) > and > other soft plastic products. These materials rely on phthalates to keep > them > flexible. Without the addition of phthalate plasticizers, these otherwise > pliant > materials would be fairly stiff and difficult to use for their intended > purposes. Consumer products that contain phthalate plasticizers include > everything from siding and flooring to plastic food wrap and soft plastic > toys. > * * * * * * * * * * > TODAY'S HEMP INDUSTRY > > AUSTRALIA - Tasmania research trials began in 1995. Victoria commercial > production since1998. New South Wales has research. In 2002 Queensland > began > production. > AUSTRIA - has a hemp industry including production of hempseed oil, > medicinals and Hanf magazine. > CANADA - started to license research crops in 1994 on an experimental > basis. > In addition to crops for fibre, one seed crop was experimentally licensed > in > 1995. Many acres were planted in 1997. Licenses for commercial agriculture > saw thousands of acres planted in 1998. 30,000 acres planted in 1999. In > 2000, > due to speculative investing,12,250 acres were sown. In 2001 ninety-two > farmers grew 3,250 acres. A number of Canadian farmers are now growing > organically certified hemp crops. > CHILE - has grown hemp in the recent past for seed oil production. > CHINA - is the largest exporter of hemp paper and textiles. The fabrics are > > of excellent quality. (ma) > DENMARK - planted its first modern hemp trials in 1997. Committed to > utilizing organic methods. > ENGLAND - lifted hemp prohibition in 1993. Animal bedding, paper and > textiles have been developed. A government grant was given to develop new > markets > for natural fibers. 4,000 acres were grown in 1994. Subsidies of $230 Eng. > pounds per acre are given by the govt. for growing. > FINLAND - had a resurgence of hemp in 1995 with several small test plots. A > > seed variety for northern climates was developed: Finola, previously know > by > the breeder code 'FIN-314'. In 2003, Finola was accepted to the EU list of > subsidized hemp cultivars. (hamppu) > FRANCE - harvested 10,000 tons in 1994. France is the main source of > low-thc > producing hempseed. (chanvre) > GERMANY - only banned hemp in 1982, but research began in 1992 and many > technologies and products are being developed. Clothes and paper are being > made > from imported raw materials. Germany lifted the ban on growing hemp > November, > 1995. Mercedes and BMW use hemp fiber for composites. (hanf) > HUNGARY - is rebuilding their hemp industry, and is one of the biggest > exporters of hemp cordage, rugs and hemp fabric to the U.S. They also > export hemp > seed and hemp paper. Fiberboard is also made. (kender) > INDIA - has large stands of naturalized Cannabis and uses it for cordage, > textiles, and seed oil. > JAPAN - has a religious tradition requiring the Emperor wear hemp garments, > > so there is a small plot maintained for the imperial family only. They have > a > thriving retail market selling a variety of hemp products. (asa) > NETHERLANDS - is conducting a four years study to evaluate and test hemp > for > paper, and is developing processing equipment. Seed breeders are developing > > new strains of low-thc varieties. (hennep) > NEW ZEALAND - started hemp trials in 2001. Various cultivars are being > planted in the North and South. > POLAND - currently grows hemp for fabric and cordage and manufactures hemp > particle board. They have demonstrated the benefits of using hemp to > cleanse > soils contaminated by heavy metals. (konopij) > ROMANIA - was the largest commercial producer of hemp in Europe in the late > > 80's and early 90's. Total acreage in 1993 was 40,000 acres. Some of it is > exported to Hungary for processing. They also export to Western Europe and > the > United States. (cinepa) > RUSSIA - maintains the largest hemp germ plasm collection in the world at > the N.I. Vavilov Scientific Research Institute of Plant Industry (VIR) in > Saint > Petersburg. They are in need of funds. (konoplya) > SLOVENIA - grows hemp and manufactures currency paper. > SPAIN - grows and exports hemp pulp for paper and produces rope and textile > s. (cañamo) > SWITZERLAND - is a producer of hemp and hosts one of the largest hemp > events: Cannatrade. > EGYPT, KOREA, PORTUGAL, THAILAND, and the UKRAINE also produce hemp. > USA - The United States - granted the first hemp permit in over 40 years to > > Hawaii for an experimental quarter acre plot in 1999. The license has been > renewed since. Importers and manufacturers have thrived using imported raw > materials. Twenty-two states in the United States have introduced > legislation. VT, > HI, ND, MT, MN, IL, VA, NM, CA, AR, KY, MD, WV have passed legislation for > support, research, or cultivation. The National Conference of State > Legislators has endorsed industrial hemp production for years. > Get on the - HEMP WAGON - and support the idea by forcing your local, state > > and federal government officials to do the right thing for a change, and > legalize HEMP. > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * > More Facts About Hemp > 1. > Hemp is among the oldest industries on the planet, going back more than > 10,000 years to the beginnings of pottery. The Columbia History of the > World > states that the oldest relic of human industry is a bit of hemp fabric > dating > back to approximately 8,000 BC. > Presidents Washington and Jefferson both grew hemp. Americans were legally > bound to grow hemp during the Colonial Era and Early Republic. The federal > government subsidized hemp during the Second World War and US farmers grew > about > a million acres of hemp as part of that program. > Hemp Seed is far more nutritious than even soybean, contains more essential > > fatty acids than any other source, is second only to soybeans in complete > protein (but is more digestible by humans), is high in B-vitamins, and is > 35% > dietary fiber. Hemp seed is not psychoactive and cannot be used as a drug. > See > TestPledge.com > The bark of the hemp stalk contains bast fibers, which are among the > Earth's > longest natural soft fibers and are also rich in cellulose; the cellulose > and hemi-cellulose in its inner woody core are called hurds. Hemp stalk is > not > psychoactive. Hemp fiber is longer, stronger, more absorbent and more > insulative than cotton fiber. > According to the Department of Energy, hemp as a biomass fuel producer > requires the least specialized growing and processing procedures of all > hemp > products. The hydrocarbons in hemp can be processed into a wide range of > biomass > energy sources, from fuel pellets to liquid fuels and gas. Development of > biofuels could significantly reduce our consumption of fossil fuels and > nuclear > power. > Hemp grows well without herbicides, fungicides, or pesticides. Almost half > of the agricultural chemicals used on US crops are applied to cotton. > Hemp produces more pulp per acre than timber on a sustainable basis, and > can > be used for every quality of paper. Hemp paper manufacturing can reduce > wastewater contamination. Hemp's low lignin content reduces the need for > acids > used in pulping, and it's creamy color lends itself to environmentally > friendly > bleaching instead of harsh chlorine compounds. Less bleaching results in > less dioxin and fewer chemical byproducts. > pHemp fiber paper resists decomposition, and does not yellow with age when > an acid-free process is used. Hemp paper more than 1,500 years old has been > > found. It can also be recycled more times. > Hemp fiberboard produced by Washington State University was found to be > twice as strong as wood-based fiberboard. > Eco-friendly hemp can replace most toxic petrochemical products. Research > is > being done to use hemp in manufacturing biodegradable plastic products: > plant-based cellophane, recycled plastic mixed with hemp for > injection-molded > products, and resins made from the oil, to name just a very few examples. > - _http://www.thehia.org/_ (http://www.thehia.org/) - > _http://www.votehemp.com/_ (http://www.votehemp.com/) > * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * > * * * * > * * > * > > - Marijuana Prohibition - > War On A Miraculous Gift > > - By Stephen Young - June 2, 2006 > If a miracle suddenly appeared, would we try to learn from it or try to > destroy it? > A common plant can relieve pain and muscle spasticity. The plant's > components show promise to inhibit tumor growth and control diabetes. > The plant contains remarkable substances identical to substances which > already flow through human bodies and are thought to regulate critical > functions > from memory to mood. > A close relative of the plant also offers profitable but Environmentally > Friendly alternative fiber and food crops. > Research continues on the plant in the United States, but most studies > focus > on allegedly negative effects. > The plant is cannabis - more commonly known as marijuana -, and the > government does not see it as a miracle. The government denies that > marijuana and > similar plants - like the very useful buy wholly non-intoxicating hemp - > can > ever be good. But that denial took another hit from the facts recently. > Marijuana prohibitionists have long argued that since cannabis smoke > contains more tars than tobacco, it must cause cancer. > A thorough study presented recently at The American Thoracic Society's > annual conference showed that even heavy marijuana smoking did not increase > the > risk for lung cancer. Indeed, in the study by Donald Tashkin of UCLA's > David > Geffen School of Medicine, marijuana smokers showed slightly lower cancer > rates > than non-smokers. > This is not an entirely new finding, as a review of the literature on lung > cancer and marijuana smoke by Dr. Robert Melamede suggested last year. > Tashkin's study results should have been on the front page of every > newspaper in the nation. Why? Because we have been wasting lives and > resources on a > war based on faulty intelligence, only this war has been going on for close > to > 70 years. And because the media has helped to disseminate this faulty > intelligence for an even longer time, it bears the responsibility of > correcting the > record fully. > The initial reasons given for marijuana prohibition included its supposed > propensity to turn users violent. That misconception finally got cleared up > as > the drug became more popular in the 1960s and 1970s despite prohibition. > That > era had its own litany of false stories about cannabis, including the > absurdity that it made teenage boys sprout breasts. More recently we heard > that > marijuana smoking will lead to lung, head and neck cancer. It's a lie that > is > especially damaging considering the reality. > In other places in the world, marijuana is being studied medically, and not > > only for the relief from cancer treatments like chemotherapy. Research > suggests cannabis might actually be an anti-cancer agent, - which would > explain why > Tashkin's study showed marijuana smokers with lower lung cancer rates than > non-smokers. - Italian researchers last week seemed to show anti-cancer > properties in substances found in cannabis. This hasn't been widely > publicized, > similar to other promising research released in 2003, as well as research > that > goes back to the early 1970s. > If any other substance were involved, this would have been on the cover of > major U.S. News magazines, but unfortunately most US Media have missed most > of > the amazing new science related to cannabis and human health. > Substances called cannabinoids found in cannabis plants also occur > naturally > human bodies. Special receptors exist around the body specifically to > interact with the cannabinoids that we make or that cannabis makes. The > cannabinoids don't appear in any other plant. Kind of, well, miraculous, > isn't it? > More research needs to be done on how cannabis and cannabinoids can be used > > beneficially. For now, that research won't take place in the United States. > > All U.S. Government funded research starts with the presumption that > marijuana is bad. Researchers trying to learn about possible benefits > report being > denied a legal supply of the plant. > This notion that sending a wholly negative message about marijuana - - even > > devoting a multi-billion dollar taxpayer financed ad campaign equating the > plant with badness - - will somehow keep our young people away from > marijuana > has also been exposed as a lie. For the past several years teenagers > surveyed > on drug use say it's easy to get marijuana if they want it. > There are reasons for young people not to use marijuana. Hearing over hyped > > scare stories about the substance isn't one of them. A recent study of that > > multi-billion dollar taxpayer financed ad campaign showed many teenagers > who > viewed the ads became more interested in marijuana, not less. > The rationale for the war on marijuana, and the tactics used to fight that > war, have been exposed as false and counterproductive. Each year police > arrest > more than 700,000 Americans for marijuana. This summer, police across the > nation will be out cutting down wild hemp plants that can't intoxicate > anyone. > Certainly all that police time could be spent on more pressing issues, and > otherwise law-abiding citizens don't need to get drawn into the criminal > justice system. > As it stands, we are wasting vast resources to destroy another beneficial > resource and to ensure that our country stays behind the curve in terms of > scientific research. The next medical breakthroughs related to this easily > available plant won't occur in our country solely due to ingrained > political myopia > and cowardice. > We must take off the ideological blinders that decades of drug war have > forced on us. We could have new medicine, new crops for farmers, even new > revenue > streams for government through legitimate taxation, along with regulation > schemes to better keep young people out of the market. > In fact, these things will happen one day. It's all coming, and we could > all > save ourselves a lot of shame and misery by trying to learn from the > miracle > now, instead of wasting billings trying - but failing - to destroy it. > The miracle itself does not suffer for our actions, but we do. > Stephen Young is an editor with DrugSense Weekly and a member of the Board > of Directors for Illinois NORML. > _http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm_ ( > http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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