The Nature of Things – Reefer Madness 2 (1998)

The Nature of Things – Reefer Madness 2 (1998)

on 22 June 2011. Posted in Cannabis Documentaries

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CBC Television’s THE NATURE OF THINGS with David Suzuki examines the medicinal uses of marijuana. There is a growing number of people who regard marijuana ( cannabis ) as a benign medicine, offering relief to people suffering from a variety of illnesses, including epilepsy, arthritis, multiple sclerosis and glaucoma as well as lessening the side effects of medications and treatments given to cancer and HIV patients.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-cP_fKoNJE

People who use marijuana to alleviate their suffering, live with the added anxiety of possible arrest, jail and forfeiture of property.  They all say it’s worth the risk.  This program tells the stories of those who have shown courage in providing marijuana to the sick and suffering as well as the stories of people whose lives have been transformed by its medicinal properties.

Reefer Madness 2 also travels to India where marijuana is openly cultivated and used in medicine, rituals and recreationally, as it has been for thousands of years with little indication of its supposed damaging effects.  It came to the West in the mid-1800s, and was commonly used as a folk medicine.  In the United States of the 1930s, it became identified with the corrupting influence of the jazz culture and with Mexican and Chinese immigrants.  From then on, it was labeled as a Schedule 1, or dangerous drug.  The Black Candle, written by an eminent Canadian judge stirred the controversy in Canada in the 1920s.

Reefer Madness 2 introduces audiences to the personal stories of two women who provide marijuana to the sick.  Valerie Corral of California established the Women’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana ( WAMM ) and supplies over 200 people in the Santa Cruz area.  Vancouver’s Hilary Black runs The Compassionate Club.  She talks about her dealings with sufferers, the police and the growers she relies on for supplies.

Dr.  Lester Grinspoon of Harvard Medical School and the author of Forbidden Medicine, recounts how a personal experience affecting his own family reinforced his determination to try and set the record straight about the marijuana use and cancer patients.

Reefer Madness 2 is written by John Bassett and produced by Vishnu Mathur.  Executive producer of THE NATURE OF THINGS is Michael Allder.

From the CBC website: http://www.cbc.ca/

24-yr-old Rejects Chemo, Curing Brain Cancer with Cannabis Oil

Rick Simpson Hemp Oil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AysuFPXuhsY

Published on 28 Mar 2013

24-year-old Kristina Marie was diagnosed with a brain tumor and given a death sentence by establishment doctors. She decided to reject chemotherapy and treat herself with Rick Simpson’s hemp oil instead. After three MRI’s her tumors have shrunk considerably.

Follow Kristina Marie’s journey at her YouTube Channel

Global Marijuana March in Halifax. N.S.

Global Marijuana March in Halifax (1of3) I like to roll a joint

Featuring Joseph Daniel

Don’t miss his new album… Joseph Daniel “Inside Out” Album

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Global Marijuana March in Halifax (2of3) Roll a joint song

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Global Marijuana March in Halifax (3of3) March begins

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Greeting Cannabis Law Reform Community

NORML Canada would like to thank its members for helping make the 2013 National Erb4Herb 420 rallies such a great success. The events were bigger and better than ever – and we were there, front and centre, in many cities.

We also had an opportunity to meet many new members. We wish to welcome you warmly to NORML Canada, and we look forward to working with you in the future. We hope to see many of you at the 2013 Global Marijuana March.

Marching Forward: the 2013 Global Marijuana March

http://norml.ca/newsletter2013-04.php#marchingforward

Building on the success of this year’s 420 rallies – we hope to see many of our new members at the 2013 Global Marijuana Marches. On Saturday May 4th, thousands of people from around the world will take to the streets to promote cannabis law reform.

[UPDATE] We neglected to mention that in Toronto there will be two Global Marijuana Marches. One will take place on May 4, 2013 and the other on May 11, 2013. Both begin at 12:00 noon at Queen’s Park and for both GMMs the actual march commences at 2 pm.

• The May 11th GMM is the official Toronto GMM (GlobalMarijuanaMarch.ca) and will coincide with the Toronto Freedom Festival.
• The May 4th GMM is being organized by the Toronto Hash Mob and is intended to take place on the same day as GMMs all over the world.

NORML Canada intends to have a table at the May 11th GMM in Toronto, but we wish both marches success.

We hope to see you there! It might feel as though legalization is just around the corner, but it takes the continued efforts of all of us to continue our momentum. Keep an eye out for a Norml Member at your local event. Bring your friends and come take to the streets with NORML Canada at GMM 2013.

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WHEN WE GROW This is what we can do (Full Documentary)

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“When We Grow…This Is What We Can Do” is an educational documentary concerning the facts about cannabis. In this feature length documentary we explore everything there is, from industrial hemp to medicinal cannabis use, from the origins of cannabis prohibition to the legality of growing equipment.
A film by Seth Finegold and presented by Luke Bailey.

Featuring Interviews with:
Professor David Nutt (Head of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs)
Mr Peter Reynolds (Head of CLEAR UK, formerly the Legalize Cannabis Alliance)
Ms Sarah Martin (Medicinal cannabis patient)

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10 Years to Life for Medical Marijuana The Trial of Aaron Sandusky

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“This is a Constitutional battle, and we’re going to defend our rights,” says Aaron Sandusky, the owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Upland, California who now faces federal drug trafficking charges even though he was operating within California state law.

Reason.tv first profiled Sandusky in late 2011 in the midst of a federal crackdown on marijuana dispensaries across California, which occurred despite repeated promises from the Obama administration to lay off operators compliant with state law (Incidentally, the city of Upland, which initiated the legal action against G3, admitted in court that Sandusky was operating within state law). During the production of that video, Sandusky’s storefront and grow house were raided, his assets seized and his product destroyed. But Sandusky was undeterred and joined a lawsuit with several other dispensary owners, challenging the right of city governments to outright ban dispensaries. After a favorable ruling from an appellate court, Sandusky re-opened, and the city of Upland was powerless to stop him. But the Feds were not happy with this outcome.

Sandusky was arrested and charged with six counts of drug trafficking, some of which could carry a life sentence. He’s spent the last seven weeks in a county prison, just awaiting a bond hearing. He finally was granted bail last Friday and is now out on house arrest, where he awaits an October trial to decide his fate. He agreed to sit down with Reason.tv for an interview to discuss his case, the state of medical marijuana in this country, and why this is a cause for which he’s willing to risk it all.

“If I have to go to jail for 20 years defending this, then so be it,” says Sandusky.

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US Court Rules Against Reclassification of Marijuana

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

US Court Rules Against Reclassification of Marijuana

 http://www.activistpost.com/2013/01/us-court-rules-against-reclassification.html

The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the DEA who claimed medical marijuana studies have not been “scientifically rigorous”, Americans For Safe Access vowed to appeal.

Activist Post

The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a ruling today in the medical marijuana reclassification case, Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration. In a 2-1 decision, the Court granted standing in the case — the right to bring a claim against the federal government — but denied the legal challenge on the merits, agreeing with the government’s assertion that “adequate and well-controlled studies” on the medical efficacy of marijuana do not exist.

“To deny that sufficient evidence is lacking on the medical efficacy of marijuana is to ignore a mountain of well-documented studies that conclude otherwise,” said Joe Elford, Chief Counsel with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the country’s leading medical marijuana advocacy organization, which appealed the denial of the rescheduling petition in January of last year. “The Court has unfortunately agreed with the Obama Administration’s unreasonably raised bar on what qualifies as an ‘adequate and well-controlled’ study, thereby continuing their game of ‘Gotcha.’”

ASA intends to seek En Banc review by the full D.C. Circuit and,necessary, the organization will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. ASA intends to argue that the Obama Administration has acted arbitrarily and capriciously by using continually changing standards of “medical efficacy” in order to maintain marijuana as a Schedule I substance, a dangerous drug with no medical value. The government now contends that Stage II and III clinical trials are necessary to show efficacy, while ASA has consistently argued that the more than 200 peer-reviewed studies cited in the legal briefs adequately meet this standard.

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In 2002, the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, made up of several individuals and organizations including ASA, filed a petition to reclassify marijuana for medical use. That petition was denied in July 2011, after ASA sued the Obama Administration for unreasonable delaying the answer. The appeal to the D.C. Circuit was the first time in nearly 20 years that a federal court has reviewed the issue of whether adequate scientific evidence exists to reclassify marijuana.

“The Obama Administration’s legal efforts will keep marijuana out of reach for millions of qualified patients who would benefit from its use,” continued Elford. “It’s time for President Obama to change his harmful policy with regard to medical marijuana and treat this as a public health issue, something entirely within the capability and authority of the executive office.”

Patient advocates claim that marijuana is treated unlike any other controlled substance and that politics have dominated over medical science on this issue. Advocates point to a research approval process for marijuana, controlled by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which is unique, overly rigorous, and hinders meaningful therapeutic research. ASA argues in its appeal brief that the DEA has no “license to apply different criteria to marijuana than to other drugs, ignore critical scientific data, misrepresent social science research, or rely upon unsubstantiated assumptions, as the DEA has done in this case.”

ASA will continue to put pressure on the Obama Administration, but will also be lobbying Members of Congress to reclassify marijuana for medical use. A new comprehensive public health bill on medical marijuana is expected to be introduced soon in Congress, and ASA is holding a national conference in February to support its passage. (Source)

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Americans for Safe Access v. DEA by Mike Riggs

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13submissions on standing to fulfill the obligation of the court todetermine whether the requirements of Article III have beenmet. Circuit Rule 28(a)(7) does not preclude this, nor does thelaw of the circuit. The reason is clear. Circuit Rule 28(a)(7)says only
that “[w]
hen
the appellant’s or petitioner’
s standingis not apparent from the administrative record, the brief mustinclude arguments and evidence establishing the claim of
standing.”
D.C. C
IR
. R. 28(a)(7). This language is hardly freefrom ambiguity
because what may be “apparent from theadministrative record” to one reasonable person
may seemless clear to another. And some parties may be unsurewhether to explore every conceivable avenue of standing inthe first instance in light of the admonition in
Sierra Club
cautioning advocates
to submit only “a
concise
recitation of
the basis [for standing].” 292 F.3d at 901 (emphasis added)
;
see also

Am. Library Ass’
n
, 401 F.3d at 494 (noting that a
“gotcha” construction of Circuit Rule 28(a)(7) and
SierraClub

“is inconsistent with our precedent and would have the
undesirable effect of causing parties to include long jurisdictional statements in practically all opening briefs forfear that the court might find their standing less than self-
evident”).
So it is hardly surprising that it sometimes happens,as it did in this case, that a party advances plausiblearguments and offers concrete evidence in support of standingin its opening brief, reasonably assuming that nothing more isnecessary, and the members of the panel still have questions.In such circumstances, as our case law shows, the court actswith prudence in applying Circuit Rule 28(a)(7) and indetermining whether supplemental submissions are necessary.That is what was done in this case.2.
The Elements of Standing in this Case

Petitioners’ strongest theory of standing is that Krawitz,
a veteran of the United States Air Force, is harmed by the

14
DEA’s cont
inued classification of marijuana as a Schedule Idrug because it deprives him of services that he is entitled toreceive free of charge from the VA. The record indicates that,as a condition of his pain management treatment, Krawitz wasasked by VA offici
als to sign a “Contract for ControlledSubstance Prescription” that would prohibit him from,
inter alia
, using medical marijuana.
See
Supp. Krawitz Aff. ¶ 7;
seealso
Krawitz Aff. Ex.1. Krawitz claims that, because herefused to sign this contract, he is now required to seek paintreatment outside the VA system.
See
Supp. Krawitz Aff. ¶¶8-10. Petitioners also contend that Krawitz suffers injurybecause a separate VA policy forces him to pay for a non-VAphysician in Oregon to obtain the referral forms required to
participate in that state’s medical marijuana program.
See id.
¶¶ 11-15. Petitioners argue that both of these injuries are
caused by the DEA’s continued decision to classify marijuana
as a Schedule I drug and would be redressed by a favorabledecision from this court. In response, the Government arguesthat Petitioners cannot prove redressability because theirconclusion that rescheduling will result in any relief from theVA is too speculative.The first element of the
“
irreducible constitutionalminimum of standing
”
is injury in fact, meaning
“
an invasionof a legally protected interest which is (a) concrete andparticularized, and (b) actual or imminent, not conjectural orhypothetical
.”

Defenders of Wildlife
, 504 U.S. at 560(citations omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted).Petitioners clearly establish injury in fact here andRespondents do not seriously question it. As a veteran,Krawitz is entitled to free medical care from the VA system.This care normally includes the
“
[c]ompletion of forms . . . byhealthcare professionals based on an examination orknowledge of the veteran
’
s condition
.”
38 C.F.R.§ 17.38(a)(1)(xv) (2012). This policy is implemented by VHA

15Directive 2008-071, which states that
“
clinicians must honorall requests by patients for completion of non-VHA medicalforms
.”
Supp. Krawitz Aff. Ex. 2. However, pursuant to VHADirective 2011-004:
“
It is VHA policy to prohibit VAproviders from completing forms seeking recommendationsor opinions regarding a Veteran
’
s participation in a Statemarijuana program
.”
Supp. Krawitz Aff. Ex. 1. Thus, toparticipate in Oregon
’
s medical marijuana program, Krawitzconsults with a non-VA physician in Oregon at an annual costof approximately $140.00.
See
Supp. Krawitz Aff. ¶ 15. Inbeing forced to pay out-of-pocket for care that he couldotherwise receive freely from the VA system, Krawitz clearlysuffers an
“
actual
”
and
“
concrete
”
injury to his
“
legallyprotected interest
.”

Defenders of Wildlife
, 504 U.S. at 560;
cf.

Peacock
, 682 F.3d at 83 (holding that
“
procedural violationsthat threaten an individual
’
s ability to obtain Medicaidcoverage of prescription medications
”
constitute injury infact).Beyond injury in fact, we must determine whether
Krawitz’s injuries
have been caused by the DEA
’
s decision tocontinue listing marijuana as a Schedule I drug and whetherthere is a
“
substantial probability
”
that the relief requestedwould redress the injury.
See

Nat
’
l Wrestling Coaches Ass
’
n
,366 F.3d at 944. The modest complexity of these questionsarises from the fact that the agency action challenged byPetitioners
–

i.e.
the DEA
’
s continued classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug
–
is not the direct cause of Krawitz
’
s injury. Rather, his injury is caused by the actions of the VA system, which has decided as a matter of policy not toassist patients in obtaining substances illegal under federallaw. This court has addressed standing under analogouscircumstances in at least four previous decisions. In thosecases, we looked for whether
“
the record presented substantialevidence of a causal relationship between the government

16policy and the third-party conduct, leaving little doubt as tocausation and the likelihood of redress
.”

Id.
at 941. In two of those decisions, we found standing. In the other two, wedenied standing. This case more strongly resembles theformer two.In
Block v. Meese
, 793 F.2d 1303, 1308 (D.C. Cir. 1986),the plaintiff
’
s company owned exclusive distribution rights toa film that the Justice Department classified as
“
politicalpropaganda
.”
The plaintiff alleged injury to his economicinterests because the classification deterred potentialcustomers.
Id.
To support this assertion, the plaintiff submitted declarations and affidavits from potential customerswho were dissuaded from purchasing the film because of itsstatus as
“
propaganda
.”

Id.
We held that there was sufficientfactual evidence on the record to establish that the harm was
“
attributable to the classification.
”

Id.
In
Tozzi v. U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices
, 271 F.3d 301 (D.C. Cir. 2001), a manufacturer of PVC plastic challenged a decision by the Secretary of Healthand Human Services to list dioxin, a chemical releasedthrough the incineration of PVC plastic, as a
“
known
”
carcinogen. Though this triggered no new federal regulation,the manufacturer sued on the theory that the classification hadprompted state and local entities to regulate to the detrimentof the manufacturer.
Id.
at 309. Looking carefully at therecord, we found several reasons to conclude that thegovernment action was
“
at least a substantial factormotivating the third parties
’
actions
.”

Id.
at 308. We notedthat Congress intended the Secretary
’
s determination
“
toserve as the federal government
’
s authoritative statement onthe current state of knowledge regarding the carcinogenicityof various chemicals
.”

Id.
at 309 (citing H.R. R
EP
.

N
O
. 95-1192, at 28 (1978) (describing the Secretary
’
s list as a

17
“
comprehensive document
”
containing
“
all known orsuspected carcinogenic agents
”
)). We also noted that theSecretary
’
s list of carcinogens
“
is widely disseminated andhighly influential,
”
and we pointed to several localgovernment restrictions on the use of PVC plastic thatexplicitly cited the Secretary
’
s determination that dioxin is a
“
known
”
carcinogen.
Id.
We also found it significant that theterm
“
carcinogen
”
is
“
inherently pejorative and damaging,
”
noting that this increased the probability of an economicallyharmful third party response.
Id.
In at least two other cases, we have denied standing whena non-party
’
s conduct was the most direct cause of the allegedinjury. In
National Wrestling Coaches Ass
’n
, 366 F.3d at 933,
“
several membership organizations that represent[ed] theinterests of collegiate men
’
s wrestling coaches, athletes, andalumni
”
challenged the government
’
s Title IX enforcementpolicy, alleging that it had caused several schools to canceltheir men
’
s wrestling programs. We denied standing,reasoning that the plaintiffs
“
offer[ed] nothing but speculationto substantiate their claim that a favorable decision from thiscourt [would] redress their injuries by altering these schools
’
independent decisions
.”

Id.
at 937. And in
Renal Physicians Ass
’
n v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
, 489F.3d 1267 (D.C. Cir. 2007), a medical association challengeda government regulation that allegedly depressed theircompensation for in-house patient referrals. Once again, thiscourt denied standing, concluding it was
“
speculative,
”
not
“
likely,
”
that rescinding the regulation would increase the rateof compensation.
Id.
at 1277.Turning to the facts of this case, the causation element issatisfied because Krawitz
’
s injury is fairly traceable to theGovernment
’
s decision to continue listing marijuana as aSchedule I drug. As with the statute in
Tozzi
, Congress made

18clear when it passed the CSA that the agency
’
s schedulingdecisions should serve as the federal government
’
s
“
authoritative statement
”
on the legitimacy of particularnarcotics and dangerous drugs. 271 F.3d at 309. The HouseReport for the CSA explains that Congress had alreadyenacted
“
more than 50 pieces of legislation
”
relating to theregulation of dangerous drugs. H.R. R
EP
.

N
O
. 91-1444,
reprinted in
1970 U.S.C.C.A.N. 4566, 4571. Congressintended the CSA and its scheduling program to
“
collect[] andconform[] these diverse laws in one piece of legislation
.”

Id.
Furthermore, the Government
’
s classification of marijuanaunder Schedule I is
“
inherently pejorative
.”

Tozzi
, 271 F.3d at309. Under the terms of the Act, a Schedule I drug
“
has a highpotential for abuse,
”

“
has no currently accepted medical use,
”
and has
“
a lack of accepted safety for use
.”
21 U.S.C.§ 812(b)(1). When the DEA classified marijuana as aSchedule I drug, pursuant to its delegated authority under theCSA, it announced an authoritative value judgment that surelywas meant to affect the policies of third-party federalagencies.Unsurprisingly,
the VA has heeded the DEA’s
judgmentregarding marijuana, thus making the question of causationrelatively easy in this case. The record before the court clearlyshows that the VA
’
s refusal to complete Krawitz
’
s medicalmarijuana forms is traceable to the DEA
’
s continued decisionto classify marijuana as Schedule I. VHA Directive 2011-004,which prohibits VA providers from completing state medicalmarijuana forms, cites three times to marijuana
’
s Schedule Istatus.
See
Supp. Krawitz Aff. Ex. 1. Indeed, compliance withthe CSA is the only justification the Directive cites for thispolicy.
See id.

(“
[VA] providers must comply with all Federallaws, including the Controlled Substances Act. Marijuana isclassified as a Schedule I drug under the ControlledSubstances Act
.”
). In light of this evidence, the Government,

 

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Although the official Empirical Studies investigate and categorically refute all allegations of ‘harm’ and ‘impairment’, nevertheless, those representing the financial interests of government, of pharmaceutical corporations, and of others, mendaciously circulate the derogatory fictions which do not come from and are dismissed by the definitive empirical studies.

Faced with this shocking discrepancy between exonerative facts and malindoctrination, people find themselves perplexed and ask “if cannabis is clinically proven to be harmless, why does the government say the contrary and punish innocent people ?” THE REPORT reveals that the disinformation results from a massive but concealed motive.

When investigating allegations of “impairment,” clinician-professors relate how, on occasion, research subjects enjoying effects and thinking themselves “too stoned” to perform adequately, would ask to be excused the tests, which were still insisted upon. Then, on testing, the subjects were surprised to find themselves able to perform as well as, or better than without marijuana. This finding proved to be replicable. That even the regular users were “surprised” their tests’ results confirmed no decrements derive from use of cannabis, indicates they had been prepossessed by the false indoctrination.

* THE REPORT investigates laboratory toxic chemical extract THC, which, within the plant itself, is compounded into a harmless chemically different form. THC studies are perjuriously ‘extrapolated’ as “new research on cannabis.” THE REPORT also investigates the other sources of the ongoing fabricated derogation of cannabis.

Cannabis is officially exempted from all legislation, regulation or control founded on ‘harm’ criteria. All private cultivation, trade, possession and use are vindicated. Based on the research-established esoteric Empirical Evidence, THE REPORT is an authoritative insight into the real, but concealed, illegal reason behind Prohibition: ulterior money-motive.

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Amongst other important revelations disclosed by THE REPORT, see the following excerpts:

THE CANNABIS BIOMASS ENERGY EQUATION
SCIENTIFIC SOLUTION TO THE WORLD CRISIS.
Modern Uses of Cannabis.

“For Mankind’s macroeconomic requirements, energy derived from cannabis is cheaper than energy from coal, oil, natural gas, uranium, wind and wave-power, geo-thermal, pressed-seed vegetable oils, hydrogen-from-water electrical separation, etc. Cannabis is the most economical resource to fuel and energy known to Mankind. Cannabis-Methanol provides fuel which is pollution-free.”

These statements are demonstrated as fact, for the first time on record, by the analysis given which comprises The Cannabis Biomass Energy Equation (CBEE), in Part Two of THE REPORT.

“To the question, ‘Scientific Solution—why cannabis ?’ the answer follows:”

“Firstly, Cannabis Sativa is the most prolific and quick-growing bulk-producing wood-plant species. Secondly, the best explanation of how cannabis can replace Mankind’s misuse of fossils and uranium as ‘fuel’, is contained in the following axiom:”

“Everything which is derived from hydrocarbons can also be derived from carbohydrates.“

“Carbohydrates are the basis of biomass; that is, organic material, plants and organisms. Oil and coal are fossilised biomass. All are carbon-based matter. Commercial goods (plastics, man-made fibres, products, paints, chemicals, etc.) fuel, and energy now extracted from oil and coal can equally be produced from fresh, recently grown biomass. The technical viability of biomass as a resource to fuel and energy is well established and demonstrated.“

[See techno-scientific bibliography in THE REPORT.]

The Pyrolytic Reactor
A Fractionating Column for the Destructive Distillation of Biomass
to Obtain Fuel & Products.

‘THC-rich’ Cannabis Sativa grows up to and over 20 feet (c. 6 metres) in height without fertiliser in a single season (4 months), yielding delectable protein-rich staple seed food (no relaxant in seed), cellulose-rich bulk wood-hurds for pyrolytic fuel and lubricants, paper and plastics and fibre for textiles.

77 to 80 per cent of the biomass of cannabis is comprised of cellulose, a carbohydrate ideal for conversion into the hydrocarbons of fuel. Improved on by modern techniques to achieve efficient conversion of biomass into fuel, pyrolysis is one of Mankind’s earliest technologies, an ancient skill used in Pharaonic times to produce oleaginous embalming fluid for mummification. The same process is used today to refine oil.

Pyrolysis should not to be confused with bio-chemical conversion (fermentation) of sugar-to-alcohol which is a capital-investment intensive (costly), slow, and itself an energy-consuming method producing the inferior ethanol not methanol. By contrast, pyrolysis produces the variety of liquid fuels and lubricants type-similar to gasoline and subterranean oil, but without pollution.

Pyrolysis is the decomposing of biomass (fresh or fossil) by the heat of anaerobic (reduced air) combustion which converts organic material into gases and/or fuel oils.

In this way, Cannabis Biomass is the direct substitute for the fossilised biomass of coal and petroleum. With the hot ‘off-gases’ collected, which cool to condense into liquid fuels, pyrolysis is also known in modern refining as ‘thermochemical decomposition’ or as ‘wood distillation’, or as ‘destructive distillation’.

The U.S. National “Soil Bank’s” registered fallow land (c. 89 million acres) can be planted with soil-enriching, non-depletive cannabis as a fallow rotation crop, producing enough Cannabis-Methanol, oil and BTU-gas to enable the United States to become not only self-sufficient, but also a net fuel-energy exporter. This is achievable without planting up a single new acre or subtracting land area from current food production.

* Combustion of Cannabis-Methanol, CH₃OH, emits only water H₂O (as steam) and carbon dioxide CO₂. Regarding CO₂ emission, on combustion, the carbon bonds with oxygen: CO₂ is released into the atmosphere; but, an equivalent quantity of carbon is absorbed by the next fuel-crop in cultivation. This is termed a ‘closed-cycle’ to signify no net increase of atmospheric CO₂ is produced by the use of cannabis for fuels. Similarly, the cannabis crop itself has been formed by photosynthesis, subtracting from carbon already in the atmosphere.

Replacing use of the fossils coal and oil and natural gas by use of the net ZERO-EMISSION cannabis has an enormous immediate stabilising effect on the otherwise increasingly fatal and catastrophic Global Warming.

Following Hurricanes Mitch, Katrina, Rita, Wilma, and others, Part Two of THE REPORT importantly also contains the effective method and technical remedy by which the complete stabilisation, or reversal of Global Warming is achieved, if reversal becomes or has become advisable – or imperative.

The current planetary atmospheric temperature increase, i.e. Global Warming, is a man-made, not a natural, phenomenon. Since 1850, at which time accurate records were commenced, CO₂ has increased in the atmosphere from 265 parts per million (ppm) to 378 ppm, to date. Emitted in an historically short period, or, relative to geological time-scales, in the blink of an eye, this represents a colossal 42 %increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

A single small power station’s annual fossil combustion to generate energy for only 4,000 households (at a lower average consumption rate than the U.S.) releases pollutants, as follows:

88 tons of sulphur dioxide;
66 tons of nitrous oxide;
10 tons of flying ash; and
13,750 tons (thirteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty tons) of carbon dioxide.
Statistiken; Bundesregierung Deutschland.

Misuse of uranium and the finite, diminishing quantity of astronomically-priced fossils as ‘fuel’, benefits only the government-corporate Owners of these poisoning underground minerals; absolutely nobody else…

THE FREE SOURCE OF WORLD FUEL-ENERGY.

* N.B. Cultivated profitably for nutritious seed-food (which does not contain relaxant ingredients), all the by-products are derived from a resource which is thus production-cost-free (i.e. free). The fibres and cellulose-rich wood-hurd bulk residues, flowertops and foliage, yield cannabis products which include the fuel and energy, all types of plastic products; man-made fibres (by cellulosic polymerisation, e.g. nylon), fine-grade yarn and Dresden Cotton ®, textiles, paper, cardboard and newsprint, medication, lightweight building materials (Isochanvre ®) etc.

Quotation from THE REPORT:

“From the early hunter-gatherer, nomadic, and tribal agrarian forms of human organisation, to the establishment of permanent urban communities, through the Ancient and Medieval Eras, the small numbers of people on our planet relied principally for their energy supplies upon the abundance of trees and firewood. Demand for fuel-energy was limited and easily satisfied. Fuel was a trifling factor in the Cost of Production of artefacts.”

“In the Modern Era, local forests having been felled, growing populations availed themselves of coal, oil, natural gas and, eventually, uranium. The disadvantages of nuclear fission, not least of which involves the inevitable proliferation of plutonium availability (the matter of hydrogen fusion bombs) swiftly made themselves evident. Not so obvious, at first, was the danger from the misuse of fossils as ‘fuel’, which has given rise to the destructive phenomenon, Global Warming, a threat of gravest potential to the ecosphere [the atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic environment].”

MACROECONOMICS: ULTERIOR MONEY-MOTIVE

Quotation from THE REPORT:

“Hegemony, in the physical rather than moral sense, that is, politico-military power and leadership, derives from ownership and control of the means of production and distribution of wealth. Appropriation, or misappropriation, of the sources of fuel-energy became crucial to those with commercial interest and/or political ambition.

Acquisition of Ownership of subterranean minerals was facilitated by the expedient of government legislation and by monopoly: the licensing of preferred (state or private) corporations to exclusive trade in the invaluable energy resources. Thus, the People are forced to pay two ‘Owners’ for fuel.”

“Governments’ fiscal intervention (exorbitant duties, taxation) has led to fuel-energy becoming the principal component in the industrial production of wealth, today accounting for not less than four-fifths (4/5) of the Cost of Production of Gross World Product: all extracted resources, commercial goods, food and services.”

The Cannabis Biomass Energy Equation shows readers of THE REPORT (with instructions and diagrams) how Cannabis-Methanol is easily made at home or anywhere for free in a simple cast-iron oven, RELEGALISATION achieving the Universal Re-Democratisation of Fuel-Energy Production (URFEP). This  yields to domestic, small-scale and localised private enterprises, the profits which currently accrue undeservedly to giant corporations and oil-producing countries’ governments.

* The CBEE proffers free and duty-free fuel everywhere; it makes the outrageous duties and taxes on fuel uncollectable; and it eliminates the unwarranted government-corporate monopolistic stranglehold on fuel-energy supply.

The well-supported CBEE © is not available in any other author’s work. (See Reviews and Endorsements above.)

* The unnatural political intervention in the cost of fuel-energy is counter-productive, causing a crushing disincentive to the world’s production of wealth: food and material goods. It produces poor people everywhere and poverty on the world scale. But politicians compound their inhumanity with crime:

Susceptible, manipulated and overwhelmed by their venality, and intensely driven by the desire to retain the hegemony which derives from monopoly and control over fuel-energy supply, government-corporate vested interests of all political persuasions install the fraudulent Prohibition of the world’s most prolific and economical fuel-energy resource: cannabis sativa.

* Not only the U.S., Britain, India, Japan and the industrialised world, but also the other peoples of Asia, Africa and South America should take special note:

THE REPORT’s legal studies and exposition, together with the Economics of The CBEE and its associated political and social facts, amount to a philosophy and a unique solution: The RESTORATION Program. Adoption of this Program proffers a beneficent transformation to mankind’s socio-political modus vivendi, and to the global economy. It enables an exponential amelioration of the entire world population’s Standard of Living, while simultaneously eradicating poverty and famine.

* THE REPORT quotes legal grounds (national and international) which demonstate numerous infractions of laws by the prohibition legislation, and which show all acts of its enforcement to be crime per se. All citizens persecuted thereunder are due Amnesty and Restitution (as for other Wrongful Penalisation).

Quotation from THE REPORT:

“Cannabis Prohibition is the greatest fraud of all time: the pernicious effects of this crime are myriad, extreme and ubiquitous. Readers assimilate that Prohibition is the direct cause of: War (e.g. Iraqi invasion of Kuwait to acquire hegemony over oil); Crime; astronomical world energy, resource and food prices, with disastrous and homicidal corollary effects; world poverty; world famine; industrial and automotive emissions poisoning air; photochemical smog and Acid Rain; desertification; the Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming and fatally catastrophic weather; and that RESTORATION is the immediate Scientific Solution.“

* Incidentally, by RELEGALISATION each continent is capable of producing surplus cannabis-fuel for all energy needs, which eliminates transport by ocean-going oil-tankers, rendering their related environmental disasters a thing of the past. By their Prohibition, politicians are directly accountable for all the repeated ecological catastrophes.

* THE REPORT’s analysis covers all the uses of cannabis. Implementation of The RESTORATION Program delineated in THE REPORT will radically ameliorate the entire world population’s Quality of Life.

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Cannabis-methanol (renewable pollution-free) fuel technology/ climate change/ constitution/ criminology/ ‘decriminalisation’ (the fallacy of)/ ecology/ Economics/ empirical research findings of fact, definitive/ Environment/ ganja/ general knowledge/ Global warming/ greenhouse effect/ health/ hemp/ history/
Illegality of the status quo, the/ Jury nullification/ law/ marijuana/ medicine/
Natural resources/ politics/ pot/ Prohibition: the progenitor of crime/ relegalisation/ Sativa/ single convention treaty/ sociology/ tobacco/
Trial by jury/ universal re-democratisation of fuel-energy production (urfep)/ war on drugs

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The Report – Cannabis: The facts, human rights and the law

CONCLUSIONS & FINDINGS OF FACT
from U.S. government researchers’ Empirical 1 Studies:

http://www.democracydefined.org/clinicalfindings.htm

1. short or long-term use of cannabis does not have any adverse effect on mental or physical health;

2. cannabis is non-addictive, smoked, eaten, or taken as a beverage; cannabis does not induce physical or psychological dependence;

3. “psychosis” is not related to cannabis; pre-existing schizophrenia can occur in a cannabis using population;

4. no “amotivational syndrome”; “heavy use of ganja does not curtail the motivation to work” [original emphasis]. The contrary is concluded: cannabis has tonic effect, which is conducive to productive work and mental concentration;

5. investigating any possiblility of “linkage” as exists between alcohol, bad behaviour and/or crime: “No evidence of such causality appeared in the findings.” In this context, the evidence is presented that cannabis has a positive influence producing beneficial results: i.e…

6. cannabis reduces and can preclude the use of drugs, thus mitigating their associated negative effects.

1 Note, Empirical: i.e. definitive clinical studies, human test subjects’ ‘hands-on’, actual use. N.B. Such findings are replicated in the other official Empirical Studies. See below.

CLINICAL FINDINGS OF FACT.

The U.S. Judicial Review and other Official Studies show: 2

1. cannabis has unique health-promoting, and actually life-saving but prohibited applications in Health, Preventive and Curative;
2. cannabis has the unique enormous life-saving propensity of replacing or reducing use of addictive pathogens: alcohol, tobacco, opiates and other toxic drugs; i.e. use of cannabis comprises Preventive Measure/Preventive Medicine.
   Nota Bene. Cannabis use thus is health-enhancing whether used by the sick or hale: all such use is medical. The arbitrary fictitious ‘distinction’ between ‘medical’ and ‘recreational’ use is a fallacious and profoundly damaging deception.
3. cannabis smoking is the only reliable countermeasure to glaucoma known to Man, consistently reducing intra-ocular pressure, dispelling glaucoma symptoms and saving eyesight;
4. restoring appetite to anorexic, ill, crucially wasting patients is another of many ways in which cannabis smoking saves lives;
5. the cannabis well-being effect uplifts the spirit, and is of greatest assistance in general health, and in medicine and convalescence.
6. cannabis alleviates and prevents stress-related, psychosomatically-induced adverse conditions;
7. cannabis is a health-promoting phenomenon Preventive of, and therapeutic in numerous slight or serious adverse conditions: e.g. menstruation pain and tension, headaches and migraine, asthma, fits, spasm from trauma or epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, back pain, pain from various disorders, pruritis, dermatitis, eczema, rheumatism, arthritis, etc. (the list continues and is extremely long 3). The herb ingested as smoke or as part of a normal healthy diet is prophylaxis, i.e. Preventive Medicine, preventing degeneration of the health of the hale.

Denial of cannabis by Prohibition ‘law’ premeditatedly inflicts suffering, blindness, and, in many instances, death. Those who maintain any use of life-saving cannabis to be “illegal” should be regarded and treated as perpetrators of the gravest of crimes, and deemed unfit to hold any public office in a democratic society.

2 See Parts Three, Four & Five of THE REPORT for attribution and details.
3 Cannabis is directly curative treatment for over 100 illnesses and adverse conditions. Additionally, cannabis is recommended and essential secondary ingredient with most other medication, due to the uplifting cannabis-effect of well-being. Notably, cannabis alleviates the grave ill-effects such as extreme emesis (nausea), headache, etc., which are induced by the toxic pharmaceutical drugs. Numerous Medical Case Histories demonstrate that only in conjunction with the smoking of cannabis are patients able to take these laboratory chemical pharmaceuticals. See THE REPORT, Parts One, Three, Four & Five.

FINDINGS OF FACT.
Reproduced and collated from the Data and Conclusions of the official Empirical Studies into long and short-term use and smoking of cannabis, the following are
THE FINDINGS OF FACT OF THE REPORT.
Cannabis: The Facts, Human Rights and the Law.

Cannabis…

1. is not toxic in any possible quantity; i.e. is incapable itself of inducing fatality in a human;
2. is not addictive, physically or psychologically; i.e. does not induce physical or psychological dependence;
3. is not pathogenic, does not cause physical or mental deterioration, has no adverse effect on mental or physical health;
4. does not cause skill impairments (including driving tests);
5. is benign;
6. has no potential for abuse, or maltreatment of the user; cannabis has no potential for harm or danger;
7. does not cause crime;
8. does not lead to the use of drugs (i.e. toxic, addictive substances);
9. mitigates, reduces, and can preclude the use of drugs;
10. cannabis as Preventive Measure/Preventive Medicine is health-enhancing: all use of benign cannabis is medical, whether by the sick or hale: the fallacious arbitrary fictitious ‘distinction’ between ‘medical’ and ‘recreational’ use is exceedingly damaging.

Where cannabis is concerned, the legislation of its Prohibition:

1. is, in its entirety, without factual foundation;

2. is based on mendacity;

3. is itself illegal on numerous grounds by Common, Substantive and International Law;

4. is perjurious in prosecution; perjury by the state is both implicit and overt in every cannabis trial.

5. The acts of its enforcement are crime per se; people persecuted thereby qualify for Amnesty and Restitution (as for other Wrongful Penalisation);

6. the ignoring of these aforegoing Findings of Fact by courts and legislature is ex parte, the crude and criminal denial of Justice.

7. In its replacement of the use of drugs alcohol, tobacco, etc., by young people and adults, cannabis promotes health. All private cultivation, trade, possession and uses are vindicated.

8. In regard to cannabis, legislation of substance control is damaging both to individual and to society; all special regulatory control of cannabis produces negative, damaging and/or lethal results, and is per se unlawful.

9. Cannabis related prosecutions are legally malicious, i.e. premeditated crime against the person.

10. Cannabis Relegalisation is legally mandatory, that is: legislative amendment for the return to the normal status of cannabis which obtained before the introduction of any controls.

Readers of THE REPORT ISBN 1902848160, will be aware that the Official Findings of Fact exempt cannabis from all legislation and regulatory controls based on criteria of harm. The Empirical Studies’ Findings of Fact, published by world-respected U.S. academic and research institutions, are concealed and to all intents buried by those who gain financially from spurious Prohibitions: the motive for this criminal behaviour by individuals of the state, politicians, and representatives of pharmaceutical and energy corporations’ monetary interests, is ulterior. The Exonerative Facts are subreptitiously replaced by much-publicised derogatory fictions. For more information on ulterior motive behind prohibition, click here.

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The hemp plant has many uses and properties as follows:

One acre of hemp produces as much paper as 4.1 acres of trees. The hemp plant produces some of the strongest natural fibers, and uses less chemical processing than wood. The plant can survive on a clear cut mountainside, without crop rotation, and the harvest cycle is anywhere from 3 months to a year.

Hemp canvas is durable and was used by many painters including Rembrant and Van Gogh.

Hemp was also used to make all kinds of textiles and fabrics for clothes, tents, linens, flags, paper, etc. In fact, Thomas Jefferson grew hemp for clothing fiber, and wrote about it’s cultivation and uses considerably in his Farm Book. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

70% to 90% of all rope was made out of hemp until 1937.

Hemp seed contains effective proteins and essential fatty acids, and can be ground into flour. With it’s high nutritional value and short cultivation cycle, hemp could be a viable food source for the masses.

Why is it that America does not use this worthy resource? It happens to come from the marijuana plant, that is illegal to grow. The drug part, or the THC, is either removed from the plant before processing into these items, or the plant is grown in such a way that there is never any THC in it. The United States imports hemp products, which includes clothing, bags, wallets, paper, hempseed oil capsules, hats, cooking oil, jewelry, cosmetics, food, twine, candles, blankets, coffee, etc., which is legal. These products are increasing in popularity as more Americans are discovering the benefits of hemp.

All of my hemp products have an attached card explaining some of the benefits and uses of the hemp plant. And the jewelry is finished off on either end with a ring and a clasp. I am planning to extend my variety of hemp products, so please visit my booth at the upcoming craft fairs in Las Vegas.

The Marijuana Conspiracy THE REAL REASON HEMP IS ILLEGAL

The Marijuana Conspiracy
THE REAL REASON HEMP IS ILLEGAL
by Doug Yurchey
http://www.world-mysteries.com/marijuana1.htm

And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land.  — Ezekiel 34/29

THE REAL REASON CANNABIS HAS BEEN OUTLAWED HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ITS EFFECTS ON THE MIND AND BODY.

MARIJUANA is DANGEROUS. Pot is NOT harmful to the human body or mind. Marijuana does NOT pose a threat to the general public. Marijuana is very much a danger to the oil companies, alcohol, tobacco industries and a large number of chemical corporations. Various big businesses, with plenty of dollars and influence, have suppressed the truth from the people.

The truth is if marijuana was utilized for its vast array of commercial products, it would create an industrial atomic bomb! Entrepreneurs have not been educated on the product potential of pot. The super rich have conspired to spread misinformation about an extremely versatile plant that, if used properly, would ruin their companies.

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 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!’

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 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.

THE CONSPIRACY

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.

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 ax.
	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 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 cannabis 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 cannabis 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. Pot 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 pot 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 pot, 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 the bullshit. Hemp must be utilized in the future. We need a clean energy source to save our planet. 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 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-pot 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.

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. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY TOBACCO. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY ALCOHOL. NO ONE HAS EVER, EVER DIED FROM SMOKING POT!! In the entire history of the human race, not one death can be attributed to cannabis. Our society has outlawed grass but condones the use of the KILLERS: TOBACCO and ALCOHOL. Hemp should be declassified and placed in DRUG stores to relieve stress. Hardening and constriction of the arteries are bad; but hemp usage actually enlarges the arteries…which is a healthy condition. We have been so conditioned to think that: Smoking is harmful. That is NOT the case for passive pot.

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.

{One personal note: During the pregnancy of my wife, she was having some difficulty gaining weight. We were in the hospital. A nurse called us to one side and said: ‘Off the record, if you smoke pot…you’d get something called the munchies and you’ll gain weight.’ I swear that is a true story}.

The stereotype for a pothead is similar to a drunk, bubble-brain. Yet, the truth is one’s creative abilities can be enhanced under its influence. The perception of time slightly slows and one can become more sensitive. You can more appreciate all arts; be closer to nature and generally FEEL more under the influence of cannabis. It is, in fact, the exact opposite state of mind and body as the drunken state. You can be more aware with pot.

The pot plant is an ALIEN plant. There is physical evidence that cannabis is not like any other plant on this planet. One could conclude that it was brought here for the benefit of humanity. 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 cannabis. 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 sexuallity. Growers know to kill the males before they fertilize the females. Yes, folks…the most potent pot comes from ‘horny females.’

The reason this amazing, very sophisticated, ET plant from the future is illegal has nothing to do with how it physically affects us…..

…POT IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES WANT TO REMAIN BILLIONAIRES!

ps: I think the word ‘DRUGS’ should not be used as an umbrella-word that covers all chemical agents. Drugs have come to be known as something BAD. Are you aware there are LEGAL drugstores?! Yep, in every city. Unbelievable. Each so-called drug should be considered individually. Cannabis is a medicine and not a drug. We should DARE to speak the TRUTH no matter what the law is.

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Hemp Coverups uncovered

Hemp Coverups uncovered
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The building of early American colonies as well as the American Revolution would not have been possible if it were not for a very special plant.

The Cannabis / Hemp plant was used throughout the world since the beginning of time for just about everything that mankind needed.  Paper made from hemp was used for books, bibles, maps, and money.  You can produce 4 times as much paper from an acre of hemp as you can from an acre of trees at 1/4 the cost, 1/5 the pollution, it is 10 times stronger and lasts up to 1000 years instead of only 50.  And it can be recycled 4 times as many times as paper from wood pulp.

The Constitution was printed on hemp paper as well as the first 3 drafts of the Declaration of Independence.  Even great sailing ships like the U.S.S. Constitution were made primarily out of hemp.

Hemp is the STRONGEST natural fiber on the planet.  Hemp is 26 times stronger than cotton and 10 times longer lasting.  The first Levi jeans were made out of hemp as well as all of the soldier’s clothes for the Revolutionary War.  It requires no chemicals to grow, has very few natural enemies, and grows in the widest variety of climates of any weed or plant.  It is also the FASTEST GROWING plant on the planet, growing 4 times faster than corn. The seeds from the hemp plant provide the highest source of complete vegetable protein of any food source on earth.  Even higher than soybeans.  It has also been re-realized lately that the hemp seed is the highest source of Essential Fatty Acids in the world.  ESSENTIAL, meaning :NECESSARY FOR LIFE, Fatty Acids are necessary for us and beneficial for cleaning the cholesterol out of the arteries naturally.  All oils in the supermarket are bad since they are placed in clear plastic containers and exposed to direct sunlight.  They become as bad as saturated fats, and end up CAUSING cholesterol buildup, leading to heart attacks, etc. Hemp seed oil can even be used as a machine-grade lubricant for engines and other machines replacing petroleum oil from the ground.

Henry Ford built his Ford Model-T using hemp to line the side panels.  The impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel alone. This would eliminate many vehicular deaths today.  The Model-T was also designed to run on hemp fuel which Henry Ford grew.  This was displayed in Popular Mechanics in Feb. of 1938.  Concentrated extracts of Cannabis from the flowers were the 2nd most used medicines in America for 150 years for over 100 separate medical illnesses.  It is probably the best natural medicine for Glaucoma, stress, and controlling nausea, and works very well for arthritis , asthma, and epilepsy.  It is estimated that Hemp would have at least 50,000 commercial uses if it were legal in America today.

The reason that Hemp is illegal in America today is because the main families in America (Masons), the Harrimans and Rockefellers (Standard Oil), the Whitneys (Eli Whitney-Cotton Gin), Dupont (Chemicals in wood pulp processing and cotton pesticides), and Hearst (Newspapers, Media) find it more profitable to sell us unnecessary chemicals, unneeded dug-up petroleum oil, immune system destroying pharmaceuticals, and axed up trees cut into real thin slices, all at over-inflated prices and at the expense of our health and living environment. For these companies, the real problem is that one cannot patent a natural plant.  Almost everything produced in America by large corporations is exported for sale on the world markets.  The total value of oil, petrochemicals, and pharmaceutical sales totals hundreds of billions of dollars. However, with the availability of over 50,000 new products and the necessity to manufacture them, America would be a much richer nation if the farmers and the average citizen were allowed to grow this valuable crop.

WHY NOT LEGALIZE POT FOR RECREATIONAL USE

[TheTruthSoldiersClub] WHY NOT LEGALIZE POT FOR RECREATIONAL USE?

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WHY NOT LEGALIZE POT
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October 30, 2012

MARIJUANA SMOKERS LESS LIKELY TO BE OBESE THAN NON-SMOKERS

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-09-04/entertainment/30136983_1_cannabis-marijuana-smokers-smoke-pot

I have smoked pot. Not today or this week, or even this month, but I have. I’m telling you this because before I begin talking about the pot-smoking habits of others, I thought it would only be right that I first owned up to my own past use. Maybe this will encourage others to be a bit more honest because, like it or not, admitting to smoking pot is bound to get a lot less scandalous Three states — Colorado, Washington and Oregon — have marijuana legalization proposals on the ballot, and it won’t be surprising if at least one of them passes. Not medical marijuana, mind you, but the regulation and selling of small quantities for recreational use. If you thought Nirvana and Pearl Jam put Seattle on the map, legal marijuana will make it out of this world. And I promise that will be my last pot joke, although being silly about pot illustrates why it’s taken this long for the country to begin adult conversations about marijuana, and not just knee-jerk rhetoric based on fear instead of facts. When President Nixon signed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act,

officially starting the so-called war on drugs, it was largely in response to pot-smoking hippies and Vietnam vets coming home addicted to heroin. Nixon budgeted $100 million to fight what he called public enemy No. 1 — illegal drugs. In 2010, it was $15 billion. A trillion dollars has been spent on the war on drugs since it began Two government reports released last year had difficulty proving the billions being spent are making a big difference. In 1970, the federal government listed pot to be more harmful than cocaine and meth. We now know that isn’t true. That’s not to say legalizing pot is without risks; it has been shown to impair concentration. But one study found alcohol was by far the most dangerous drug, followed by heroin and crack. Weed rated far down the list.So why do we continue to allow the Nixon administration’s hatred of hippies to influence what we think about drug usage today? I don’t know how much or how little tax revenue is actually going to come from state-sanctioned pot, but to me that’s not the point.

The issue isn’t how much money the government can make from pot sales, but rather, are the reasons why pot was originally classified as illegal still valid today? Now that we have studies that debunk the myth of longtime impairment from using pot, now that we see how ineffective the government has been in keeping pot off the streets, now that we have seen the gangland violence of drug cartels, should we still be looking at marijuana the way we did 40 years ago? In the 1928 presidential election, Herbert Hoover crushed his opponent, Al Smith, winning 40 states, in part because Smith was demonized as “the cocktail president.” Smith was in favor of repealing the 18th Amendment — Prohibition — while Hoover believed he must enforce the law. It’s hard to imagine today, but alcohol was so vilified then there was an actual Prohibition Party dedicated to keeping it illegal.

PROHIBITION ERA IN AMERICA

http://noalcohol.us/noalcohol/resources/theprohibition.phtml

Members even endorsed their own candidate for president. Yet, just five years after that election, alcohol was legal. And even though Hoover lost his bid for re-election, he did so supporting the repeal. That’s how quickly things can change. And that bit of history is what makes the results of these three states so fascinating. No one expects President Obama or Mitt Romney to come out in support of legalized marijuana within the next few days, but what will the conversation be like four years from now? If the nation can go from upholding Prohibition to “drink up” in an election cycle, why couldn’t 2016 feature the first pro-pot president? Especially if next week’s results are, shall we say, favorable? Voting for a candidate solely because he or she lets you light up is stupid, but if all other things are equal, are we ready to vote to legalize marijuana the way our grandparents voted to legalize alcohol?I think we are, but then one could say I’m a bit biased.

LZ GRANDERSON
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/30/opinion/granderson-legalize-pot/index.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FREEDOMSFORUM/message/170062

ProfTechie Wrote – I am a professional in the IT industry, very successful in my career (well into 6 figures), very quick study and assertive. I’ve never met a problem I couldn’t devise a solution for within business timelines. I prefer good cannabis over alcohol always; much less impact on my cognitive abilities or on my ability to hit the running trail the next day (or even later that afternoon). I am a contributor to charities and known as a outstanding member of the community. What saddens me is with all my positive attributes I am still considered a criminal because I choose to enjoy cannabis instead of alcohol during my evenings when I am winding down from the day. I buy from a gentleman that I’ve know for many years and it affords me the comfort of not dealing with the shady criminal market, however we are both always at risk. I would much rather legalize and create a industry in the light of day than continue to subsidize the criminal elements that I must to enjoy my cannabis.

 

WHO SUPPORTS MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

http://www.gallup.com/poll/19561/who-supports-marijuana-legalization.aspx

For those that suggest cannabis will result in other drugs being used, that is absolutely false. If the person is going to move to harder drugs they will do this without cannabis. I know many people like me that have smoked for years and never have walked a path to any harder drugs. Legalize it, put a age restriction on it (just like alcohol), let the individual make the educated choice, resulting in the banishment of one major revenue stream for the criminal underground. BananaSpy Wrote – Myself and many of my coworkers and friends admit freely to smoking. It has reached the tipping point where it’s no worse to tell people you smoke weed than drink alcohol, though I suppose this depends on how uptight your friends are. Some of my stoner friends are losers, some of them are extremely successful. Some of them have families, some don’t. I’ve known stoners as young as 15 and as old as 70.It is time we stop attaching all these stigmas to marijuana use. It’s especially ridiculous, after having dealt with alcohol prohibition,

that we are even pretending marijuana laws are going to forever stay intact. This is a waste of money. This is a waste of time. This is destroying job opportunities for intelligent people. This is destroying families by locking up good parents. And for those who don’t smoke who want to stand on a pedestal and preach about what a pestilence we are, I can promise you more people than you think are stoners, and they are handling your mail, delivering your pizza, packaging your goods at the warehouse, programming your operating system, checking your kid’s temperature, and fighting for your country. So get over it. Myschievousim Wrote – I work in housing. When applicants are screened for criminal background a one time arrest or ticket for marijuana use from 20 years ago is all it takes to be refused housing.

I’ve had to deny hard working family men because of an arrest when they were 20 years old. To say that the war on drugs has not cost the individual or society is to be dishonest. Another thing I’ve noticed is that almost every possession charge has a possession with the intent to sell charge attached to it. Furthermore, I think that smoking sucks. There are vaporizers now. No ash, no smell, no smoke. If you live in an apartment you should be using one as then your neighbor will not smell your use as pot smoke is very strong. If you vaporize though, there is no smell, even someone walking into the room who has never used will smell nothing .It’s ridiculous that’s its illegal and even more ridiculous how far reaching the impacts of having been arrested or ticketed really are .Snapp wrote – I am 51 an I.T. professional, supported myself all my life and I smoke pot. It is the only thing that allows the stress of the day and the anxiety to melt away.

MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION ON THE BALLOT

http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/06/news/economy/marijuana-legalization/index.html

I have driven on pot with NO issues whatsoever, never had an accident and I’ve had only one ticket in my entire life. I know and see others that are on prescriptions for stress and anxiety and they are simply out of it. At one time I smoked an ounce of pot a week if not more, in 2004 I moved to a red state where they test for drugs at the drop of a hat and could no longer smoke at will. On June 16th 2004 I smoked my last joint, funny thing is I’ve never missed it, it didn’t bother me one bit, no addiction I guess. I suffered more from the stress and anxiety from day to day life more than withdraw, so I’ve begun smoking it again and once again live stress free. It’s funny but those that oppose the legalization probably have never smoked it.

I would imagine that pharmacutical companies oppose the legalization for their own reasons and the lobbiest are hard at work making sure their products are the only ones to care for stress and anxiety. Get-Your-Mind-Off Cheech & Chong Wrote – I’m a 51 y.o. software developer who’s been smoking pot for more or less steadily since the 80′s. Since 09′ I’ve smoked only the best locally grown organic hydro, and I go through an ounce in 6 – 8 weeks. I’ve never used any other substance on a regular basis other than alcohol. You folks who are predicting stoned doctors, airline pilots, etc. are simply out of touch with reality. Stop swallowing all the lies you’ve been fed by the government and wake up to the fact that the typical pot smoker is pretty much me. The reason I (and others I know) don’t smoke at work is both because we smoke to relax and *not* think about work, and also because we don’t want to risk getting fired for screwing things up.

LEGALIZING MARIJUANA WOULD CREATE SAFER ACCESS

http://www.theweedblog.com/marijuana-legalization-its-all-about-health/

Pot has an effect, responsible users know this. Get your mind out of Cheech and Chong and into 2012. Eliminate Private Prisons Wrote - You want to know why pot is still illegal? Because there are people who make a TON of money as a result of keeping it illegal: the alcohol industry, the tobacco industry and most of all, *for-profit prisons*.When you decide to set up for-profit prisons, it’s over. Once you give people a monetary incentive to throw others in jail, they are going to lobby to keep every stupid/questionable law (and their extremely harsh sentences) on the books because that’s what they rely on to make money. They won’t even attempt to rehabilitate prisoners. These prisons are becoming commonplace and they have been shown over and over again to be completely inefficient and even make the problem worse.

You can’t privatize everything. You Cannot Legislate Morality Wrote – As has been stated in earlier comments the “War on Drugs” has been supporting a lucrative industry and this is probably the single most important reason why marijuana remains illegal.As we’ve seen over and over in this country, the “moral voters” can be swayed to accept almost any concept regardless of how immoral it may have been in the past,(even very recent past). It is a shame that CNN & the “MSM” doesn’t do more to expose the influence of the prison industry and prison employees’ unions on our legal policies. The US holds about 25% of the world’s prison population. About 1/2 of those due to drug charges which included no violence or larceny. While it may be acceptable for our government to promote private industry and employment, imprisoning people who at best need (much less expensive) treatment is as immoral as it comes. In times when government spending is the hottest topic on the block this should not be overlooked.

THE US PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

http://www.impactpress.com/articles/febmar01/prisonind020301.html

VIDEO – SLAVERY & THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ2cC7LHMxA