Happy 4/20 from Ron Paul

Ron Paul introduced the Industrial Hemp Farming Act on April 2, 2009. Excerpts:

"Since 1970, the federal Controlled Substances Act's inclusion of industrial hemp in the schedule one definition of marijuana has prohibited American farmers from growing industrial hemp despite the fact that industrial hemp has such a low content of THC (the psychoactive chemical in the related marijuana plant) that nobody can be psychologically affected by consuming hemp. Federal law concedes the safety of industrial hemp by allowing it to be legally imported for use as food."

"The United States is the only industrialized nation that prohibits industrial hemp cultivation."
"Industrial hemp is a crop that was grown legally throughout the United States for most of our nation's history. In fact, during World War II, the federal government actively encouraged American farmers to grow industrial hemp to help the war effort. The Department of Agriculture even produced a film “Hemp for Victory'' encouraging the plant's cultivation."

And Ron Paul fight for your right to party in this video:

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  1. k. double-u.April 22, 2009 at 9:37 AM

    I like that the guy who opposes Ron Paul says, "If you give drugs to kids, they're going to use them." Yes, since legalizing drugs would also entail handing them out for free to all the kids in the country.

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