The Hemp Factory: Voice Your Opinion!

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DISTINGUISH OURSELVES FROM THE AMERICANS

In the mid-1930's a new mechanical hemp fibre stripper machine was developed. Mr. Hearst, the newspaper Baron and his timber cronies stood to loose billions, so Mr. Hearst the Publisher launched a hysterical anti-hemp campaign, and since he owned most of the newspaper outlets across the country, he succeeded to the astronomical detriment to the planet. Apparently, he is the one to name it: 'Marijuana'. It's time to say good-bye to the robber barons once and for all-no more blood for oil. Hemp/Cannabis could be the metaphor of a paradigm of economics based on ecological welfare for the planet and fair trade.

Below is a letter you can send to the Prime Minister. It will also be CCed to the opposition party leaders.

To email this letter, copy the contents of the letter below, then click on SEND LETTER, paste the contents into the email and sign your name at the bottom. It is also a good idea to at least include your city and province, if not your whole address.

Contents of letter:

Dear Prime Minister Harper:

We the undersigned ask that your Government show leadership on the issue of decriminalization and legalization of cannabis. Most Canadians believe that cannabis has medicinal value at best and is less harmful than alcohol and tobacco at least. Access to medical cannabis is a basic human right-let's move on with it and research its tremendous healing potential.

Studies in Europe are indicating that cannabis helps reduce tumors in the brain and in breasts.

What American leaders are eager to do is 'Spin' the truth as to why hemp and cannabis were prohibited in the first place. Labeling it all as a 'dangerous narcotic' enabled the lumber and petrochemical industry to kill a great competitor-HEMP. Thank-fully, Canadians are on the road ahead with hemp, but we are just at the beginning, and we need to push forward by investing in an infrastructure-what better way than with a tax on cannabis?

We want to see a national advisory community based committee to oversee the medical marijuana program (MMAR). This program has been a failure, a constitutional violation for people seeking medical cannabis. The Auditor General has called it ‘an abysmal failure’. Eighty-five percent of people seeking medical cannabis still do so by the street market—that which can perpetuate violence, criminality and poverty. Many of the million or more Canadians who use cannabis are in the closet because of fear, stigma and criminalization. This also prevents clinical research needed for people to make the most informed choice regarding their medicine. This national advisory committee will make recommendations on distribution and licensing and on research on different strains, vaporizers and effects on anti-retrovirals.

All political parties in Canada have yet to show leadership on medical cannabis/hemp, particularly given its ability to clean the air and soil and gobble up emissions. It is what is cleaning up Chernobyl. Its ability to end poverty by creating a community based industry has also been disregarded by all parties. This national advisory committee will work from a cannabis/hemp framework to provide medical access, aid environmental initiatives, and end poverty in Canada. It will see to it that a cannabis industry will be a benefit to urban, rural and reserve, particularly those who have been harmed economically.

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