Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall
Taranaki hemp farmer John Earney with organic enthusiast HRH Prince Charles
Where the people lead, the leaders will follow – Ghandi
Nothing honors Ghandi’s vision more stunningly than the citizens movement to legalize marijuana and industrial hemp. At the time former Congressman Ron Paul introduced his 2011 Industrial Hemp Farming Act Bill, five states (North Dakota, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Oregon, California, Montana, West Virginia and Vermont) had enacted laws authorizing industrial hemp cultivation. Without Obama’s support, the bill died in committee. Fast forward to November 2012, when Colorado voters passed Amendment 64 to legalize hemp cultivation.Last week the Denver Post reported on the Colorado farmer who made history by harvesting the first commercial hemp crop in the US in 56 years.
Full Article:
http://open.salon.com/blog/stuartbramhall/2013/10/21/the_global_hemp_renaissance