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Excellent Article!
Ok, If Marlboro puts an extra shot of THC in, So What! It wont hurt you! It would just make it a stronger Product, That may turn some people OFF, as long as they don’t put Nicotine in it too.
Tobacco & Alcohol companies are more worried that a massive amount of people would replace their products with Cannabis, PERIOD!!!!!
The “Growth to Consumption” period is so much Shorter than Tobacco and Cannabis is Easily Processed by the Consumer, Where Tobacco Processing can take more than a Year and special Methods to achieve desired results.
It is disheartening that in these difficult financial times our government can’t make a responsible decision and stop backing (saving face) old policies that were created for all the wrong reasons. USA embarrasses me with its decision to keep a crop we can all use in our yards illegal. How can I be a patriot when my country is so clearly wrong? How do the people making these decisions keep getting elected? I am at a loss. There are devious people working against the citizens of this country. They are the lawmakers that can make a difference and don’t. They are the enforcement agencies that protect their funding instead of doing the right thing and allow the change to occur.
America, make me proud of you again. We need our cash crop back. We need our freedom.
I have been posting articles on Hemp & Marijuana prohibition in America for close to 1 year now . . . . I began this journey initially with the intent on helping raise awareness for this most incredible plant – cannabis sativa – to help increase awareness for the good it can do for the health of U.S. citizens, the economy and the environment. Nearly a year later I have reached the conclusion that there is a much bigger issue at play & that America has a moral obligation to fix this wrong – and not just for Americans. This is because developing countries around the world – especially Africa – who are dependent upon financial support from developed countries – they take their lead from America on the prohibition of cannabis sativa. The consequence is that the incredible economic, food and environmental opportunities that cannabis sativa could provide for Africa are denied – because of U.S. prohibition. In short, I believe we could save millions of lives from hunger each year by encouraging Africa to grow industrial (non-thc) hemp seed. I believe that if we do not see this through, we will all have their blood on our hands.