Enjoy it!: May 2008

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A superficial propaganda

The short text below was written by a 20-year-old student from The University of Chicago.

“The stance that marijuana is a dangerous drug of abuse is a superficial propaganda for the masses. Marijuana was made illicit in 1937 to remove a threat to the new synthetic fibers made by the Dupont Company.

The useful hemp fibers can grow to lengths of 6 meters, are very strong and were a threat to the success of Dupont. If we are to consider health factors, then why do we legalize dangerous drugs such as alcohol and tobacco, both of which are very lethal. We can’t make people stop using things they want to use just by passing a law. (Look what happened during 'Prohibition').
The drug "trade" is now the single largest money operation in the U.S. economy and the money it generates is used to see that the laws will not change. I was recently told by a professor that the current value of the U.S. drug trade is estimated at around $600 billion dollars. The only real function making a drug illegal is to create a “black market”, otherwise known as 'money-for-nothing'.

Marijuana isn't even important to those in the 'big money drug trade', except for maintaining the 'wall of prohibition'. It isn't a question of what's good for you or what's bad for you. Alcohol gives us a perfect example of this hypocrisy. I’ve seen more college students in an alcohol induced stupor than any from marijuana - which appears to just mellow people out (and both are very available on campus).

The money paid for drugs is not based on the real value of the drugs themselves, but on the risk of transport, which in turn is the result of the law. This present us with an economic crisis of enormous impact, as a person with no skills or education can have a tax-free income greater than that of the highest paid individual in the entire industrial world. Such a situation destroys the basis of modern society, which is the assumption that a person is rewarded in direct relation to their contribution to the economic whole. The “war” on some drugs is not about drugs at all, but about money and the continued centralization of economic and political control.” Matt W., University of Chicago, USA, Age 20.

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Some say they are against pot legalization due to mental health factors. But, we’ve seen more college students in an alcohol induced stupor than from pot. Not mentioning the use of legal drugs like amphetamines and lexotan which little by little num

bs society in a way weed wouldn’t ever. These substances happen to be more lethal than marijuana.
Ø Why should marijuana be illicit while dangerous drugs such as alcohol and tobacco and others are legalized?

Some say ‘the law is to be followed’. There is no need for a law to have a meaning. No need for a satisfying reason for the illicitness of marijuana use and dealing. ‘If that’s law, it shall be done’.
Ø Should we comply with the law never minding its function? Have hemp prohibition cut off the use of it at anytime?

Kimberly Clark (on the Fortune 500) has a mill in France which produces hemp paper preferred for bibles because it lasts a very long time and doesn't yellow.
http://www.naihc.org/hemp_information/hemp_facts.htm
Hemp is also hemp fibers are longer, stronger and more absorbent than cotton. Bibles are also made of these fibers. So the hemp industry is but it happens in the black market.

Ø Is society gaining or at least maintaining a social peace with the illicitness of marijuana? Is there any connection between the violence shown in ‘Tropa de elite’ and this law?

Health Canada grants access to marihuana for medical use to those who are suffering from grave and debilitating illnesses. It is important to note that the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations deal exclusively with the medical use of marihuana.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/marihuana/index_e.html
What happens then is that the people who need marijuana for medical cares are the only ones who don’t have access to hemp once it’s very easy to get it from the black market.

Ø Do you agree with the affirmative bellow?
Ø Shouldn’t we invest in the hemp industry in order to have a medical benefit?

Some say ‘the body is a holly temple where the holly ghost inhabits’. The religious matter is contradictive. If we consider our body the holly spirit temple why should we intoxicate it with fast food and stress which aren’t providing any nutrition to the body, moreover as scientifically proved this kind of nourishment and rhythm of life develop cancers and other diseases. So we live under stress, we eat junk food , we take strong chemical substances called legal drugs, we inhale polluted but…
Ø …if we smoke pot we’ll be harming the spirit?

Take my word for it !!

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INDUSTRY FACTS*

Henry Ford experimented with hemp to build car bodies.

He wanted to build and fuel cars from farm products. *BMW is experimenting with hemp materials in automobiles as part of an effort to make cars more recyclable. *Much of the bird seed sold in the US has hemp seed (it's sterilized before importation), the hulls of which contain about 25% protein. *The pulp (hurd) of the hemp plant can be burned as is or processed into charcoal, methanol, methane, or gasoline.The process for doing this is called destructive distillation, or `pyrolysis.' Fuels made out of plants like this are called `biomass' fuels. Methanol makes a good automobile fuel, in fact it is used in professional automobile races. It may someday replace gasoline.