Lynda

Well, the old suck the taxpayers dry DEA/war on drugs is at it again! For
those that believe enough is enough, read the following.

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Coalition to Save Hemp" <Coalition@...>
To: <lurine@...>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 8:11 PM
Subject: DEA getting close to *banning* hemp foods and cosmetic products!


> Dear Friend,
>
> The DEA has now officially announced that it intends to ban most hemp
> products in the United States, including food made from sterile (non-
> psychoactive) hemp seeds and hemp-based personal-care products.
>
> Whether or not you expressed your outrage in October when we first
> heard about the DEA's plans, please visit http://www.SaveHemp.org now
> to send an updated pre-written letter to all of your elected officials
> and the DEA.
>
> (Many legislators who are now in office were not in office in October.
> In addition, legislators who contacted the DEA in October on behalf of
> their constituents were told that there wasn't any official proposal
> to ban hemp -- which is no longer true. Visit http://www.SaveHemp.org
> to send your second round of letters today!)
>
> Under the DEA's proposed regulation, literally millions of Americans
> will be criminalized for possessing shampoos, lotions, and soaps that
> have the slightest amount of naturally occurring THC, the primary
> active ingredient in marijuana. (It is impossible to get a
> psychoactive effect from hemp-based shampoos and soaps, but the DEA is
> proposing to ban them nevertheless.)
>
> Those who are arrested for shampoo or soap will face up to one year in
> federal prison and a $10,000 fine -- the same penalties they would
> face if they were arrested for possessing a small amount of marijuana.
>
> If someone is arrested with a stockpile of (currently legal) hemp
> products that weighs hundreds of pounds, it stands to reason that
> the defendant would face a 5- or 10-year mandatory minimum prison
> sentence -- or even the death penalty -- under federal law.
>
> There are already 700,000 arrests every year in the U.S. for marijuana
> offenses. Our nation's beleaguered criminal justice system doesn't
> need the additional strain of processing 100,000's of additional
> arrests that will result from the illegal possession of non-
> psychoactive shampoos and soaps.
>
> We don't need another front in our nation's failed war on drugs.
> Please oppose the DEA's hemp ban before it is allowed to take effect.
>
> In urgency,
> Coalition to Save Hemp
> www.SaveHemp.org
>
> P.S. Please distribute this message as widely as you can. Thank you!
>
>