Re: WTF

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

G. Morgan wrote:
> Frank Olson wrote:
>
>> Funny you should ask that.  I'd been listening to a radio talk show on
>> CKNW when this very subject was answered by BC's Attorney General.
>> Apparently, there are over 3000 individuals registered to grow weed for
>> personal medical reasons (glaucoma, cancer, kidney disease) in Canada
>> not just BC.  AFAIK it's "legal" as long as it's for personal use, but
>> if you're "registered", you're pretty well immune from Police raids on
>> your house.  Mind you, I think the cops take a dim view of anyone having
>> 200 plants in their house using the excuse that's it's for "personal
>> use", but one or two's OK *as long as no one complains*.  You should
>> really check with the local authority because I hear every jurisdiction
>> may have their own "view".
>
> Interesting.  The reason I ask is because I saw a show on CNBC about the
> marijuana business.  It seems in Mendocino County, CA, local authorities let
> them grow up to 30 plants.  They also said Canada has really lax laws about
> growing personal stash.
>
>>  The issue is real sensitive these days.  In
>> case you haven't heard, we're in the middle of a gang turf war.
>
> I had not heard specifically about Vancouver's gang problem, no.  Of course
> there are gangs everywhere now.
>
>
>>  I was a
>> block away from the mall in Langley when I thought I heard automatic
>> weapons fire.  I thought it might have been a movie production, but as
>> it turns out, it was a gang hit...  in broad daylight...  at a busy
>> shopping mall...  Scary!
>
> Wow.  That is pretty fucked up man.
>
> I think Mexico is about to erupt into civil disorder.  The Mexican drug
> cartels are now kidnapping people in Phoenix and Atlanta, and they are killing
> and beheading their enemies and leaving the bodies out in front of schools for
> the kids to see the next day.
>
> I think the answer may very well be to finally de-criminalize pot in the US,
> and take away that part of the black market that is causing so much violence.
> It would also free police and prisons to handle "real" criminals.
>
>
>

The fact that cannabis is one of the most benign intoxicants known (I
don't believe there has ever been a case of death by overdose) is
overshadowed by the usefulness of Industrial Hemp which, while grown in
several countries, is still kept at an almost minimal level.  Mostly
because its cousin, marijuana, is considered such a deadly drug.

In order for something like hemp seed oil to be an affordable substitute
for petroleum products, particularly as a substitute for diesel fuel
(did you know the diesel engine was invented with hemp oil as its fuel)
it would have to be grown on a massive scale.  Since the by-product of
the fuel extraction is a high protein seed cake we could then be getting
food *from* fuel production instead of diverting food to make fuel.

Not to mention the use of stalks as fodder for livestock, fibers for
textiles and paper as well as biomass for clean energy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp

And how did such a helpful plant become illegal?

In addition to the article posted below I have also read in the past
that the patent holder on 'paper from wood pulp' process was related one
of Ansligner's staunchest supporters.  Then there was the Rockefeller
faction who saw hemp oil as a threat.

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/12/22/whyIsMarijuanaIllegal.html