Very good article regarding D.C. protest June 11th
Hemp Harvest Protest in Front of White House Begins
WASHINGTON, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- CEO Bets President Can't Prove His Hemp Plants are Marijuana
American Farmers Continue to be Shut Out of Booming Global Industry
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Bronner adds, "I expected more from President Obama. The President can simply direct the Department of Justice to respect industrial hemp grown pursuant to existing state hemp programs, such as North Dakota's. Everyone is sick and tired of America's bankrupt policy on hemp that forces our company to send well over a hundred thousand dollars every year to Canadian farmers. I had hoped that President Obama would not succumb to drug warriors' hysteria regarding hemp. I really don't know what else to do to get our 'Chief Law Enforcement Officer' to take a rational science-based approach to hemp policy in this country."
Mr. Bronner's protest is a direct action in response to a recent White House statement falsely conflating non-drug industrial hemp with marijuana. This intentional conflation by White House officials is used to justify a policy that prevents American farmers from growing industrial hemp, even under existing state licensing programs. Information on the new regressive White House hemp policy...
http://www.drbronner.com/hemp_protest.html
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hemp-harvest-protest-in-front-of-white-house-begins-2012-06-11
