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   From: NoSpamSKS_SKanz@hotmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:38:11 -0700, lein    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Aug 20, 12:11 pm, "Gattman"  wrote:   
   >> It could generate billions of dollars for farmers and displaced foresters in   
   >> America, but as long as anybody Republican or Democrat over the age of 60   
   >> holds an office in America, it won't happen.   
   >   
   >Actually, you need to get the people who don't look like washed out   
   >hippies to advocate it.  Some guy who looked like he just got out of   
   >bed or some college student who's mommy/daddy is paying their way   
   >won't influence any change in policy.    To the rest of us, they look   
   >like they are only interested in legalizing it for their own   
   >enjoyment.  Better to get the business types out there pushing a   
   >genuine industry need for the product.   
      
   Have you seen the guys from N.O.R.M.L.?  Hell they look like they came   
   straight from Wall Street.  definitely not the Tommy Chong types that   
   we used to see promoting it back in the 80s.   
   Currently there is still too much stigma that causes people to have   
   the typical knee jerk "hell no" response when legalization is   
   mentioned.  Plus anytime anyone introduces a bill to decriminalize or   
   legalize pot some other asshole always tacks on a rider making heroin   
   and cocaine legal as well. Not because they are that "liberal" in   
   their thinking on drugs but because it is a garaunteed death sentence   
   to the pot bill.  A lot of folks stand to lose a shitload of money   
   should pot/hemp ever becomes legal again.  They can afford heavy   
   political influence and they use it to keep marijuana illegal.   
   The multibillion doillar a year drug screening industry, to name one,   
   will fight tooth fang and claw against any efforts to legalize   
   pot/hemp\ since the majority of drug testing is to target pot smokers.   
   And then there are the organized crime types that stand to lose even   
   more should the gov't make it legal.   
   I wouldn't hold my breath(except to hold onto that last hit)   
   waiting for any landmark legislation regarding hemp farming.   
      
      
      
      
      
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