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No
Hemp
for
the
Masses
3/24/00
US News and World Report
revealed this week that Drug Enforcement Agency officials are puzzling
over the latest directive from the Drug Czar. It seems Gen. Barry
McCaffrey's office sent the agency a letter on March 5 insisting that the
DEA find a way to seize all products entering the United States that contain
industrial hemp. The letter reportedly cited concerns that certain
hemp-infused products like shampoo and beer might cause Americans to inadvertently
fail drug tests at school or work. The US News story said the letter
has customs officials worried that compliance could spark an international
trade war. McCaffrey's office ordered an embargo on the importation
of hemp seeds last month.
(See http://www.drcnet.org/wol/122.html#hempembargo
for further background information.)
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Issue #130, 3/24/00
Innocent, Unarmed Man Shot by New York City Drug Unit | National Drug Strategy Released, and Testimony by Eric Sterling | Dump Judge Judy Campaign Growing, Needs Volunteer Monitors, Pain Patients Speak Out | Another Medical Marijuana Bill Goes Before Maryland House Committee | Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Forfeiture Reform Bill, Colombia Aid Package Stalled | Medical Marijuana Patients Begin Northern Florida "Journey For Justice" | Breaking News: UK to Legalize Medical Marijuana | No Hemp for the Masses | High School Anti-Drug Lesson Daringly Different | Link of the Week: "Lost Political Causes" by William F. Buckley | OP-ED: No End in Sight in Los Angeles Police Scandal
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