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Newsbrief:
Campaign
Comments
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John
Edwards
on
Industrial
Hemp
9/19/03
Welcome to Drug War Chronicle's
newest occasional feature. With 10 Democrats vying for the chance
to defeat President Bush a little more than a year from now, candidates
are bound to have something to say about drug policy (especially if they
are being hounded by activists like those involved in Granite Staters for
Medical Marijuana [http://www.GraniteStaters.com]
and Americans for Safe Access [http://www.safeaccessnow.org].
When those candidates turn from terrorism, the economy, health care, and
other key issues to address drugs, we will let you know.
One hopes for intelligent
comments from the candidates, but sometimes you have to settle for what
you get. Thus North Carolina junior senator John Edwards on industrial
hemp, as reported by the Associated Press on Wednesday.
Waylaid by a question about
using hemp as a food or fiber while at a campaign event in New Hampshire,
Edwards responded: "I could tell you, in general, my position about
the medical use of marijuana, which is not what you are talking about,"
Edwards clarified. "You are talking about industrialized hemp being
used for WHAT?"
The questioner, Paul Stillwell
of Concord, New Hampshire, explained that hemp fiber can be used to make
paper, clothing, rope, and other products, and that hemp oil is used in
lotions, cosmetics, and foods. Would Edwards support industrial hemp,
Stillwell wanted to know? "I didn't know that's where that question
was going," Edwards said, with a laugh. "I had not thought about
that as a solution to the problem, honestly." He promised to come
up with an answer, though.
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Issue #303, 9/19/03
Editorial:
Don't Stop There |
A Clean,
Well-Lit Place to Shoot Dope: Western Hemisphere's First Government-Approved
Safe Injection Site Opens in Vancouver |
And Then
There Were Four: Canadian Marijuana Possession Laws Crumble |
Britain's
Pending Cannabis Decrim Will Allow for Some Arrests |
More Than
Just Memories: Cheryl Miller Memorial Project in DC Next Week |
Newsbrief:
Seattle Voters Tell Police to Make Marijuana Possession Lowest Priority |
Newsbrief:
Marijuana Legal in Alaska, But Attorney General Orders Cops to Confiscate
It, Work with Feds to Build Cases |
Newsbrief:
Ecstasy Scandal Grows as Second Study Retracted |
Newsbrief:
Drug Policy Alliance Issues Report on Changes in State Drug Laws |
Newsbrief:
This Week's Corrupt Cops Story |
Newsbrief:
Reefer Madness in the Heart of Africa |
Newsbrief:
Campaign Comments -- John Edwards on Industrial Hemp |
Newsbrief:
Murderous Thai Drug War in Final Drive to be "Drug Free" |
Newsbrief:
UN Agency Calls for Change in Colombia Drug War Strategy |
Current Action
Alerts: Medical Marijuana, Plan Colombia, HEA, Ashcroft's Attack
on Judicial Discretion |
Perry Fund
Accepting Applications for 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 School Years, Providing
Scholarships for Students Losing Aid Because of Drug Convictions |
Errata:
Dutch MedMj, Ecstasy Study Stories Last Two Weeks |
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