Now is the time to get behind HR 1866 and get it passed!
With the proper education of the general public, and pressure on Congress, we can get this bill passed.
Hemp oil, which was recommended by a Medical Doctor, is $18.00 a pint, and is imported from Canada.
It's time we changed the mindset of the American People, and instill the spirit of freedom in their hearts once again.
Thank you.

I suppose the Rep. from Georgia would want to cane farmers growing hemp too?

State Republican lawmaker Tommy Benton (31st House District) favors “caning” minor marijuana offenders and “executing” those who sell the drug, according to a recent correspondence sent by the representative to a constituent.

In a July 29, 2009 e-mail (which was voluntarily forwarded to the NORML office), Rep. Benton wrote: “Thanks for the email. We will have to agree to disagree on this and whether or not money is wasted (by mandating the state to prosecute minor marijuana offenders). I am opposed to the legalization of marijuana. I think we should go to caning for people caught using and maybe execute dealers. [emphasis NORML’s] That would solve the problem as well. That is what they do in Singapore and they don’t have a drug problem.”

Caning is a form of corporal punishment consisting of up to 24 violent lashes with a long rattan cane that has been soaked in water. The procedure inflicts intense pain and deep, bloody lacerations that can take several months to heal.

Rep. Benton followed up his remarks in a separate e-mail on August 11 (also forwarded to NORML) in which he threatened to turn over the names of citizens who disagreed with his political viewpoints to local law enforcement.

He wrote: “You and your cronies want it (marijuana) legalized so you can get a hit anytime without having to worry about getting arrested. I have forwarded your email to the Lowndes County sheriffs [sic] office so that they can be on the lookout for you. [emphasis NORML’s] Consider this my last correspondence on the the [sic] subject to you or anyone else who shares your similar “conservative views’.”

Benton was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2005. ] end.

This is what the farmers in this country are up against!

1. Note that the Rep. from Georgia, quoted in the above posting, who wants to introduce "caning" of "marijuana offenders", uses the expression "get a hit" for what he presumes to be the pattern of advocated use. Maybe this indicates the constituents who elected this man are violence-inclined and one would be wise to avoid visiting or investing in their area. Meanwhile, let's clean up our own speech and advocate safe, moderate, non-violent herb use-- this means eliminating hot-burning-overdose papers and using a vaporizer or helping develop a THC-loaded e-cigarette technology.

2. The aforecited Republican also expressly refuses henceforth to converse with those who share the recipient's "conservative" views. This considering the source and allowing for the quotation marks could be a badge of honor. (I guess he means someone recommended saving the money now wasted on prosecuting "offenders".) Introducing industrial hemp will conserve environment and promote reforestation. Let's step forward proudly as Conservatives.

I disagree with maxwood. I think there should be a major protest in the center of Jefferson, Georgia. We have to stop being afraid of these wanna be tyrants and show up in their comfort zone anytime they advocate torture and death to peaceful, pot smokers and anytime they turn over to police correspondence with their constituents simply because they disagree over a plant. Politicians like this must be run out of office. They are dangerous. The cannabis culture must stop being a bunch of pansies who are afraid of going to jail for their association with a plant. We have to FIGHT BACK!