[Scpg] DEA on THC...

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US to Ban HEMP FOODS !
by Watchdog November 7 2001, Wed, 9:51am
 
The Drug Enforcement Agency has decided to outlaw hemp FOODS, even birdseed
(!) as of Feb 6, 2002. This despite such foods having ZERO drug value.
Public Comments NEEDED now! Here's easy way to do it. Spread the word
on-line AND beyond. Urgent.

...i'm sure it's all just a temporary misunderstanding...
after all, how could that scraggly old weed threaten a generation's values 
paradigm?

but, how did they get those jobs anyway??
any more openings?



*!*!*!*!* War on Hemp FOOD !! *!*!*!*!*

(At a time of hightened security, the DEA finds time and money to prohibit
Hemp Foods? Hemp could replace many needs for oil...now the cause of so
much global terror and violence...yet the prohibition is being intensified?
The "war on [non-corporate] drugs" is widely opposed for being a human
rights/civil rights and economic disaster.... yet the DEA extends this to a
"war" on hemp pretzels, seeds and ales, etc??
See http://www.norml.org & http://www.drcnet.org for more. V. )
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From: list-manager at votehemp.com

As we have previously communicated, DEA recently issued new rules that
attempt to ban hemp seed and oil based foods containing any amount of THC.
Although "any THC" is not currently detected by the official Health Canada
protocol in most hemp foods (which are thus still being sold to consumers
at natural foods retailers like Whole Foods and Wild Oats), the DEA's rules
do not specify a detection
protocol and thus put hemp foods' future in an unacceptably ambiguous
position. These rules are blatant violations of the original Congressional
intent that exempted hemp seed and oil from DEA's control: the miniscule
trace non-significant THC in hemp seed and oil presents absolutely no
potential for abuse. Poppy seed bagels are legal even though they contain
trace amounts of opiates, yet DEA has
not tried to remove them from your local bakery.

Thousands of letters were sent to Congress in response to our previous
request that individuals send their federal elected officials a pre-written
fax from the Vote Hemp website. If you were one of the many who sent
letters to Congress, thanks for taking action to support hemp foods.

Now we need to send comments directly to DEA during the public comment
period which ends December 10. DEA had previously tried to avoid hearing
from concerned citizens by refusing to accept comments by e-mail and fax.
However, as a result of pressure from Vote Hemp, DEA will now accept
comments by fax which you can do for free from the Vote Hemp site. Please
go to the Vote Hemp Action Alert page (http://www.votehemp.com/action.html)
and click on the "Send a Pre-written Fax" feature which is now revamped
with a different pre-written letter special for the DEA. Then, please edit
and customize the pre-written letter as you like to make it your own, and
click to send it to DEA. Thanks for your continued support!

list-manager at votehemp.com
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