-Caveat Lector- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEA has *banned* hemp foods and cosmetic products! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To help, please visit http://www.SaveHemp.org
Dear Friend, The DEA has now officially banned many hemp products in the United States, including food made from sterile, non-psychoactive hemp seeds and nutritional supplements made from hemp oil. Whether or not you expressed your outrage last year when we first heard about the DEA's plans, please visit http://www.SaveHemp.org now to send an updated pre-written letter to all of your elected officials. (Many legislators who are now in office were not in office in October 2000. In addition, legislators who contacted the DEA last year on behalf of their constituents were told that there wasn't any official proposal to ban hemp -- which is no longer true. Please visit http://www.SaveHemp.org to send your second round of letters today!) Under the DEA's new regulations, literally millions of Americans will be risking arrest for possessing shampoos, lotions, and soaps that have the slightest amount of naturally occurring THC, the primary active ingredient in marijuana. (It is impossible to get a psychoactive effect from hemp-based shampoos and soaps, but the DEA has said they are illegal if even one molecule of THC "enters the human body" as a result of their use. If the DEA decides to arrest you, the burden is yours to prove that not a single molecule of THC could "enter your body" by using hemp soap, lotion, or shampoo. Those who are arrested for shampoo or soap will face up to one year in federal prison and a $10,000 fine -- the same penalties they would face if they were arrested for possessing a small amount of marijuana. If someone is arrested with a stockpile of hemp products that weighs hundreds of pounds, it stands to reason that the defendant would face a 5- or 10-year mandatory minimum prison sentence -- or even the death penalty -- under federal law. There are already more than 700,000 arrests every year in the U.S. for marijuana offenses. Our nation's beleaguered criminal justice system doesn't need the additional strain of processing hundreds of thousands of additional arrests that will result from the illegal possession of non- psychoactive shampoos and soaps. We don't need another front in our nation's failed war on drugs. Please oppose the DEA's hemp ban. Please visit http://www.SaveHemp.org to send a free, pre-written e-mail to your state and federal elected officials. If enough members of Congress feel hemp is important to their constituents, they will put a stop to the DEA's abuse of authority. Thank you. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
