2008 Woodie Awards
Hemp's politically hidden benefits
Stephen Wieland
Issue date: 2/27/08 Section: Opinion
Dear Lumberjack,
Here is a letter long overdue. In regards to the article "United for Change" published in your Feb. 6, 2008. An article full of fluff but no stuff. The Focus the Nation event was about people coming together with real solutions, so what were the real solutions talked about?
During the public comment section of the Town Hall meeting (which was abruptly lowered from 3 minutes to 2 minutes per person), many people talked about hemp; in fact, it opened up with hemp thanks to Kenny Engels.
One of the most important solutions (in my opinion) was to stop giving in to the corporate and government hype about buying eco/green products such as the Toyota Prius. How is buying more stuff going to help? China produces the majority of our goods, a country with a not-so-squeaky clean human and environmental rights record. Guess what people, all the toxic chemicals that flow through Chinese rivers get dumped into the Pacific Ocean, then cycled to rain and get dumped on us!
Another important point brought up during public comment was the fact that carbon dioxide is plant food. There are studies from rain forests in the Pacific Northwest and the Amazon that the growth rate of plants is currently higher than anything previously recorded. Plants breathe in CO2 and their waste is oxygen, something we need to breathe! Also the burning of fossil fuels release CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER at a 1:2 ratio!
Stop giving in to government and corporate propaganda! I am not denying "global warming," and that humans are a significant change to earth's climate, but it can go both ways! What would we do if the polar ice caps were growing? I can see the headlines now: "Scientists call to nuke ice caps!" Oh and yes, global warming is also a natural process of the earth, and happens when the earth tilts back towards vertical.
Hemp is a real solution. Why? It has tens of thousands of uses from food, fiber, medicine and industrial goods. Its seed as a food source is one of the most perfectly balanced source of nutrition for humans. We can feed starving Africa with it (instead of giving them foreign aid in the form of arms deals.) It is one of the longest and strongest natural fibers known to man. It has allowed terminally ill cancer patients to still be alive today, years after they were given a 3-month death sentence.
Cannabis hemp is a tool, a resource that humans have been using for thousands of years to allow humans to expand all across "our planet". With hemp we can become a wealthy, independent county in mind, matter and law. We will become a progressive city with a sustainable foundation. Hell, new nations were founded because of hemp (i.e. United States of America & taxation without representation.)
Cannabis hemp has been a great tool throughout our human history, now is the time to bring that tool out of the toolbox. Spread the seed!
Stephen Wieland
HSU NORML
p.s. Everyone is invited to LEGALIZE IT March 12 in the Van Duzer Theatre. The event is entirely free and at 4:20 Eddy Lepp and Jack Herer are going to talk about their California Cannabis Hemp and Health Initiative 2008. We also will have music from High Ceiling, Afromassive and Subliminal Sabotage. Check the fliers posted around town and campus for more information. See you all there!
Here is a letter long overdue. In regards to the article "United for Change" published in your Feb. 6, 2008. An article full of fluff but no stuff. The Focus the Nation event was about people coming together with real solutions, so what were the real solutions talked about?
During the public comment section of the Town Hall meeting (which was abruptly lowered from 3 minutes to 2 minutes per person), many people talked about hemp; in fact, it opened up with hemp thanks to Kenny Engels.
One of the most important solutions (in my opinion) was to stop giving in to the corporate and government hype about buying eco/green products such as the Toyota Prius. How is buying more stuff going to help? China produces the majority of our goods, a country with a not-so-squeaky clean human and environmental rights record. Guess what people, all the toxic chemicals that flow through Chinese rivers get dumped into the Pacific Ocean, then cycled to rain and get dumped on us!
Another important point brought up during public comment was the fact that carbon dioxide is plant food. There are studies from rain forests in the Pacific Northwest and the Amazon that the growth rate of plants is currently higher than anything previously recorded. Plants breathe in CO2 and their waste is oxygen, something we need to breathe! Also the burning of fossil fuels release CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER at a 1:2 ratio!
Stop giving in to government and corporate propaganda! I am not denying "global warming," and that humans are a significant change to earth's climate, but it can go both ways! What would we do if the polar ice caps were growing? I can see the headlines now: "Scientists call to nuke ice caps!" Oh and yes, global warming is also a natural process of the earth, and happens when the earth tilts back towards vertical.
Hemp is a real solution. Why? It has tens of thousands of uses from food, fiber, medicine and industrial goods. Its seed as a food source is one of the most perfectly balanced source of nutrition for humans. We can feed starving Africa with it (instead of giving them foreign aid in the form of arms deals.) It is one of the longest and strongest natural fibers known to man. It has allowed terminally ill cancer patients to still be alive today, years after they were given a 3-month death sentence.
Cannabis hemp is a tool, a resource that humans have been using for thousands of years to allow humans to expand all across "our planet". With hemp we can become a wealthy, independent county in mind, matter and law. We will become a progressive city with a sustainable foundation. Hell, new nations were founded because of hemp (i.e. United States of America & taxation without representation.)
Cannabis hemp has been a great tool throughout our human history, now is the time to bring that tool out of the toolbox. Spread the seed!
Stephen Wieland
HSU NORML
p.s. Everyone is invited to LEGALIZE IT March 12 in the Van Duzer Theatre. The event is entirely free and at 4:20 Eddy Lepp and Jack Herer are going to talk about their California Cannabis Hemp and Health Initiative 2008. We also will have music from High Ceiling, Afromassive and Subliminal Sabotage. Check the fliers posted around town and campus for more information. See you all there!
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