Industrial Hemp To Receive Hearing in California Assembly next Tues

<http://www.norml.org> January 05, 2006
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From NORML.ORG:

Industrial Hemp To Receive Hearing in California Assembly

<http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=8351501&type=ST>Take
Action Now!

Friends:

NORML is pleased to announce that Assembly Bill
1147, an act to legalize the licensed cultivation
of industrial hemp, will receive a committee
hearing and vote this coming Tuesday. Now is the
time to
<http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=8351501&type=ST>contact
your state Assembly member and urge him or her to
allow licensed farmers to cultivate this
important agricultural commodity.

The United States is the only developed nation
that fails to cultivate industrial hemp as an
economic crop, according to a 2005 Congressional
Resource Service (CRS) report. Hemp is a distinct
variety of the plant species cannabis sativa that
contains only minute (less than 1%) amounts of
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary
psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Farmers
worldwide grow hemp commercially for fiber, seed,
and oil for use in a variety of industrial and
consumer products, including food and clothing.

The aim of AB 1147 is to allow California to
authorize a licensed, statewide hemp industry.
However, this bill will only receive serious
consideration if California's elected officials
hear an unmistakable message of support from
their constituents.
<http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=8351501&type=ST>Please
take two minutes of your time to write your
Senator and tell him or her how important it is
that they support industrial hemp.

This bill is scheduled to be voted on by the
<http://capwiz.com/norml2/directory/committees.tt?state=CA&lvl=state&commid=CA060>Assembly

Public Health Committee next Tuesday, January 10.
If your Representative serves on the Public
Health Committee, we strongly encourage you to
call him or and register your support for
industrial hemp. The following Assembly members
serve on the Public Health Committee:

<http://capwiz.com/norml2/bio/?id=130785>Mark
Leno (D-CA 13th), Chair - (916) 319-2013
<http://capwiz.com/norml2/bio/?id=44186>Jay La
Suer (R-CA 77th), Ranking Member - (916) 319-2077
<http://capwiz.com/norml2/bio/?id=43625>Rebecca
Cohn (D-CA 24th) - (916) 319-2024
<http://capwiz.com/norml2/bio/?id=130806>Mervyn
M. Dymally (D-CA 52nd) - (916) 319-2052
<http://capwiz.com/norml2/bio/?id=43940>Jackie
Goldberg (D-CA 45th) - (916) 319-2045
<http://capwiz.com/norml2/bio/?id=129165>Todd
Spitzer (R-CA 71st) - (916) 319-2071

Please consider making a
<https://secure.norml.org/join/>financial
contribution to NORML's state lobbying efforts.

Thank you for your support on this important issue.

Regards,

Kris Krane
Associate Director
NORML

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