Tell Governator, Don't Terminate Hemp Bill

Tell the Governator: Don't Terminate Hemp Bill!
Forward until
Sept 30, 2006

It's time to pump up support for the California
Industrial Hemp Farming Act! AB1147 has passed! Now we
need you to tell the
Governator
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to
say "Hasta la
vista, baby!" to an outdated policy that has deprived
farmers of their fair share of the US hemp
industry's growing profits!

Vote Hemp's all-volunteer board has been doing the
heavy lifting to make the California Industrial Hemp Act
law. The closer we get to victory, the more we need
your support. Please give
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today.

Thank you! Your support for the California
Industrial Hemp
Farming Act is history in the making!

Sincerely,



Eric Steenstra


President

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Will Gov. "I'll Be Back" bring back hemp?
* Arnold: Sign AB1147!
* TV & Radio: Watch and Listen
* Major Papers: NY Times, LA Times
* Blogs: Jacob Sullum, Ralph Nader

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TV & Radio: Watch and Listen

KNSD-NBC's Consumer Bob explains, lawmakers in
Sacramento
may soon give the okay for farmers to grow hemp.

Video: Should
California farmers
be allowed to grow hemp?
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KNSD-NBC - San Diego, CA

August 19, 2006

KOVR 13 News in Sacramento reports, "Hemp is a crop
that
could be a real California contender."
Video:
California
Farmers Could
Be Making Green From Grass
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KOVR 13 News - Sacramento, CA

August 31, 2006

John Roulac, Founder & CEO of Nutiva Foods debates anti-
hemp spokesperson Jeanette McDougal, National
Alliance for
Health & Safety.


Audio: Hemp's High
Hurdle
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Michael Olson - Food Chain Radio

Talk radio hosts Bruce and Colin are joined by
Patrick Goggin,
lawyer for the Hemp Industries Association and Vote
Hemp to
talk about a bill attempting to legalize hemp.
Audio:
Afternoon
with Bruce and Colin
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WTIC - News Talk 1080 - Hartford, CT

August 28, 2006



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Major Papers: NY Times, LA Times

"Charles Meyer's politics are as steady and
unswerving as the
rows of pima cotton on his Central Valley farm. With
his work-
shirt blue eyes and flinty Clint Eastwood demeanor,
he is
staunchly in favor of the war in Iraq, against gun
control and
believes people unwilling to recite the Pledge of
Allegiance
should be kicked out of America, and fast. But what
gets him
excited is the crop he sees as a potential windfall
for California
farmers: industrial hemp, or Cannabis sativa."

California Seeks to Clear Hemp of a Bad
Name
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Patricia Leigh Brown


The New York Times


August 28, 2006

"[The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act] would
allow
California farmers to grow industrial hemp, as long
as they test
samples from each crop and destroy any crop in which
the THC
- a chemical found in marijuana - exceeds
three-tenths of
1%."

Bills
Await the Governor's Signature
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Nancy Vogel

Los Angeles Times

September 3, 2006



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Blogs: Jacob Sullum, Ralph Nader

"There is a surprising number of major corporations
who use
large quantities industrial hemp. These companies
include:
Ford, GM, Chrysler, Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani,
Ralph Lauren,
J. Crew, Patagonia and Walt Disney. All of this is
happening
with DEA?s knowledge and permission. And it is
instructive that
the State Department, which is charged with
certifying that our
foreign allies are cooperating with the war on
drugs, has not
sanctioned nations and corporations that grow and
export
industrial hemp."

Letter to Governor
Schwarzenegger
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Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate

John Passacantando, Greenpeace USA

Rob Weissman, Essential Action

September 1, 2006

"Unlike other states that have passed pro-hemp
bills, California
does not plan to seek permission from the DEA;
supporters of
the bill say federal clearance is legally
unnecessary. Their
position is bolstered not only by the Constitution
but by a 2003
decision in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
9th Circuit
ruled that the federal marijuana ban does not cover
nonpsychoactive portions of the cannabis plant."
Hemp:
The
Other
Cannabis
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=sxf4cybab.0.ka5tfybab.77w8grbab.5302&ts=S0204&p=http%3A%2F%2Fhttp://www.reason.com%2Fhitandrun%2F2006%2F08%2Fhemp_the_other_cannabis.shtml)

Jacob Sullum

Reason: Hit & Run

August 28, 2006


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Arnold: Sign AB1147!

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