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US: The Hemp Vote
Mark Leibovich New York Times
Tuesday 20 Feb 2007 Representative Ron Paul, the libertarian Texas Republican, is sponsoring HR 1009, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007, a bill that would remove restrictions on cultivating nonpsychoactive industrial hemp on United States farms. Mr. Paul joins nine Democratic co-sponsors, including Representative Dennis J. Kucinich, the vegan Ohio Democrat, who, like Mr. Paul, is running for president. This could prove a burning issue in the 2008 campaign. Or not. Hemp is a variety of Cannabis sativa, a plant commonly grown for industrial use around the world, but not in the United States. A more potent variety is known to pot smokers worldwide as marijuana. “It is indefensible that the United States government prevents American farmers from growing this crop,” Mr. Paul said in a statement. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/us/politics/20chemp.html
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