Good Work

[PFlynn]

"St-Isidore seed dealer experimenting with hemp" demonstrates the ridiculous way the government interferes with progress, and how they demonize marijuana in an effort to forward their anti-hemp agendas.

Marijuana already has dozens of proven medical applications, including the treatment of depression, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, arthritis, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, epilepsy, post traumatic stress disorder and muscle spasms, among others. Recent science out of Germany even shows how cannabinoids ( found in marijuana ) stimulate the body's production of TIMP-1, which helps healthy cells resist cancer invasion.

I am a big hemp promoter myself. Ethanol, for example, would be viable if Ontario farmers grew hemp instead of corn. In fact, I think every farmer on the planet should be required to sow 10 per cent of their fields as hemp, as it was during George Washington's day.

The demonization of marijuana ( the smokable kind ) is a propaganda tool to make the public fear hemp, which is a serious threat to Big Oil and their control over the price of absolutely everything.

Marijuana itself is a threat to big the pharmaceutical industry. "Pot" isn't illegal because it is dangerous; it is illegal because it is very safe, very cheap and medically versatile.

History shows that pot was criminalized in Canada in 1923 based on supposed dangers to society that never existed. We have the controversial Emily Murphy to thank for our war on certain plants.

There are still some people who actually think we should not use hemp at all because "it might send the wrong message to youth" about marijuana use. A ruse by any other name....

Look at it this way: imagine if the tobacco lobby had such stroke with the government they managed to convince them to criminalize apples. Same deal here.

I find it absurd that a crop like hemp is next to impossible to get permission to grow but I am so glad to hear hemp is making a comeback and that your paper is actually reporting it. Good work!



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