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The420Guy
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Will you join the criminal class on Feb. 6? You will if you are in
possession of, consume, distribute or sell any foods or beverages containing
hempseeds or hempseed oils. So check those ingredients labels on beer,
cheese, coffee, corn chips, energy drink, flour, ice cream, snack bars,
salad oil, soda and veggie burgers.
While physicians may like the fact that food and beverages containing
hempseeds or hempseed oils are high in protein and contain "good" fats, Asa
Hutchinson, who heads the Drug Enforcement Administration, doesn't, because
of the trace amounts of THC -- tetrahydrocannabinols, the stuff in marijuana
that produces a high.
Of course, you would have to ingest more than any human possibly could --
well, maybe Mr. Hutchinson could -- to get a buzz from the stuff. But your
government will brook no competition in the drug or oil markets, however
infinitesimal. Yes, gentle readers, enough oil can be obtained from hemp to
free us from OPEC.
Ms. Sally nearly fell off her chair when she stumbled across the fact that
tucked away on pages 51,539 through 51,544 of the Federal Register the DEA
rule, published last Oct. 9, gives people until Feb. 6 (120 days from date
of publication) to dispose of any food or beverage product containing THC.
Bird seed containing cannibis seeds, clothing, paper, rope, twine, shampoo
and soap containing hemp will still be legal, because Mr. Hutchinson's
agency, in its infinite wisdom says, "Based on the information currently
available, DEA believes that [such products] do not cause THC to enter the
human body and are therefore legal."
This is too funny when you consider that Mr. Hutchinson, a former
congressman, happened to be the prosecutor for the Western District of
Arkansas who neither saw nor heard any evil during the time the CIA was
running its drug and weapons operations in his backyard: Mena. Ms. Sally
asks if Mr. Hutchinson didn't know what was going on under his nose, why do
some insist that then-Gov. Bill Clinton, down in Little Rock, surely knew?
And if you recall, gentle readers, Mr. Hutchinson was a member of the House
Managers that prosecuted President Clinton's impeachment before the Senate.
But I digress. The good Christian Family Research Council, among other right
wing groups, has rallied to Mr. Hutchinson's edict, saying foods containing
hempseed send a pro-drug message to children and is a sneaky way to aid the
campaign to legalize marijuana. Ms. Sally wonders what these people are
smoking.
There may be a tad of hope for all you hempseed addicts. Supporters of
hempseed oil have asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to block the DEA
rule. The DEA, however, maintains it is permitted to issue the ban on
THC-laced products without a formal rule-making procedure.
Better be safe than sorry, gentle readers, and empty your cupboards of all
hempseed and hempseed oil products before the hempseed police turn up at
your door one minute after midnight on Feb. 6.
possession of, consume, distribute or sell any foods or beverages containing
hempseeds or hempseed oils. So check those ingredients labels on beer,
cheese, coffee, corn chips, energy drink, flour, ice cream, snack bars,
salad oil, soda and veggie burgers.
While physicians may like the fact that food and beverages containing
hempseeds or hempseed oils are high in protein and contain "good" fats, Asa
Hutchinson, who heads the Drug Enforcement Administration, doesn't, because
of the trace amounts of THC -- tetrahydrocannabinols, the stuff in marijuana
that produces a high.
Of course, you would have to ingest more than any human possibly could --
well, maybe Mr. Hutchinson could -- to get a buzz from the stuff. But your
government will brook no competition in the drug or oil markets, however
infinitesimal. Yes, gentle readers, enough oil can be obtained from hemp to
free us from OPEC.
Ms. Sally nearly fell off her chair when she stumbled across the fact that
tucked away on pages 51,539 through 51,544 of the Federal Register the DEA
rule, published last Oct. 9, gives people until Feb. 6 (120 days from date
of publication) to dispose of any food or beverage product containing THC.
Bird seed containing cannibis seeds, clothing, paper, rope, twine, shampoo
and soap containing hemp will still be legal, because Mr. Hutchinson's
agency, in its infinite wisdom says, "Based on the information currently
available, DEA believes that [such products] do not cause THC to enter the
human body and are therefore legal."
This is too funny when you consider that Mr. Hutchinson, a former
congressman, happened to be the prosecutor for the Western District of
Arkansas who neither saw nor heard any evil during the time the CIA was
running its drug and weapons operations in his backyard: Mena. Ms. Sally
asks if Mr. Hutchinson didn't know what was going on under his nose, why do
some insist that then-Gov. Bill Clinton, down in Little Rock, surely knew?
And if you recall, gentle readers, Mr. Hutchinson was a member of the House
Managers that prosecuted President Clinton's impeachment before the Senate.
But I digress. The good Christian Family Research Council, among other right
wing groups, has rallied to Mr. Hutchinson's edict, saying foods containing
hempseed send a pro-drug message to children and is a sneaky way to aid the
campaign to legalize marijuana. Ms. Sally wonders what these people are
smoking.
There may be a tad of hope for all you hempseed addicts. Supporters of
hempseed oil have asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to block the DEA
rule. The DEA, however, maintains it is permitted to issue the ban on
THC-laced products without a formal rule-making procedure.
Better be safe than sorry, gentle readers, and empty your cupboards of all
hempseed and hempseed oil products before the hempseed police turn up at
your door one minute after midnight on Feb. 6.
