by
Paul
BenhaimThis led to Harry Anslinger being hired to travel the US
and give hemp a bad name. A massive smear campaign was
carried out, aimed at judges, police and large organizations that
would affect millions of people for many years to come. Marijuana
the ‘orgy, violent and aggressive’ drug was created as an entity.
Although hemp had been grown for centuries all over the world
including the US, it was now the killer weed. Unsupported claims
of its damaging effects were spread to the public using Hearst’s
newspaper chains. Hemp became illegal. Its use as a food, in
fibre, paper, fuel and medicine were ignored and the rest of the
world proceeded to wage a war against an innocent party,
industrial hemp. Still today, in some countries hemp is illegal to
grow and in others too strictly regulated. Mr. DuPont, I am led
believe, ended up in an asylum for the mentally ill – note definition
for Karma.
In Europe we feel lucky to be able to grow hemp again
under government licensed, when in the US, Australasia and
some developing countries, marijuana is still used to bribe,
blackmail and restrain so called free and democratic societies.
Currently seed strains are strictly controlled and optimum
producing strains are being held back by seed supplying
monopolies.
The founder of an inaccurate hypothesis creates a
monster, which only serves to combat and strangle truth. This
struggle will only last for some time as truth must, of necessity,
ultimately prevail.
The Hemp Food Industries Association, International
Hemp Association, Hemp Industries Association and other
organizations continue working to make it easier to grow
economically viable crops of hemp. We have many years of
research into industrial machinery to catch up on, but with
worldwide support this is happening fast. We have few trees left,
our cattle are becoming diseased, our cities are now polluted, our
fish and corals are dying. Carrying on in this greedy manner is no
longer a choice. With the efforts of, amongst others, Hemp