Letter from Mike Hagan......The letter Missouri press has refused to print
There is much talk these days at global, national and local levels about 'sustainability' and how we might all work together toward a more reasonable, healthy and green future.
I've attended a number of meetings and talked to a whole lot of people and, so far, I've not heard anyone mention the benefits of the reintroduction of industrial hemp into the regional and national economies.
I see ZERO reasons why this simple step could not have an immediate and positive impact on the national, state and local economies, as well as ALL of the concerns of sustainability/environmentally minded people.
Anyone not willing to discuss the reintroduction of industrial hemp into the US economy is not truly serious about these concerns. And anyone not willing to discuss it as a viable solution here in Missouri is smoking too much of its cousin.
How are we to take seriously those who ignore and reject a single most beneficial solution to a whole host of environmental and energy issues? Food, fuel, textiles, plastics, animal fodder, medicine, soil rejuvenation, etc. All from one plant that can be grown anywhere in this state without pesticides and without fertilizers. Hemp.
If people are serious about the severity of the 'crisis', only psychosis could explain such an obvious ignorance of solution.
Rejecting the realities of the hemp plant is no longer an excuse. Culture bound, provincial and hick-like attitudes are no longer a luxury. This is a BIGTIME corrective measure that can be implemented essentially overnight and it is something that EVERYONE who is sincere about sustainable community and a green future should be able to agree upon.
Congressman Ron Paul, a Republican from Texas, recently introduced a bill which would return industrial hemp its legal status and provide farmers the option to grow this remarkable plant. I urge my fellow citizens to contact your legislators in the house and senate to get this bill passed and I urge journalists to investigate the hemp story…the entire story…the history of it…everything…and start to report on it honestly.
How about it???
Is this state progressive enough to consider the wisdom of the world's oldest cultivated plant and one that could really, truly help us?
And if not, for god's sake, WHY???
Mike Hagan
www.mikehagan.com
I've attended a number of meetings and talked to a whole lot of people and, so far, I've not heard anyone mention the benefits of the reintroduction of industrial hemp into the regional and national economies.
I see ZERO reasons why this simple step could not have an immediate and positive impact on the national, state and local economies, as well as ALL of the concerns of sustainability/environmentally minded people.
Anyone not willing to discuss the reintroduction of industrial hemp into the US economy is not truly serious about these concerns. And anyone not willing to discuss it as a viable solution here in Missouri is smoking too much of its cousin.
How are we to take seriously those who ignore and reject a single most beneficial solution to a whole host of environmental and energy issues? Food, fuel, textiles, plastics, animal fodder, medicine, soil rejuvenation, etc. All from one plant that can be grown anywhere in this state without pesticides and without fertilizers. Hemp.
If people are serious about the severity of the 'crisis', only psychosis could explain such an obvious ignorance of solution.
Rejecting the realities of the hemp plant is no longer an excuse. Culture bound, provincial and hick-like attitudes are no longer a luxury. This is a BIGTIME corrective measure that can be implemented essentially overnight and it is something that EVERYONE who is sincere about sustainable community and a green future should be able to agree upon.
Congressman Ron Paul, a Republican from Texas, recently introduced a bill which would return industrial hemp its legal status and provide farmers the option to grow this remarkable plant. I urge my fellow citizens to contact your legislators in the house and senate to get this bill passed and I urge journalists to investigate the hemp story…the entire story…the history of it…everything…and start to report on it honestly.
How about it???
Is this state progressive enough to consider the wisdom of the world's oldest cultivated plant and one that could really, truly help us?
And if not, for god's sake, WHY???
Mike Hagan
www.mikehagan.com
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