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Marijuana Arrests Still Outnumber Those For Violent Crime, Especially Among African-Americans

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Marijuana Arrests Still Outnumber Those For Violent Crime, Especially Among African-Americans
Legalize It Already: Police Continue Prioritizing Weed Arrests, Especially Among African-Americans The U.S. has a long and checkered relationship with cannabis. The early drafts of the U.S. Constitution were famously written on hemp paper, and founding fathers like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington even grew it. Yet in the 1930s one man’s crusade against marijuana–using it as a not at all subtle cudgel with which to persecute Mexicans and black people–turned weed into a cash crop of another kind: for law enforcement.… Read the rest

Washington State Grandmother Defies Expectations About Retirement, Builds Her Own Timy Hemp House

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Washington State Grandmother Defies Expectations About Retirement, Builds Her Own Timy Hemp House
Tiny Hemp House: Washington State Grandmother Joins Tiny House Movement With Hemp Construction Materials McMansions are so out. Perhaps it was a result of the forced cutbacks following the banking meltdown in 2008, but unless you’re a television preacher or a newly minted rock star, ostentatious, tacky, giant houses are no longer on everyone’s wish list. In fact, quite the opposite is the case.… Read the rest

As DEA Clings To Reefer Madness Past For Drug Laws For Citizens, They Have Also Opened The Door For Big Pharma

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As DEA Clings To Reefer Madness Past For Drug Laws For Citizens, They Have Also Opened The Door For Big Pharma
DEA Sends Mixed Signals Over Weed–Throwing A Huge Bone To Big Pharma To Monetize It To get all the benefits of marijuana without the smoke or legal worries, Visit www.NSFMarketplace.com for pure CBC products at great prices! Of all the disappointments and broken promises of the Obama era–failing to promote single-payer health care, failure to end the Wars in Iraq and Afganistan, failure at closing Guantanamo (within his first year!),… Read the rest

Why Aren’t We Growing Hemp: A Primer On The World’s Most Misunderstood–And Potentially Beneficial Crop

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Why Aren’t We Growing Hemp: A Primer On The World’s Most Misunderstood–And Potentially Beneficial Crop
Hemp May Be The World’s Most Misunderstood Crop: Why It Is Banned And What We Are Missing Out On There are a lot of people who don’t understand what hemp is, and the benefits it is capable of giving us. Famously, George Washington grew hemp, and during the colonial period, growing hemp was considered a patriotic duty, as it was used to make much-needed rope and other products.… Read the rest