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HEMP TIES IT ALL TOGETHER Compiled by the Business Alliance
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for Commerce in Hemp (BACH).
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International Business Bonanza:
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"The Commodity of the Nineties"
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<EFBFBD> Renewable natural resource for manufacture of paper, fiber &
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pulp, oils, paints, sealants, fuel, food, medicine, etc.
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<EFBFBD> Hemp industries will save American jobs
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<EFBFBD> Underdeveloped potential for multi-billion dollar profits
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<EFBFBD> Income generated could save the Savings & Loan industry
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<EFBFBD> Hemp seed is among the most nutritious of food sources
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<EFBFBD> Replaces trees as a source of housing & construction
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material
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<EFBFBD> Biomass fuel will permanently cut dependence on fossil fuels
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<EFBFBD> Hemp can be used for plastic or as a biodegradable
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replacement
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<EFBFBD> Hemp is a standard fiber for fabrics, cordage, etc.
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<EFBFBD> Generates a self sustaining, de-centralized economy
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<EFBFBD> Offers a wealth of untapped sources of tax revenues
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A Healthy Environment
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"Earth's Premier Renewable Resource"
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<EFBFBD> Saving millions of trees for paper & construction
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<EFBFBD> Reducing acid rain by using biomass energy
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<EFBFBD> Less chemical pollution in our rivers
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<EFBFBD> Generating free oxygen to reverse the Greenhouse Effect
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<EFBFBD> Conserving soil & preventing erosion
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<EFBFBD> Using less pesticides & fertilizers for cultivation
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<EFBFBD> Replacing whale oil with Hemp seed oil
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<EFBFBD> Providing food for people & animals
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<EFBFBD> Leaving fully biodegradable waste products
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Sustainable Agriculture:
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"Hemp: The Cash Crop of the Future"
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<EFBFBD> Best source of biomass for energy self sufficiency
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<EFBFBD> Versatile enough to financially rescue family farms
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<EFBFBD> A viable, profitable crop that uses less pesticides &
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fertilizers for high yield
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<EFBFBD> Related economic gains in spin-off industries
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<EFBFBD> Marijuana is already America's biggest cash crop
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<EFBFBD> Commercial hemp strains have virtually no THC
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Common Sense Crime Reduction:
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"Liberty & Justice for All"
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<EFBFBD> Prohibition breeds crime & violence (remember all the gangs,
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guns & Al Capone of the "Roaring Twenties?")
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<EFBFBD> Smoking cannabis reduces tension & prevents violence
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<EFBFBD> Prohibition is itself unconstitutional
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<EFBFBD> Marijuana reform will unclog the courts by reducing case
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loads
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<EFBFBD> Re-legalization frees-up police resources for serious crime
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& will increase respect for all law
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<EFBFBD> It will remove hard drugs & the criminal element from the
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marijuana market to protect casual users
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Effective Medicine:
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"Nature's Remedies"
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<EFBFBD> Indicated for: Asthma, Emphysema, Glaucoma, Tumors, Nausea
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(Cancer & AIDS therapy), Rheumatism, Arthritis, Stress, Sleep
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& Relaxation, Multiple Sclerosis & Spasms, Epilepsy, Migraine
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Headaches, in Antibiotics, Antibacterial CBDs, Corn Plasters &
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Poultices, as Expectorant, Appetite Stimulant, Saliva Reducer,
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has hundreds of therapeutic uses
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<EFBFBD> Non toxic, self-administrable medication
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<EFBFBD> Remarkably few side effects
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<EFBFBD> Affordable health care & maintenance
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Civil Liberties & Free Choice:
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"Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Happiness"
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Inalienable American rights since 1776
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<EFBFBD> Freedom of choice & right to privacy
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<EFBFBD> Law has history of racist enforcement
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<EFBFBD> Freedom of religion is being violated
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<EFBFBD> Forfeiture laws deny us due process of law
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and violate our basic right to private property
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<EFBFBD> "War on Drugs" attacks our Constitutional rights as citizens
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<EFBFBD> Police spying & surveillance are rampant; corrupt secret
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police buy & sell drugs to lure people into breaking the law
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<EFBFBD> Low-intensity war of oppression waged on growers & users
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<EFBFBD> Marijuana offenders are political Prisoners of Conscience
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A Proud Part of Our History:
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"An Industry as Old as Pottery"
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<EFBFBD> Presidents Washington, Jefferson, etc., grew hemp on their
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farms when they formed the new Republic & Bill of Rights
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<EFBFBD> 10,000 year history of human cultivation
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<EFBFBD> The sails of Columbus' ships were hemp
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<EFBFBD> Turkish smoking parlors: centuries of tradition
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<EFBFBD> Declaration of Independence & U.S. Constitution were both
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originally drafted on hemp paper
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<EFBFBD> Hemp outlawed in the anti-trust conspiracy of 1937
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<EFBFBD> 50 Years of prohibition are finally coming to an end
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Promising A Brighter Future
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"A Freer, Safer, More Prosperous America"
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<EFBFBD> As the day ends, you put away your report written on hemp
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paper, drive home in your hemp fueled car down hemp-lined
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highways to your house built, plumbed & painted with hemp. You
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change your hemp clothes & fix a nice dinner of seasoned hemp
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tofu, turn on some music & light up a pipeful of . whatever
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you want.
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<EFBFBD> Business opportunity, more competitive products & prices
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<EFBFBD> Private enterprise, not police bureaucrats & spies
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<EFBFBD> Personal freedom, the right to know & the right to grow
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