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Richard Davis’ Hemp Museum has long been a champion of restoring Hemp as a useful economic agricultural product.

Hemp can actually be used in 25,000 potential products.

Hemp is the world’s strongest natural fiber. Hemp was the first crop ever cultivated for textile production. Hemp cloth is stronger, longer lasting, more mildew resistant and cheaper to produce than cotton cloth.

Hemp can be used to make virtually anything that is currently made of cotton, timber or petroleum.

Newspaper William Randolph Hearst owned millions of acres of timber land and led the crusade to ban hemp.

Pierre DuPont not only held the patent rights to the sulfuric acid wood pulp paper process but also patented nylon rope made from synthetic petrochemicals. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon was DuPont’s backer.

William Randolph Hearst and Pierre DuPont both profited on war.

Hemp was criminalized to protect the big money interests in the timber, petrochemical and cotton industries.

Today industrial hemp is cultivated in Canada, China, Russia, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, England, Poland and many other Eastern European countries.

The same big money that is behind war is also behind the timber, petrochemical and cotton industries. I haven’t even mentioned the pharmaceutical industry yet.

The top 101 uses for Hemp are found in the food, healing, toiletries, textile, household and industrial categories. Hemp can be used in products ranging from dynamite to cellophane.

The many economic and environmental benefits of Hemp have been sacrificed for the profits of a few war mongers.

Hemp is a crop almost unimaginably useful that can be grown on marginal land under adverse conditions by small farmers everywhere. No wonder the powers that be have criminalized the plant.

Yes, Hemp is a plant.

The major thrust of the War on Drugs that has crippled our country and the world while damaging the public perception of law enforcement is all about a plant put on Earth by God.

Yes, it is all connected. The connections are explicit and well documented. We have no need to invoke a conspiracy theory when we have the facts.

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Amy Nelson sent us this video she made of her Dad, Willie Nelson, singing “A Peaceful Solution.”

One thing I noticed about the video was the view of the audience listening to Willie. Thousands of people hear Willie sing “A Peaceful Solution” at the end of his shows.

Have you been in one of those audiences?

Have you felt the energy behind the message?

Doesn’t it feel great?

Liz and I were discussing the power of the individual to effect meaningful change with Willie when he stood up and gestured around him in a circle.

“What can each of us do but extend peace into the small area that we can personally influence?” Willie asked.

We will find this power becoming more important every day. As the sick social structures weaken and fall away each of us will find more opportunities to stand up and influence others in our immediate circle.

News on global food supplies, resource depletion, energy stocks, fuel stocks, increased population and global resource demands spiraling out of sight provides all the indicators required to let us know profound changes have become inevitable.

Where are you going to turn?

Hope you are not depending upon the same people who did not make it to the aid of New Orleans after Katrina.

You will find your best alliances to be with family, friends and neighbors. The term popping up to describe this phenomenon is called Relocalization.

Relocalization speaks of renewed grass-roots efforts to reestablish local sufficiency in a renewable and socially responsible manner. You can hear these groups talk about the Post-Carbon era with thoughtful consideration.

Another group you may hear about is APPLE - Alliance for a Post Petroleum Local Economy.

Local family farms will become the energy and food centers for human culture as they had been for thousands of years before the commercial industrialization of the agribusiness conglomerates.

Shipping in things that can be grown locally will become economically unpractical. If you have noticed the rising prices in the grocery stores then you realize the truth in this.

Global climate change is real.

The Arctic will be ice free in just a few more years. This will trigger gigantic and massive crop failures all over the world, low land flooding, sea level rises and a huge number of global refugees. Increased hurricane severity, drought and flooding is already happening.

All of these issues and more become exaggerated in the context of conflict, violence and war.

We need peace to solve our common problems.

More and more you will find yourself turning to those around you, perhaps at a Willie Nelson concert, and see those around you with new eyes. The people standing around you are your only security not corrupt bureaucracies.

To get along with people we will all need to learn and practice peace in all aspects of life.

We must live in peace with the Earth and the plants and animals no less than with our fellow human beings.

Be ready for the change. Be the change. Bring peace.

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To my extended family at WNPRI,

I had never dreamed that over 160 artists would record their own versions and videos of ‘A Peaceful Solution‘ within a year’s time. How could we have imagined such a powerful response?

I can’t speak for Dad. He might have planned it all along. ; ) What a beautiful story that we get to watch unfold, day by day. It’s a reminder of how unimaginably great things are possible with every seed of hope, and every dream is filled with infinite possibility.

Thanks to everyone who has participated. Thanks to Jay and Liz for their vision that has created this wonderful online atmosphere, and continually putting your best energy into WNPRI. It shows.

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You do not need to be a Hawaiian resident or even be a visitor to provide testimony concerning bills in front of the Hawaiian House of Representatives.

You only need to have the desire to help make positive change.

There is a widely held belief that the Hawaiian House of Representatives weighs the testimony of people from outside the state of Hawaii greater than testimony from within the state.

I can only assume that since you read this blog, you have an interest in promoting peaceful resolutions.

Now this is your chance.

Below I’ve supplied sample testimony that you may copy and paste into an email to support a peaceful resolution to a significant element of the so-called “War On Drugs.”

I ask you to participate in this small way to help set things right in Hawaii and provide a positive example of how any state government may comply with the Federal Controlled Substance Act while allowing patient access to medical marijuana.

Please lend your support to House Bill 2678.

The biggest source of revenue to the State of Hawaii is tourism.

The Hawaiian House of Representatives will credit your testimony in support of this modification of Hawaii’s medical marijuana law. They listen to out of state opinion.

Anyone truly desiring peace recognizes the requirement of unity.

Demonstrate your unity with others for the goal of peace.

Send your testimony to:

HLTtestimony@capitol.hawaii.gov

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HB 2678 Testimony

1. Health Committee: Chair - Rep. Josh Green, Vice-chair - Rep. John Mizuno
2. Date of Hearing: 2/1/07
3. Time of Hearing:
4: Location of Hearing:
5: Bill Number HB 2678
5. Position: Support
6: Number of copies needed for committee: 10

Aloha Council Member,

I am writing today to urge your support for House Bill 2678, a bill that seeks to improve Hawai’i’s medical marijuana program.

The most critical issue facing Hawaii medical marijuana patients is the safe and legal acquisition of medicine. Theft, armed robbery, and helicopter eradication programs continually threaten patients.

The Hawaii Revised Statute states that legal medical marijuana patients can acquire and possess the medicine that their doctor recommends, but patients have no choice but to acquire from an unregulated and unethical black market.

It is not in the interest of Hawai’i’s public health to force patients into the black market.

An important question is:
How does a patient who is diagnosed with cancer and to undergo chemotherapy immediately acquire the medicine that his/her doctor recommends?

In this case, there is not enough time for the patient to grow, harvest and cure the medicine that will help with nausea during immediate chemotherapy treatments, and any stress from buying medicine from drug dealers will not help the health of the patient.

Because of conflicts with federal law, Hawaii does not provide for a legal means of supplying marijuana. Allowing patients to form collective and co-operative operations will help individual patients to have their needs met immediately. By employing a “certified facilitator,” it will ensure that patients will have access to the right strains of medical marijuana most suitable for their ailment.

According to the Hawai’i Revised Statutes, a medical marijuana patient must control (through lease or ownership) the area of his or her grow site.

By creating this model allotment system on the island of Maui, agriculturally zoned family farms will be able to secure and lease individual plots of land to individual patients.

This plan will not violate state or federal law. There will be no distribution of marijuana. Money will only be exchanged over the land lease in the secure facility.

The State of Hawai’i has had its medical marijuana program in place for eight years and it is time to rectify some of the problematic aspects of the law.

For the majority of Hawai’i’s medical marijuana patients, it is extremely difficult to consistently grow medical-grade marijuana to continuously meet their needs. Theft, mold, bug infestation, disease, lacking knowledge of successful growing and curing techniques and time consuming trial and error are just a few of the issues patients face.

Allowing patients to grow together in a secure location with access to a knowledgeable facilitator will make it easier and safer for patients and law enforcement. There will be no need for marijuana eradication helicopters to fly low over backyard medical marijuana grow sites.

Once again, I urge you to vote “yes” on HB 2678.

Sincerely,

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Send your testimony to:

HLTtestimony@capitol.hawaii.gov

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Representative Ron Paul introduced and sponsors H.R.1009: Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007 during the current 110th Congress. He sponsored a similar bill, Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005, during the 109th Congress.

Thank you Representative Ron Paul.

The purpose of the bill is to amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana, and for other purposes.

The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007 has acquired 11 cosponsors:
Rep Baldwin, Tammy
Rep Frank, Barney
Rep Grijalva, Raul M.
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.
Rep McDermott, Jim
Rep Miller, George
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.

If you agree that it’s time to take back America, then now is the time to contact your Representatives and let them know. If they already support the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, let them know you appreciate it.

If they do not already support the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, please make every effort to let them know how disappointed you are in their representation of you and your interests.

Take back America.

Nayer has stepped up with this video using Amy Nelson’s and Rattlesnake Annie’s soundtrack of A Peaceful Solution to indicate a peaceful solution to this particular aspect of the War on Drugs that has divided families and communities all across the United States. Further, it has put many loyal and patriotic citizens at odds with all levels of government.

The ineffective and hypocritical War on Drugs now serves to divide the states and to put the states at odds with the Federal Government.

It all goes to show that war only produces increasing division and does not serve unity. Seems to me that more and more people have become just plain sick and tired of divisiveness.

Unite for Peace.

Song possesses power and magic. In many indigenous peoples’ traditions song played a central role. If something did not turn out right the cause was often traced back to the correct songs not being sung.

Do not underestimate the power and magic of song.

J. Nayer Hardin, Sherwood Akuna and Richard M. Davis have produced three other videos to “A Peaceful Solution” soundtracks. We are honored to put them all up.

The first video gives us a peaceful solution by introducing us to the idea of the possibilities available with the most useful plant on the planet. The second video offers a peaceful solution for global warming by using hemp as biofuel. The third video shows many of the peaceful attributes of the hemp plant.

This helps to show how multifaceted both peace and hemp is. It seems that both the idea of peace and the uses of hemp expand indefinitely in all directions. To deny hemp is to deny peace.

The parallels between hemp and peace are remarkable.

To think that it is proper to outlaw a plant and attempt to eradicate it from the face of the earth is the definition of insanity. To outlaw a plant that has been and can again be a useful medicine is criminal.

Now with increasing focus upon energy and food shortages, there can be no justification for continuing this war on a plant that can solve so many problems.

I know that we issue many calls for action from this website. If you are not going to give over total control of your life to those who have little consideration for it then I could understand why a call to action would seem like a burden.

But for those who wish to live an authentic life exercising as much self-determination as God granted us then a call to action lends guidance.

Please accept this guidance.

Contact your national representatives and urge their support for The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007.

Please visit:
http://www.youtube.com/cureworks
http://www.hempmuseum.org

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We cannot continue to make part of nature, hemp, illegal and wonder why we have problems with the environment and our economy.

Please share your political and financial support with government folks who promote a pro hemp agenda, like the heroes featured in this video, and those who signed on after the bill’s introduction, Rep Dana Rohrabacher, [CA-46] - 3/15/2007 and Rep Janice D. Schakowsky,[IL-9] - 5/8/2007. They are opening the doors for a long line of constructive hemp products to be “Grown and Made In America,” restoring family farms, empowering small businesses, and putting green back into the American dollar.

The USA Hemp Museum, www.hempmuseum.org, under the direction of its founder and curator, Richard M. Davis, author of Hemp For Victory: A Global Warming Solution, has worked for decades to get the word out that hemp is key to our salvation.

Let us save ourselves now!

Happy Hemp

Nayer

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Cureworks in association with the USA Hemp Museum have submitted a third video for the Willie Nelson Peace Video Contest in their series Hemp for Victory. This video series from the USA Hemp Museum focuses on how hemp is a peaceful solution to many of the problems we as a nation and world face today.

The first video gives us a peaceful solution by introducing us to the idea of the possibilities available with the most useful plant on the planet. The second video offers a peaceful solution for global warming by using hemp as biofuel.

Hemp has a multiplicity of uses that could help this country economically in many ways. China supplies our local hemp store with all their clothes and accessories. A market exists for hemp clothing. We could employ people in the United States growing and manufacturing hemp products.

Why are we importing hemp products from China?

The local health food store sells Canadian hemp products like hemp nuts, hemp nut butter, hemp oil, high quality hemp protein powders, hemp milk, hemp bread products and hemp energy bars all at a premium price. Supplying the same hemp products in the United States will create more jobs for United States citizens.

Canada is also manufacturing hemp pharmaceuticals. I don’t need to tell you the huge profits associated with pharmaceuticals.

Why are we importing hemp products from Canada?

Hemp oil will run in diesel engines right now. Ethanol from hemp biomass will run in many engines on the road right now.

Corn is the worst plant to grow for ethanol. The conversion rate is poor. Scientists have proven corn growing in the Midwest contributes to the Dead Zone in the Caribbean Sea created by the pesticide, herbicide and fertilizer run off from the Mississippi River. When corn production goes up the Dead Zone gets larger.

Hemp doesn’t need poisons to grow.

This country has vacant land, displaced farmers and a mass of unemployed people ready to implement hemp production and manufacturing. Hemp is not only a peaceful solution it is good for United States on-shore business and the entire United States economy.

What are we waiting for?

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A PEACEFUL SOLUTION: THE PEACE PIPE HEMP - HEMP FOR VICTORY is set to Willie and Amy Nelson’s song A Peaceful Solution.

Covered are global warming (turn your exhaust pipe into a peace pipe with biofuel), health solutions (stress kills - hemp reduces stress) and laughter vs. violence (2 lbs. each for world peace - one for personal stash - other consumed with an “enemy.” Discuss and implement peaceful solutions).

We’ve made the peace pipe illegal and wonder why we have a problem with violent crime. A PEACEFUL SOLUTION: THE PEACE PIPE HEMP - HEMP FOR VICTORY is offered as a prayer from the USA Hemp Museum, Richard M. Davis, curator, for all good souls to achieve the angels call for ‘peace on earth to men of good will.’

Dogs Of War original art by Sherwood Akuna.

Happy, Healthy, Hearty, Hemp!

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