To create jobs, and boost this country into a new industrial revolution, we need more than talk of change. We need new ideas and open minds. We need to create jobs, and adjust the economy. Well...this is just one mind, with one new idea. The U.S.A needs to legalize and produce, marijuana and Hemp.

If you think it won't work or you don't believe me, read the facts below, and remove your government issued blindfold.


Hemp is one of the purest, most complete plants on Earth.

Its uses are many and varied; of particular value to humans are the nutritional and healing properties of Hemp seed and its oil.

1.Hemp grows almost anywhere and requires no pesticides or fertiliser. The plant is good both for the soil and the atmosphere.

2.The potential for Hemp is vast - including sustainable bio-mass (power) and bio-diesel (fuel).

3.Hemp also makes an excellent source of textile and paper. The fibres are long and very strong, making the most beautiful fabric and paper. Many of the world's most famous historical works are written on hemp paper.


4.Hemp seed oil is extracted from raw hemp seed and contains a fully balanced spectrum of essential fatty acids. When processed and stored correctly, the beneficial properties of the oil can be readily absorbed by the skin. Hemp seed oil is noted for these benefits:

Superb moisturiser, natural anti-inflammatory
Rare source of gamma-linoleic acid
Protects from UV radiation and pollution
Assists healing, soothes acne
Prevents and repairs hair damage
Treats eczema and psoriasis
Rich in anti-oxidants

5.Medical Use

"The evidence is overwhelming that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by such illnesses as multiple sclerosis, cancer and AIDS -- or by the harsh drugs sometimes used to treat them. And it can do so with remarkable safety. Indeed, marijuana is less toxic than many of the drugs that physicians prescribe every day."

-- Joycelyn Elders, MD
Former US Surgeon General
Editorial, Providence Journal
Mar. 26, 2004


"The American Public Health Association:
1.Encourages research of the therapeutic properties of various cannabinoids and combinations of cannabinoids
2.Encourages research on alternative methods of administration to decrease the harmful effects related to smoking; and
3.Urges the Administration and Congress to move expeditiously to make cannabis available as a legal medicine where shown to be safe and effective and to immediately allow access to therapeutic cannabis through the Investigational New Drug Program."

-- American Public Health Association
Medical Marijuana Policy Statement
Jan. 1995

"Patients receiving cannabinoids [smoked marijuana and marijuana pills] had improved immune function compared with those receiving placebo. They also gained about 4 pounds more on average than those patients receiving placebo."

-- Donald Abrams, MD, et al.
"Short-Term Effects of Cannabinoids in Patients with HIV-1 Infection,"
Annals of Internal Medicine
Aug. 19, 2003


If that blindfold is still tied tight, check out these links, for a guided tour through truth land.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp
http://www.wamm.org/medicinalbenefits.htm

I agree in legalizing pot. It is just one idea of many. Free up the market a bit, let people invent things and build on them. If they are valuable to people they will build paying jobs.

One of the biggest mistakes people make today, is assuming that capitalism is all about money. Money is merely a tool. Capitalism is all about capital. Keep it free, and the things people find most useful will become profitable. When something becomes overpriced, people will go elsewhere.

If people find hemp, and pot valuable, then it will create a market (like it already has).

How much money is spent on stopping Hemp and it's subsidiaries? Waste of Government money. Regulate it and tax it...same thing you did after Prohibition.

I still wonder who (that don't do it now) would pay taxes on it or file it on their taxes to the IRS