The Sterling Stage, 6134 E. Hwy. 290
We All Need to Watch the Weed Carefully
RECEIVED Tue., May 10, 2005
Dear sirs,
I want to thank The Austin Chronicle for printing the series “Weed Watch,” keeping the public informed about the most popular drug in America and the world.
For thousands of years the oil pressed from hemp seed lit the homes of millions of people in Aladdin-style lamps. During times of drought and disaster the nutritious hemp seed (containing all the amino acids needed to live) saved thousands of lives from starvation. The fibers from the hemp stem produced rope, canvas sails, and the sturdy clothes the ordinary man wore. The paper produced from hemp helped bring about an advanced civilization. The flowers and leaves of the hemp plant (cannabis) were and are used in many kinds of medicines. It also produces an enjoyable high so loved by millions, if not billions of people around the world. Its toxicity is so low it can be labeled nontoxic (unlike any of our legal drugs).
Now members of our government are trying to erase all the history of hemp from our Smithsonian Institute. There is already very little information on hemp in our history books. I guess the information will disappear just like Bush's military records did. The war waged on the world's most useful plant by chemical and pharmaceutical companies (which can replace many of their products) and laws that are used as a tool to promote racism are in a word, evil.
Now that our country has taken an extreme turn to the right, our history is being erased. Our personal freedoms, religious freedoms, and judicial freedoms are being erased right along with it. We must stand up to these people before they start burning books like Hitler.
I want to thank The Austin Chronicle for printing the series “Weed Watch,” keeping the public informed about the most popular drug in America and the world.
For thousands of years the oil pressed from hemp seed lit the homes of millions of people in Aladdin-style lamps. During times of drought and disaster the nutritious hemp seed (containing all the amino acids needed to live) saved thousands of lives from starvation. The fibers from the hemp stem produced rope, canvas sails, and the sturdy clothes the ordinary man wore. The paper produced from hemp helped bring about an advanced civilization. The flowers and leaves of the hemp plant (cannabis) were and are used in many kinds of medicines. It also produces an enjoyable high so loved by millions, if not billions of people around the world. Its toxicity is so low it can be labeled nontoxic (unlike any of our legal drugs).
Now members of our government are trying to erase all the history of hemp from our Smithsonian Institute. There is already very little information on hemp in our history books. I guess the information will disappear just like Bush's military records did. The war waged on the world's most useful plant by chemical and pharmaceutical companies (which can replace many of their products) and laws that are used as a tool to promote racism are in a word, evil.
Now that our country has taken an extreme turn to the right, our history is being erased. Our personal freedoms, religious freedoms, and judicial freedoms are being erased right along with it. We must stand up to these people before they start burning books like Hitler.
Julian Ward
