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Bill: Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Freedom Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2102
Description[?]:
| The Federated Parliament of Rutania, Considering the uses of 'cannabis sativa', or Hemp, in housing, as food, as a nutricional enhance, as an industrial fibre and as fuel; Considering especially the potential of hemp as a as a crop for the future, stimulated by new technologies and applications in industrial paper manufacturing, as a renewable energy source and as a replacement for petrochemical products; Condemns current regulations of industrial hemp as a protectionist measure favouring the synthetic-fibre, wood pulp, petrochemical, and pharmochemical industries; Repeals all additional regulations regarding hemp as a valid agricultural product. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Current: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Proposed: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Current: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Proposed: The use of cannabis is legal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:12:52, August 24, 2005 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | We agree with the second article, however we disagree with the first. |
| Date | 20:05:30, August 24, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | OOC: The second article is merely the consequence of there being no limit of the amount of THC present in industrial hemp as this proposal. Unintended consequence, so to speak. ;) May I ask, why does the Social Democratic party feel this particular branch requires additional bureaucracy? |
| Date | 20:50:39, August 24, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | Against. Cannabis which is too strong can be deadly. Then again the likelihood of death hasnt stopped the self-style "Liberty Movement" from proposing things before. |
| Date | 21:22:35, August 24, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | Uhm, industrial hemp as material to build housing is deadly? |
| Date | 01:05:28, August 25, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | For the first, against the second. At the moment, i'd like to see more liberal laws on the drugs issue than the local governments option |
| Date | 14:02:24, August 25, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | The reason why we must regulate this sector is that with a few slight adjustements a hemp plantation can be used to produce drugs. Hemp contains delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the psychoactive ingredient found in hashish. THC is present in all hemp varieties to some extent. In varieties grown for use as a drug, where males are removed in order to prevent fertilization, THC levels can reach as high as 20-30% in the unfertilized females which are given ample room to flower. |
| Date | 16:29:04, August 25, 2005 CET | From | Civic Democratic Party | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | I am very leery about supporting anything that states that their will be no regulations upon Industrial Hemp. I think a better solution would just have it be minimally regulated which seems to be the current policy towards this debate. I am fully in favour of Article II since I can see no reason why cannibis should be criminalized when such legal drugs such as alcohol or nicotine often cause more harm than cannibis. If the representative from the Liberty Movement would please explain why he believe that no regulations upon industrial hemp are needed I would be much obliged. |
| Date | 00:15:40, August 27, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | We see no reason to burden the producers of a fine product with *additional* bureaucracy relating specifically to industrial hemp, as industrial hemp is a normal product with much potential for succes. We should encourage their application, not restrict agribusinesses with pointless bureaucracy. |
| Date | 09:50:52, August 27, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | "Against. Cannabis which is too strong can be deadly. Then again the likelihood of death hasnt stopped the self-style "Liberty Movement" from proposing things before." Then why do you vote in favour? Anyway, I'm forced to vote against even though I agree with the second article. |
| Date | 14:47:12, August 27, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | "Then why do you vote in favour?" [OOC: Because I misunderstood the bill. I had never heard of "industrial hemp" before and assumed it referred to cannabis intended for smoking.] |
| Date | 15:34:23, August 27, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | OOC: Read my bills before opposing them then ;) Still glad for your support :) |
| Date | 18:57:20, August 27, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | "[OOC: Because I misunderstood the bill. I had never heard of "industrial hemp" before and assumed it referred to cannabis intended for smoking.]" If this Act passes, then they can produce drugs because there won't be any regulations. With only a few slight adjustments, industrial hemp plantations can easily produce tons of drugs. That, and that alone, should be sufficient reason to regulate this branch of industry. |
| Date | 19:52:16, August 27, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | [OOC: Industrial hemp isnt cannabis.] |
| Date | 21:24:38, August 27, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Act against Agri-Bureaucracy in the Production of Industrial Hemp |
| Message | As said before: "Hemp contains delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the psychoactive ingredient found in hashish. THC is present in all hemp varieties to some extent. In varieties grown for use as a drug, where males are removed in order to prevent fertilization, THC levels can reach as high as 20-30% in the unfertilized females which are given ample room to flower." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 407 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 124 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 68 |
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