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Bill: Hemp Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Socialist Movement
Status[?]: defeated
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: January 2106
Description[?]:
| This Bill recognises that hemp is an extremely beneficial crop to produce, with many practical industrial uses. It also recognises that it is unfair to only allow licenced agribusinesses to grow it. We don't regulate who grows potatoes, so why hemp? Although the USM understands the drug connotations of such a crop - cannabis is legal for patients in pain, as well as Hobrazia having a liberal drugs policy. Like any other crop, it would be subject to a taxation of some sort, and so it builds up our ailing economy even more. It can also help some of our poorer family farmers We believe that eletism in growing a certain crop is unfair and stigmatised, so we urge other parties to support our request for all farming businesses to reap the benefits of hemp, as well as our economy. |
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:57:08, September 02, 2005 CET | From |   Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Hemp Freedom Act |
| Message | Makes sense. It shouldn't be treated any differently than other crops and can be beneficial economically. We will support. |
| Date | 22:53:21, September 02, 2005 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Hemp Freedom Act |
| Message | We'll support. |
| Date | 00:34:20, September 03, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Hemp Freedom Act |
| Message | We disagree, and refer to the reasoning we gave during the initial discussion of the original Industrial Hemp Act. |
| Date | 11:24:10, September 03, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Hemp Freedom Act |
| Message | Here's the orignal bill - http://82.238.75.178:8085/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=11011 I'll probably swap sides for this bill |
| Date | 23:32:39, September 03, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the Hemp Freedom Act |
| Message | We stand by our original position. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 194 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 201 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 1 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: “Can anyone imagine a more perverse idea than forcing faithful Hosians like me to give away my money to enable irresponsible teenage girls to kill off their children because they were too drunk to use a damn condom?" - Dr. Francesca dos Santos, former Dranian politician |