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Bill: Legalizing Industrial Hemp
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Socialists
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: September 2187
Description[?]:
| "Industrial hemp is an incredible resource. Hemp is harvested for its fibers for hemp clothing and seeds for hemp oil. With a relatively short growth cycle of 100-120 days, it is an efficient and economical crop for farmers to grow, however, industrial hemp cannot be commercially grown in the United States because it is erroneously confounded with marijuana. In fact, industrial hemp and marijuana are different breeds of Cannabis sativa. Smoking large amounts of hemp flowers can produce a headache but not a high!" http://www.hemp.com/ This bill will legalize the production and selling of industrial hemp. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: Industrial hemp is illegal.
Current: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Proposed: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:01:20, February 14, 2006 CET | From | Green Socialists | To | Debating the Legalizing Industrial Hemp |
| Message | I am by no means proposing the legalization of recreational drugs in this bill. I am just perplexed as to why our country would totally smother an entire wing of a potentially profitable and harmless industry like the hemp industry. Please add your suggestions, opinions, and questions. Thank you. |
| Date | 23:01:31, February 14, 2006 CET | From | AntiNeoCon Party | To | Debating the Legalizing Industrial Hemp |
| Message | agreed |
| Date | 23:03:31, February 14, 2006 CET | From | Green Socialists | To | Debating the Legalizing Industrial Hemp |
| Message | "Myth: Smoking Industrial Hemp gets a person high. Reality: The THC levels in Industrial Hemp are so low that no one could get high from smoking it. Moreover, hemp contains a relatively high percentage of another cannabinoid, CBD, that actually blocks the marijuana high. Hemp, it turns out, is not only not marijuana; it could be called "anti-marijuana". " http://www.votehemp.com/myths_facts.html I know there may be some controversy and questions over this, so I have found a very informative web site answering many questions that you may have. http://www.votehemp.com/myths_facts.html |
| Date | 04:23:40, February 15, 2006 CET | From | Corporatists for Quanzari | To | Debating the Legalizing Industrial Hemp |
| Message | We disagree with this bill. |
| Date | 04:32:52, February 15, 2006 CET | From | Green Socialists | To | Debating the Legalizing Industrial Hemp |
| Message | What is your reason for disagreeing? |
| Date | 22:22:32, February 15, 2006 CET | From | Socialist Ecology Party | To | Debating the Legalizing Industrial Hemp |
| Message | We also disagree with this bill. |
| Date | 11:45:33, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Free Expressives | To | Debating the Legalizing Industrial Hemp |
| Message | I am inclined to agree with this proposal. If it has been proven that it cannot be used to get high then i see no reason to prohibit its growth. |
| Date | 15:35:42, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Green Socialists | To | Debating the Legalizing Industrial Hemp |
| Message | Why does the SEP and CQP disagree? |
| Date | 21:16:17, February 17, 2006 CET | From | Whigs | To | Debating the Legalizing Industrial Hemp |
| Message | Well done, GS. My first reaction was to vote against this, but, you provided some interesting facts. You have my votes. |
| Date | 18:57:15, February 18, 2006 CET | From | Green Socialists | To | Debating the Legalizing Industrial Hemp |
| Message | Thank you for keeping an open mind to such a profitable, harmless bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 345 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 140 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 265 |
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