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WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY HEMP ARTICLE!
MY MOST POPULAR ARTICLE BY FAR GENERATED MANY POSITIVE RESPONSES. PERSONAL STORIES ARE RELATED ON HEMP, THE MIRACLE CURE. THERE ARE CORRECTIONS TO THE ARTICLE AS WELL AS NEW INFORMATION. THE FOLLOWING ARE REAL (EDITED) EMAILS AND THE DATES I RECEIVED THEM: 6/20/05 I was diagnosed with an AVM (Arterio Venous Malformation), a neuro-illness that causes me to have fits. On my second appointment with my neuro surgeon we went through the list of narcotics I was using at the time – (marijuana) With that she gave me a sly look, and said ‘off the record Mr. ____, this will actually reduce your blood pressure and can only be beneficial for your epilepsy. But I didn't tell you that.’ 6/23/05 A long time ago, I took a college class in drug use - it was about street drugs, not pharmaceutical drugs, I learned that, at one time, marijuana was legal and was prescribed by MDs and dispensed by pharmacists for a variety of health problems - you know: HTN, insomnia, glaucoma, asthma, etc. I was told that the government decided to impose a $25.00 tax on MDs who prescribed it and a$35.00 tax on pharmacists who dispensed it. In protest, both groups elected to stop dealing with it. (This was facilitated by the recent introduction of Rauwolfia for HTN, Barbiturates for insomnia and other new drugs for some of the other problems previously treated with marijuana). In response, Pres. Harriman included marijuana in his Narcotics Act of 1914: It was called the Harriman Act. They lumped it in as a class 4 narcotic, meaning that there was no medical use for it, even though it's not a narcotic, and no one had any indication that it was harmful, in any way. In the class, we were shown pictures, taken during the early part of the century, of children smoking a joint - which, we were told, they could purchase for 5 cents, OTC, at any pharmacy, perfectly legally - they were called ‘muggles.’ (As an aside - we used to play a card game called ‘muggles’ when I was a child). We were told that it has remained on this list ever since, even though it is not a narcotic and doesn't have the deleterious effects of the other drugs on the list. 6/18/05 You didn't mention the most important reason why there is a continuing battle against legalization of marijuana, that is because it actually is used to treat sick people with pain successfully and with no serious side effects, something the legal drug industry hasn't accomplished with all their patented expensive crap they call medication. They don't want to loose their chokehold on the billions of dollars they make with this phony medication that could be replaced with an herb anyone can grow in their backyard. They are the real culprits in this. 6/18/05 I have been smoking pot since 1962 and I am now 83. I wish I had started when I was a teenager. Good on you, JSD. 6/18/05
Actually, the billionaires don't just want to remain billionaires:
they 6/18/05 You are right on target!!! Dont give up…we may be 180 degrees politically, but I am on your side in this fight. By the way, I am not a pot- smoking dude… ‘I am an American’ who wants to take us off the nipple from the Middle East. 6/18/05
I have a lot of respect for cannabis as I have used it medically
for a 6/18/05
In the late 70's, the only reason one could see for such a virulent
chase after potheads was its use as a pretext to build a huge police
force just in case US democracy turned into something else. Over
and above threatening some billionaires' billions, hemp threatens
our dependence on a very centralized club for a zillion things,
the first being energy, this in turns giving those few huge manipulative
powers. This works just the same in those dictators where money
is much less of motivation than power. Why would ‘the system’
want an inoffensive, natural, home growable, non-taxable stress
reliever and sense-opener around when a huge part of their activities
is precisely the artificial boosting of the citizenry's stress level? 6/19/05
I'm 41 years old victim of Cystic Fibrosis, a genetic disease that
kill people usually around 32 years old. I have the worst type of
genetic mutation but still alive, at the amazement of my Doctor.
The reason? Maybe HEMP! I use it in a moderate way, around 2-3 times
a week, usually eating it, and the benefit of that medicine is very
good for me. Cystic Fibrosis kills people by pneumonia, the mucus
too good for bacteria growing. An effect of hemp is drying mucus
secretion so it kills bacteria by starvation. Even better: an antioxidant
property of hemp that prevent lung tissue degradation. Another characteristic
of Cystic Fibrosis is destruction of the digestive system, especially
pancreas, stomach, liver and intestine...the whole thing. That is
appetite inhibiting. I'm often eating because of holy hemp. It avoids
me from losing too much weight and helps 6/20/05
Thanx for putting together a condensed ‘mini emperor.’
Excellent! 6/20/05 Quite some time ago, I read a medical report on M.J. It stated that cannabis operated in a capacity that stanched the lower synapses of thought so that the major tributaries were able to operate more effectively. Thus, so many inspiring deductions might be reached when the concentration was not distracted by the countless tributaries. I enjoyed your article and 'openness' to thought, that I thought perhaps, my perusals might prove to be of interest to you. It is a given fact that many native tribes believe that certain plants elevate man's consciousness. I think the 60's owes itself to the theory that when groups of peoples imbibe in sharing the 'peace pipe' (if you will) that it opens the receptors in their brains to a collective consciousness that promote and understands the concepts of the futileness of war and the 'enlightenment' of all things being joined. A higher vibrational awareness, (if you will once again), that this is not conducive to the government managing the herd. It is my understanding that the Hessians were so named because they consumed hashish before they led their attacks. Granted this seems an exception of violence that is never associated with cannabis, but the gist of bring it up is that they believed that it 'enjoined' their thoughts, together. 6/20/05
I am a Disabled Veteran who spent 17 years taking the VA's Medication.
I moved to Arizona, and a Pima Indian Medicine Man gave me an 'herb'
to use as a tea to lower my blood pressure. Within 3 weeks it had 6/22/05 I am not shocked to see that so many people felt they needed to let you know how this piece made them feel. I'm shocked you wrote back. Thank you for the information and the okay to pass along this piece. You know that butterfly feeling you get in your stomach when you get nervous about a good thing. I am feeling that. If Jack Herer can influence you to influence me to influence others, what else is he capable of doing? Is he still alive? I believe he's not the only one who has influenced you though… 6/23/05
Good luck trying to educate folks. Did you get any rational negative
response worthy of including in your research? 6/23/05 Doug, I also referred Montel Williams to your article about hemp ‘marijuana’ because he has multiple sclerosis and wants to legalize marijuana for medicinal purpose since it seems to help ms folks with pain. Since he has a TV talk show, I thought maybe he would give your article some publicity. 6/29/05...and hey well...I'm 64 years old...been smoking for more than 35 years...and that has to be the best article on 'hemp' I've seen. You had me smiling all the way...and I still am. And please do, keep up your writing. You have great perspective...‘Speak straight...so that your words may go as shafts of sunlight into their hearts...’ - Cochise, Apache Indian chief. 6/30/05…love that you wrote this article, it makes me want to cry. I had an idea that all of this was going on but I didn't know how bad it was and how recent the illegalization of hemp was. Is there anything we can actually do? I heard Dupont and the Government signed a contract saying that Dupont was the main distributor of plastics for the government for something like 70-99 years. 6/30/05 I just read your article about hemp, and it is brilliant. I'm a smoker both recreationally and for medical use. I am bipolar and when I smoke I am calmer then I am on my pills. I also have fibromyalgia and when in pain I grab my trusty friend Pot; it helps me function and eat. If I didn't have it I would be dead years ago, some days I can hardly make it down the stairs because of the ache and pains in my joints. Also, I suffer from severe migraines where I can't even open my eyes because I am light sensitive then my head pounds. I have been on many narcotics from vicodin to oxycottin and they all make me feel worse then smoking a damn joint. Only in America would a plant so beneficial to mankind, make it the most dangerous ‘drug’ in all the land. If I didn't go score I would be in pain and would never be able to walk out to get my mail. My fiancé gets upset since I can't work but she knows I can't help it. I want to work. I want to be the breadwinner of the family, but physically I cannot maintain standing or more than a few moments before I feel like I am passing out because of the pain. I went to numerous doctors and told them that pot helps me all of them said since I live in Ohio they cannot do anything for me besides narcotics…but I cannot smoke a joint…that is rubbish in my book. 7/1/05
I think your article on the great herb and the reasons it is illegal 7/2/05
I am very grateful to you and I hope we can save our planet!! HEMP
FOR A LIVING PLANET!! 7/27/05 Weed is a cool plant, which has been given to us by God or something from other dimension. Its effect and other things...I can't understand. Thanks for this article. 7/31/05 I read your article and completely agree. It has been something I've known about and been preaching about for some time now. I thought however, you would indulge us a bit more and go deeper into the conspiracy theory. I don't know if you have thought about this before, but after all the research I have done, it is my opinion that JFK was assassinated over hemp. He was a known user for his back pain, he fired Anslinger as soon as he got into office and it was said he was going to legalize it in his 2nd term. He never made it to his 2nd term. Maybe you can dig a bit more on your end and see what you come up with to support this theory of mine. It makes sense, don't you think? Keep educating people one day at a time…it's our only shot. 8/7/05 Great article but towards the bottom it says that hemp is the only plant that the male and female have physical differences…well, you’re wrong. Holly plants can easily be distinguished. The females get berries and the males don’t... 8/17/05 Actually, the #1 reason marijuana is illegal is...It blocks the MKULTRA/Monarch mind control and the EMF/microwave interference from the towers. Luckily, Star DNA -- weed-smoking starseeds from on high -- helps with this. 8/20/05
Your article about hemp on World-Mysteries is very nice and I have
to agree with most of it. There is one small mistake however. The
Dutch 9/1/05
Why are all the Duponts and the RJ Reynolds of the world threatened
by this plant? With their almost limitless resources, 9/6/05 I've known for some time pot is good. Its pretty obvious when you can smoke 15 joints in a night and can still drive, talk, think, entertain people, play a sport, and on and on. You see, you can't overdose, its not possible...seriously think about it, you cannot indulge in any other drug like that (although it’s not a drug) and get away with it. Alcohol...never, you'd die, in one night you'd die, cocaine...about two hours you'd die, heroin first hit you can die, too much coffee can kill you that day! But smoke weed from morning till dusk you couldn't do it. I seen some people try, can't be done but you know this already. 9/12/05
The worldwide re-introduction and resurgence of industrial hemp
- locally grown, processed and manufactured into products locally
consumed (and exported/imported where in order) - is a realistic
response among others to ‘Peak Oil’ and the inevitable
depletion of extractable petroleum. Any product made from petroleum
can be made from industrial hemp. Industrial hemp seeds can also
produce food such as bread, hempburgers, milk and ice cream. Industrial
hemp fiberboard has been demonstrated to be twice the strength of
wood fiberboard. ‘Hempcrete’ blocks, ‘lighter,
stronger and easier to work with than masonrey concrete,’
have been manufactured from industrial hemp at the Pine Ridge Reservation
in South Dakota (start-up costs were under $10,000.00). 9/21/05 Generally well written article with some great information. The entire article becomes questionable when this paragraph is read: ‘The pot plant is an ALIEN plant.’ I'm sure you have some interesting personal opinions regarding this topic, however, one should discuss factual only in an article that is intended to be of a factual nature. The validity of the entire article is thrown out the window because of your obvious lack of insight into the nature of plant reproduction and morphology. I suggest you do a better job at researching your topics; not all hemp supporters are ignorant to the biology of the hemp plant and nature in general. It made me laugh though. I suggest you read the page below. Expand your mind. Make valid claims when writing. Don't speak about that which you don't know or understand. If you feel the need to defend your claims, please do. 9/12/05
I'm sure you have some interesting personal opinions regarding this
topic, however, one should discuss factual only in an article that
is intended to be of a factual nature. The validity of the entire
article is thrown out the window because of your obvious lack of
insight into the nature of plant reproduction and morphology. I
suggest you do a better job at researching your topics; not all
hemp supporters are ignorant to the biology of the hemp plant and
nature in general. It made me laugh though. I suggest you read the
page below. Expand your mind. Make valid claims when writing. Don't
speak about that which you don't know or understand. 10/4/05…you make it sound like hemp is the greatest thing since sliced bread, to use that cliche, so why isn't anyone cashing in? Surely ‘our’ conspirators don't control everyone, everywhere. 10/14/05 This is a very interesting article. It appears that it is well researched. I teach criminal justice and would like to make copies (17) to be distributed to my class of criminology students. This will certainly give them a different perspective on the criminalization of marijuana. 10/20/05
Hello Doug...I just read your outstanding article on ‘The
Real Reason Hemp is Illegal.’ I would like for you to relay
your messages to our listening audience. Could you please give me
a call - -Marie Gunther - Guest & Program Producer, http://www.ThePowerHour.com 10/26/05 We publish a constitutional newspaper, by volunteers without any profit motive and without any advertisers. It is done solely to enlighten and educate. We publish approx. 10,000 copies per month which we print and distribute ourselves. We frequently publish others article in the name of freedom. It would be in its entirety and with proper acknowledgements. Can we publish your article? 11/18/05 You may want to update your commentary for the paragraph starting with, ‘Today, our planet is in desperate trouble’…where you have written, ‘we have used up 80% of our oil reserves.’ The actual truth that the oil giants do not want anyone to know is that most ‘non producing’ oil fields (for example, Derrick Island off Louisiana) have been found to have mysteriously refilled themselves after closing them down. This is because the vast majority of oil is not biotic but abiotic. The planet’s crust produces billions of new gallons of crude annually and this is refilling the fields pumped out in almost every case. That is why Saudi Arabia just doubled the estimate of its known reserves over its predictions of 10 years ago. The wells keep refilling themselves due to planetary mechanics. Biotic oil is a discredited theory. There was never enough biomass in any prehistoric period to produce the amount of petroleum we have already consumed on this planet to date. 11/15/05 Outstanding piece of writing and you covered a LOT of material in only 10 pages. I run CannaCare, a patient care and political action group here in Washington. We're just getting out new website together (www.cannacare.org) and I'd like to get your permission to post your article on our med patient website. If you decide to write more articles, we love to be able to post those as well. We're going to try something new here in Washington. We're hiring a litigation attorney (as opposed to our ‘criminal’ attorney) and we're going to start suing cities, counties, LEO and prosecutors. Med patients are being targeted for harassment and even terrorism here in Washington and only by making it too expensive for them will decide that it just too expensive to terrorize the sick in their communities. We given them seven years to become more compassionate toward med patients and exactly the opposite has happened. 11/15/05 You should be president! Legalize marijuana ! 11/30/05 Here's a thought: The reason why THEY make it illegal is, perhaps, because of its gentle manner of cutting through and across social barriers. After all, the powers that be can only function by the old classic 'divide and rule.’ The more social segments one can create, the more one can control each segment…therefore, the whole as a unit of separate parts 12/24/05 Just wanted to tell you that I really admire the work you put into your article on hemp. There are too few individuals such as yourself that have the courage to release ‘dangerous knowledge’ to the ‘sheep’ of the world. Of course, it’s a conspiracy. Perhaps not in the strictest sense of the word or as most people would perceive it but we are definitely being brainwashed…We’ll believe Jesus was white but we won’t believe a plant is the most obvious gift to mankind…sad. 1/7/06
Dear Joyce and Dave, This is actually more for Joyce...I am a relatively
new listener, and I usually agree with most everything you guys
say, but I think you missed a very important point in your interview
with Doug Yurchey, which I just listened to on the GCN archive of
your program. At the end, you (Joyce) were upset that he had not
engaged you more about the ‘health’ aspects of hemp.
In my opinion, the point Mr. Yurchey was making (and I hope he will
correct me if I am wrong about any of this) is that the most important
health benefits come from smoking (or otherwise consuming) hemp/cannabis
plant material which contains high levels of the active ingredients
(THC, etc.) The higher the level of active ingredients, the more
medicinal and beneficial it is. This is highly effective medicine,
with no negative side effects, which is being denied to people in
desperate need because of a pack of lies! 3/2/06
That document you typed there is memorable. I've always believed
that the whole marijuana thing was a complete conspiracy but I never
had the knowledge. I will pass on this info to all the evil so called
marijuana smokers I know. I will become a missionary for I will
try to fight the system right there with you. You really showed
me the true light. Who would have known the freaking Constitution
was made out of hemp? 6/21/06 Thanks for continuing to spread the truth about this ‘ET plant.’ (great way to put it). 7/3/06 I'd like to know why your article starts by saying that Marijuana is dangerous than proceeds to prove that it's not? 7/30/06 I agree with every word you say and am surprised by some of the information, as I have learned something new. I see nothing wrong with the herb and everything right. It should be legalized. 8/3/06 This would be the end of global warming. Oh my gosh, what a terrible plant this is. Our politicians are so old, they can't read the facts or understand them. Why don't you print in large bold print and mail to everyone making judgment calls? The earth needs hemp and needs it fast. There are far more uses than what we will ever know. Let's just call it the wonder drug. Who in their right mind would not educate their closed minds and seek the answer to all the world's problems? This could be the answer to world peace, don't you think? Everyday is a holiday. Let's all grow hemp! 8/20/06
I recently read your article on hemp. It was true in every way.
That article can be very valuable if you continue to spread it around
the Internet in someway. It could be a huge factor for making it
legal and allowing people to realize the truth on pot. Keep spreading
that article. 9/8/06 Wow, first I have to say thank you very much sir. What you have here is an amazing piece of work. I never new pot was so helpful, but I’m glad to read that what I have gotten in trouble for is actually very helpful to the environment. I’m going to get all my friends to read this and try to spread the truth. Oh, and the thing about Betty Ross's Flag made out of hemp, that’s awesome. Thanks again, man. 9/12/06 What great information! It's amazing how many people don't know the truth. I have been trying to tell people why the government made it illegal. All because they wouldn't have a way to TAX you on it. Anything that threatens the pocketbook of the government is made illegal. Great research! I'll send this to all my friends. 9/12/06
Never again will I refer to hemp as the M-word, and I will in fact
instruct my children and future generations against this travesty.
Thank you for writing an article like this. 10/13/06
I felt the urge to write you and commend you on an excellently worded
reference for anyone who wishes to know the real truth. Some of
the things I'd heard before on various fact-oriented documentaries,
other things I knew from my personal experience with the plant.
I did, however, learn things I'd not known previously. The paragraph
about the alien plant deal threw me for a loop initially, until
I read the ensuing argument. Call me convinced. 12/10/06 Keep up the good investigative work, Doug, and I may use some of your findings in my article (thank you for including the sources). I would appreciate that…Weed is unprocessed and natural, as opposed to other processed drugs, but you know that. I have eaten hemp seeds and have even had hemp oil and see the unspoken benefits from them even before I was planning to research the subject. 12/10/06 Your article about Hemp was just...amazing and enlightening. Everything fits. Your information is strong, even stronger when one lets oneself believe that the Body belongs to the Soul and that no one should tell you that you can’t smoke pot (should I say 'smoke hemp'? I won’t say the m-word). But what frustrates me is that our American society is to the point that the masses probably won’t even listen. And sadder, other countries, it seems to me at least, made pot illegal to copy America, b/c America is ‘successful’ and they did it, so it must be good for them too, right? HA HA! I dunno, sometimes when I look at the world I feel like there’s hope and that in the years ahead of me my side has hope, that maybe by the time I retire I can smoke a joint in peace, not fearing the Police and my government. But, other times it just seems hopeless, but I refuse to believe that money is the most powerful force in our Universe...there must be some room for truth. 12/10/06 Your article on hemp is fabulous. 12/10/06
I just wanted to let you know how impressed and elated I am that
there is finally an article out on a major website that explains
the truth so well. 12/16/06
I am a recreation therapist working for a state operated drug treatment
center. If I were to speak in these terms I doubt I would remain
in favor of those above me. I get your point here. 2/2/07
I have just been reading your theory behind why Hemp is illegal
– it makes fascinating reading. We already knew some of the
history but your article is brilliant and I will be sharing it and
spreading the word. As a medical user for many years, I would not
be here without it. I was a vegetable on the prescribed medication
and don’t remember 2 whole years of my life while I was on
morphine. Now I live a full and active life, running a business
and bringing up a family. Is it too late to change views? I do hope
not because it has so much to offer. 3/13/07 I am astonished by your words and statistics you presented in the article. If all the information is true, my extreme anger is justified. I will indeed share this eye-opening information to all my fellow users! 3/13/07 Hemp was used for vital ropes for thousands of years, until Dupont and the Third Reich introduced a variety of polymers that completely replaced it and just about destroyed the hemp industry overnight. You're probably right that the American Mussolini worshippers of the 1920s put Anslinger on the case and got hemp shut down. The 1920s saw the launch of mass consumerism in the USA, a model for later versions across the world, culminating in today's ‘globalization’ led by global commercial television and pop music. All the rage in the 1920s was the new beat music, jazz, the forerunner of global pop music, which was invented and played by Afro-Americans. The white racists who controlled the USA did not want liberated white women to miscegenate with blacks, so they had alcohol banned and then marijuana, a drug widely used in the jazz music industry. As with so many aspects of American life, I think the banning of marijuana (hemp) can be traced back to white racism for its root cause. 3/13/07 I FUCKING HATE THE GOVERNMENT ALL I WANT TO DO IS SMOKE WEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and grow it. I’ve got done for possession…this fucked up country got me for less than a spliff. 3/13/07
I've just read your article on why hemp is illegal. It brings tears
to my eyes. How such insanity can be allowed to continue beggars
belief?! There just seems to be no way to stop the oil industry
and its government lackeys. Never have we needed hemp more yet the
madness continues unabated. And it's only going to get worse now
that nuclear is being touted as the road to our salvation...MADNESS!!!!! |
