Call for a United Front to End the Federal Ban on Hemp

Call for a United Front to End the Federal Ban on Hemp

The Issue

Are you mad as hell about the Gulf of Mexico - Oil Disaster and want to see America fully commit to utilizing the best resource for biofuel?

Presently, we only have Vote Hemp as the primary organization pushing to re-legalize Hemp with the Pro-Cannabis organizations also acknowledging its many benefits, but doing nothing to lobby on its behalf.

We need to get the leading organizations for preserving nature and the environment, promoting alternative fuel sources, and climate change awareness, to take a stand and unite in ending the Federal ban on Hemp.

If we can get these organizations to come together, the media and the Obama administration, will have to address this issue and hopefully, the voice of reason will prevail.

I selected ten of the top national organizations to send this petition to, requesting they take a stand on this cause. 

Portion of the letter to be sent, see below for full copy.

The issue of Hemp’s true potential has been virtually ignored by the mainstream media but if one does a search on the Internet, an abundance of information on the truth can be found. One estimate claims that if just 6% of the land in America was dedicated to growing Hemp, we could produce enough biofuel to cover our energy needs.

When it comes to deriving fuel from organic matter the key words are biomass & cellulose and when it comes to the percentage of biomass – cellulose and the tonnage per acre, Hemp beats out all other plants. Depending on the reports cited Hemp provides from 4 to 50 even a 100 times the cellulose of corn, sugar cane and other matter used for fuel.

During World War II, the Department of Agriculture mounted a campaign urging farmers to grow Hemp for the war effort and produced a short film entitled “Hemp for Victory.” Yet after the war, Hemp was once again banned as a legal crop.

Hemp is the Green Bullet that can put America back on the path to prosperity.

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The Issue

Are you mad as hell about the Gulf of Mexico - Oil Disaster and want to see America fully commit to utilizing the best resource for biofuel?

Presently, we only have Vote Hemp as the primary organization pushing to re-legalize Hemp with the Pro-Cannabis organizations also acknowledging its many benefits, but doing nothing to lobby on its behalf.

We need to get the leading organizations for preserving nature and the environment, promoting alternative fuel sources, and climate change awareness, to take a stand and unite in ending the Federal ban on Hemp.

If we can get these organizations to come together, the media and the Obama administration, will have to address this issue and hopefully, the voice of reason will prevail.

I selected ten of the top national organizations to send this petition to, requesting they take a stand on this cause. 

Portion of the letter to be sent, see below for full copy.

The issue of Hemp’s true potential has been virtually ignored by the mainstream media but if one does a search on the Internet, an abundance of information on the truth can be found. One estimate claims that if just 6% of the land in America was dedicated to growing Hemp, we could produce enough biofuel to cover our energy needs.

When it comes to deriving fuel from organic matter the key words are biomass & cellulose and when it comes to the percentage of biomass – cellulose and the tonnage per acre, Hemp beats out all other plants. Depending on the reports cited Hemp provides from 4 to 50 even a 100 times the cellulose of corn, sugar cane and other matter used for fuel.

During World War II, the Department of Agriculture mounted a campaign urging farmers to grow Hemp for the war effort and produced a short film entitled “Hemp for Victory.” Yet after the war, Hemp was once again banned as a legal crop.

Hemp is the Green Bullet that can put America back on the path to prosperity.

The Decision Makers

Anne Korin
Anne Korin
Coalition Chair, Set America Free
Michael Brune
Michael Brune
Executive Director, Sierra Club
John M. Fahey, Jr
John M. Fahey, Jr
President, National Geographic Society
Margie Alt
Margie Alt
Executive Director, Environment America
Maggie L. Fox
Maggie L. Fox
President & CEO, Alliance for Climate Protection

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Petition created on May 4, 2010