I'm here and fighting hard. Let's legalize hemp, it won't be hard. All we need to do is do it. Already Hawaii, California, Montana, North Dakota, Virginia, Minnesota, Vermont, Maine, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia all have laws in support of hemp production. The problem is the federal government doesn't see a difference between hemp and marijuana. And the feds have this 5-year mandatory minimum that kicks in when you have over 100 plants or 100 kilos, so they will go after any hemp farmer for sure, as it would be hard to produce hemp without over 100 plants.
What needs to happen is every state that has a citizenâ??s initiative or referendum process needs to pass a petition initiative that legalizes hemp in their state. Then when a majority of states have legalized hemp, the federal government will have a majority of congressmen and senators from states whoâ??s citizens have voted yes to hemp, if the elected representatives didn't represent those who elected them, I'm sure someone else would be elected at the next possibility, so reps from states with hemp would have to be in favor of hemp or they would be voted out.
I don't understand how the hemp industry in Canada doesn't recognize this and fund citizen initiative hemp campaigns across the US. Maybe no one has told them yet?
Chris