A Hemp Flag A-Flyin’

A hemp flag will be raised above the Capitol on Thursday, July 4th. How ironic. Do we dare hope that this could mean the government has finally calmed down about hemp, and that legalization is in our future? It’s ridiculous that we don’t have that now. Farmers could be growing hemp..something that can sustain the world in so many ways. We can make ethanol, clothing, paper, plastics, cars, homes, food, medicine, jewelry (my personal favorite)…it’s endless. Everyone should be including hemp in their diet, by either using hemp oil, hemp hearts, hemp protein powder..it’s all available. It’s just not grown here in this country. Well, it’s starting to be grown here again. Classifying industrial hemp as a Schedule 1 drug is just nuts. It’s not psychoactive. Why would they do that?

Look, this is why the world looks upon us with such disbelief. They think we’re all insane. We let our lawmakers screw us over on a daily basis, enacting laws that serve only their election coffers in the long run. The ridiculous attitude about hemp is just one example of how science and reason don’t seem to influence decisions on the Hill. Research continues to show that cannabis, industrial hemp’s psychoactive cousin, cures cancer, but do you think lawmakers will listen? No. They prefer instead to be stupid.

Wonderful things are happening in Texas. Oh those stupid men will probably pass the anti-abortion bill into law, but women and men are standing up. And we’ll continue to stand up. Just as we will stand up to misogynistic laws, we will stand up for common sense. Continuing the federal ban on industrial hemp is not common sense. Cannabis legalization is inevitable. So is industrial hemp. Why don’t we surprise the world and do something intelligent for a change?