I agree and would take it one step further. Let anyone grow it who wants to. The leaves and flowers can be used in salads and sandwiches and the seeds used in salads are the best source of the right combination of omega's 3 and 6 fatty acids (the best to clean the arteries of bad cholesterol and maintain good heart function). The seeds also have a pleasant nutty flavour. The plants that would be grown in the gardens would likely not be as potent as the "street variety". Anyone desirous of a stronger stone would still want to purchase and this could then be a legal, taxable product. Aside from this, local hemp industries could collect the stalks and manufacture paper, twine or rope, or cloth.
 
If it is legal to grow monkshood (Aconitum) in ones' garden (so poisonous that you cannot grow it in the same vicinity as root vegetables because the exudates from the roots can be picked up by the neighbouring plants and make the consumer of those vegetables very ill); so toxic that it was one of European aristocracy's favourite poisons from the 15th to the 18th centuries, why can we not grow marijuana.
 
Darryl
 
 
 
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Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 9:17 AM
Subject: RE: [Futurework] Possible U.S. cutbacks?

These are "weasel words."   Kucinich should show some real leadership.
 
Why not go all the way to decriminalization.  Have govt buy it and sell it and tax it.  As we do in Ontario run liquour stores.
 
Results?   Ensure quality.  Stop incarcerating youth.  Stop corrupting police officers.  Slow down organized crime.
 
Who benefits under the current system?  Drug dealers and corrupt officials.
 
arthur
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From: Darryl and Natalia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 10:04 PM
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Subject: [Futurework] Possible U.S. cutbacks?

Just a thought on how the U.S may save some "expenses". Check the "Kucinich web site" http://www.kucinich.us/issues/marijuana_decrim.php
 
Of course, it would have to be a clear victory.
 
Darryl
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