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...fail to suggest the clear alternative: industrial (nondrug) hemp. The crop, which can be used as an alternative to cotton as well as a base for fuels and plastics, can grow with rainwater and requires no pesticides. The fact that the U.S., unlike most industrialized nations, continues to prohibit hemp deserves some serious attention in these dire times. Tim Mensching, New York City...
...Iowa did vote for Bush—though by only a 0.67 percent margin—in 2004. My publicschool district did prohibit school activities on Wednesday night to reserve time for church groups. And it’s true that, for as long as I’ve made the 20-minute drive from my house to the University of Iowa campus, I’ve been greeted by a massive sign over one soybean field declaring, “God is pro-life?...
...fail to suggest the clear alternative: industrial (nondrug) hemp. The crop, which can be used as an alternative to cotton as well as a base for fuels and plastics, can grow with rainwater and requires no pesticides. The fact that the U.S., unlike most industrialized nations, continues to prohibit hemp deserves some serious attention in these dire times. Tim Mensching, ASTORIA...
...fail to suggest the clear alternative: industrial (nondrug) hemp. The crop, which can be used as an alternative to cotton as well as a base for fuels and plastics, can grow with rainwater and requires no pesticides. The fact that the U.S., unlike most industrialized nations, continues to prohibit hemp deserves some serious attention in these dire times. Tim Mensching, ASTORIA...
...Congress is currently considering a law to end this sordid trade. The Captive Primate Safety Act, approved by the House of Representatives in the wake of Travis’s attack, is now awaiting a vote in the Senate. It would prohibit the interstate transport of primates and should be swiftly approved...