Should Cannabis Be Legal Pt 2

I will be adding more to this blog post in the near future. Here are some Images taken from OpenSecrets.Org on Marijuana Legalization. 

I AM tracking Money In Politics for Marijuana Legalization to determine if Politicians are being influenced by the Donors with their Financial Contributions.

The following images are for the National and State Political Scene. 

Bureaucracy Hinders German Hemp Farmers too

 German Hemp Fields 1998 till now show only a 7% growth.  

Even After 25 Years of Hemp Production Bureaucracy STILL Hinders Germany HEMP Farmers

Meanwhile, bureaucratic challenges continue to hold back Germany’s hemp industry, key among them outdated narcotics laws that have led to confusion. 

Authorities have 

• raided hemp shops, 
• blocked the legal cross-border sale of imported flowers and 
• ordered some hemp foods off the market 

as the police and public prosecutors continue to interpret existing laws in a highly restrictive manner, sometimes failing to follow clear EU directives on hemp.

Source: Hemp Today

CBD -Cannabinoids: Sex and Gender

The FDA seminar, “CBD and Other Cannabinoids: Sex and Gender Differences in Use and Responses,” was organized by the agency’s Office of Women’s Health and featured FDA staff MDs, Ph. Ds and non-FDA academic and institutional research scientists. Other observations from the seminar indicate the current path for the FDA:

• Research is not only likely to find that CBD is not harmful, but also reveal many benefits that can be identified and warranted scientifically, and a few uses that should be avoided.
• Standards are needed to help inform the public about the use and benefits of CBD in proper concentrations and formulations; speakers expressed frustration that “without regulation there is a lot of junk out there.”Some speakers stressed that “prohibition laws inhibit research,” citing examples with alcohol prohibition in the 1920s and other prohibited substances since then, including cannabis. There was acknowledgment that “some legal substances (alcohol and cigarettes) are more harmful than many illegal substances.”
• Both FDA and non-FDA experts noted some potential harms from very large doses of CBD and some concerns on how its use might affect pregnancy and lactation, as well as, interestingly, male reproductive health.
• Existing studies tend to acknowledge anecdotally assumed benefits. Further studies should be encouraged to check anecdotal claims regarding pain management, anxiety, sleep disorders and other problems. Scientists urged basic research to understand proper use and dosing.

source: Hemp Today

A Closer Look At Noem's Comments On Industrial Hemp

Gov Kristi Noem needs H.E.M.P. - Helping Educate Misinformed People. 

Weblink: A Closer Look At Noem's Comments On Industrial Hemp: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem does not want to see an industrial hemp bill passed by the state legislature.

Someone get South Dakota Gov Kristi Noem some H.E.M.P.???

H.E.M.P. - Helping Educate Misinformed People

  It pretty obvious she's being misinformed. Whether it by choice or she's being manipulated is yet to be determined. Noem states:

These are photos of our state health lab drug locker. Bursting at the seams. Legalizing industrial hemp would flood our lab with more tests, strain law enforcement, require untested regs & lead us down the path to legalizing marijuana. SD isn’t ready to legalize industrial hemp.

Someone get this girl some H.E.M.P. - Helping Educate Misinformed People. pic.twitter.com/dtR2xLKXFN

— Scotty (@StLHandyMan) February 16, 2019

It's almost like Govenor Noem is reading from the big business cue card:

1.  governor says, "the plant looks exactly like the marijuana plant because it is the same plant as a marijuana plant."
2. "We don't have any federal guidelines from USDA, so we do not know what a commodity program would look like," 
3. "We aren't sure if pesticides could be used on this product, we don't know if we can control it," 

Why can't she be honest like Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who stated a refreshing truthbomb:

“To them [Big Pharma] it’s competition for chronic pain, and that’s outrageous because we don’t have the crisis in people who take marijuana for chronic pain having overdose issues,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

Hemp a Natural Biofinery

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