POLICE SEIZE BODY SHOP HEMP PRODUCTS

FRENCH police seized lip conditioner, hand oil and elbow grease containing
hemp seed oil from a Body Shop store - because they claim the products
encourage drug use.

Body Shop founder Anita Roddick yesterday said she was "amazed" by the
action of gendarmes who entered her shop in Aix-en-Provence and took
products from the Hemp range, as well as promotional material.

Ms Roddick said: "You'd have to smoke a hemp joint the size of a telphone
pole to get the least buzz and you'd die from carbon monoxide first.

"France is in the forefront of the hemp revolution, in fact the hemp seed
oil in The Body Shop range comes from France.

"However, we are being restricted in Aix-en-Provence from promoting our
Hemp range.

"I know the French perfected the art of irony in the past, but right now
I'd like to see them get a better grip on the future."

The Body Shop said it had launched the Hemp ranmge in the UK, the US and
other markets over the past few months with tremendous success.

Checked-by: Pat Dolan