HEMP CULTIVATION COULD IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN WNC

I have an issue that is very important to me and many other North
Carolinians and is not represented whatsoever by mainstream Republicans or
Democrats. This issue could be a key to ending protein deficiency-caused
starvation, deforestation, funding starved schools, fatty acid-starved
birds, overcrowded prisons, family disenfranchisement, prescription drug
dependence, alcohol abuse, globalization, drug crime, tobacco-buyout
frustration, textile mill inhalation, nuclear annihilation and even home
fires. Cannabis is considered a controlled substance and has been since
1937. I, and many other North Carolinians, want legalization policies
brought to the table immediately. This plant has the potential to alleviate
stress as well as lessen prison costs, freeing money for schools, reuniting
families and ending the marijuana-based drug war. It is much safer than
prescription drugs for eating, sleeping and sex, and far less dangerous
than alcohol. Give the money/power/jobs back to landholding citizens and
away from corporate executives. Let us grow outdoor hemp for edible protein
packed with perfect omega three, six and nine ratio seeds (for the birds
too) and hearty hurd from the stalks for biomass energy and pulp and paper.
We must move towards sustainability, and cannabis seems to be the key for WNC.

Clifton Ingram,

Mars Hill