Nader on Industrial Hemp
3 minute Real Audio from NPR

Support the Effort
In Arizona

ALERT!
March 8, 2001
Legislation introduced in Arizona to de-regulate Industrial Hemp

November 28, 2000
Lakota Indians Defying DEA; Accepts KY Co-op's Offer to Replace Destroyed Hemp Crop

November 1, 2000
Lakota-Siuox Earthship using Hemp

October 23, 2000
Arizona State Representative Dean Cooley Pro-Hemp

October 16, 2000
Kentucky Hemp Growers Co-op offering to replace Lakota Indian's  hemp
destroyed by Drug Enforcement Agents

September 28, 2000
Hawaii Hemp Project Report

September 20, 2000
Al Gore, Oxy-Petro, the U'WA people of Colombia & the Drug War.

September 5, 2000
Nader/LaDuke
Supports Industrial Hemp
Blasts DEA, Bush & Gore

August 26, 2000
Federal Agents Seize Hemp Plants

Industrial Hemp plants were being raised for building project

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Contact your legislators (lawmakers)

It is important to communicate your views to your legislators. Arizona is divided into Districts. Each District has one State Senator and two Representitives in the House. These are the three key people you need to focus your attention on. A well written letter, delivered by e-mail and/or US Mail is most effective. A phone call is also good, but you are not likely to actually get to talk to the lawmaker. That's OK, you may get lucky and catch one at a lull in the action. They really are very busy folks down there. The person that does answer the phone is probably more powerful, and senior to, the lawmaker. Talk to this person. They have the ear of the lawmaker, better than you know!

But they DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. Really, they do. They are so busy, communication from constituents is measured in volume first, content second and special interest last (unless you are a big $ contributer, of course). This is very true, ask any of them.

Anyway, following is a short paragraph you can cut and paste into a new e-mail to your representatives, or a word processor to print and mail. Add your own thoughts also, people DO read them. Well written, polite letters are seen. They work. The link will take you to the Arizona Legislature site, there is a clickable map so you can find your district. Click on your District and you will be given the e-mail address, phone and names of the three people you need to contact, your State Senator and two representatives to the House.

Please do it now!

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Dear ____________,

I am writing today to express my support of SB 1519, a measure to deregulate Industrial Hemp and conduct a research project regarding production in Arizona.

I have studied this issue at length and I urge you to do so also. There are many resources available on the Internet that reveal the details of this remarkable crop. We owe it to our future generations who will not have the timber and petroleum resources we have come to depend on in virtually every aspect of our daily lives.

Our national security is at stake here, with our dependence on foreign oil at nearly 60%, I feel our nation is vulnerable to catastrophic upheavals related to energy supply, our water, air and rural communities and local sustainability of the lifestyle my family has come to enjoy.

These alternative technologies must be researched and developed and this will require cooperation among many parties, including existing industrial infrastructure. We do not have time to waste on draconian prohibition policy. We stand ready and willing to work with the Law Enforcement community with models of successful Industrial Hemp programs from over 25 other nations, including our neighbor to the north, Canada.

Please see through the "Drug War" paranoia and rhetoric and give this issue the hearing it deserves.

Sincerely,

Your Name

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Click here to go to the Arizona Legislature Members Page.