Implementing California's Proposition 215

Community Cannabis Forum
Implementing California's Proposition 215
Humboldt State University
October 24, 1997

John R. Stahl
The Evanescent Press
The Church of the Living Tree
tree@tree.org

     I am a paper maker, forming sheets at the vat with a mould and deckle in the traditional manner. Since I know that hemp is the oldest and best material for fine papermaking, and has been the mainstay of the industry for the last 2000 years until the advent of wood pulp mills, I began to use the locally available stalks, which were donated to me by marijuana growers, as a source of hemp fiber for my paper mill. My experiments with hemp have been most favorable, and so I want to grow fiber varieties myself in the traditional way that maximizes the fiber yield, not the flowering tops. I wanted to get larger yields of the more valuable bast fiber (the outer part of the stalk), and I wanted to grow it densely, so they would put up tall single stalks, without branches, so that it would be easy to pull off a fat layer of bast fiber from every stalk. This is the opposite of the way marijuana is grown, which is short and bushy, to maximize the flowering tops.

     There is practically no THC in fiber varieties, and no reason in the world why I shouldn't be allowed to cultivate them for my paper mill. There are a great many varieties of industrial hemp, since it has been so widely cultivated for thousands of years all over the world, but they all have very little THC, mostly around 1/2%, but certainly below 1%, which is the dividing line in the scientific literature between industrial hemp and marijuana. For reference, wild drug varieties are in the 3-7% THC range, while cultivated marijuana today is in the range of 10-15%.

     But not only is fiber hemp low in THC, but it is also high in CBD, another chemical which interferes with the high, and produces headaches and discomfort. Most varieties of marijuana, on the other hand, have naturally low levels of CBD. What this means is that there is no potential for drug use whatsoever from any variety of fiber hemp.

     I made application to the DEA five years ago, and after several years of building fences, and lights, and alarms, they were finally satisfied that I was in full compliance with their regulations. They said that I was the first and only applicant to comply. Since their regulations are way beyond absurd, it is no wonder that no one else has complied. (Compare the situation in Europe, where the European Union pays a subsidy to hemp farmers. Here, in addition to all the hassle and expense of compliance, there is also an $875 non-refundable annual fee!)

     So now we have worked our way along at the State level, where we expect the introduction of the Industrial Hemp Act of 1998, either in the legislature, or by initiative, in which “marijuana” will be redefined to exclude “hemp” at the 1% THC line. If this passes, it might only be another year before we can finally put our first crop in the ground.

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     But something is wrong with this picture! Why should I have to put up with all of this nonsense? By what right, and for what earthly reason does anyone oppose my right to cultivate the world's premier fiber plant for my paper mill?

     Hemp is not the only fiber plant that I grow. I have about eight Paper Mulberry trees that I planted a few years ago. And I grow and use kenaf, and yellow dock, and teasel, and thistles, and other plants that I experiment with as sources of fiber for paper pulp. Now I want to grow hemp, and I find it very annoying that my freedom to do this is obstructed. It seems to me that I have a right to live my life in freedom, on my own property, as long as I am not interfering with the freedom of others.

     I am certainly not an anarchist. I believe that there is a very small but essential role for a central government, mainly to keep the peace, maintain justice, and safeguard personal freedom against tyranny from any source or direction. But just because Congress is seated, to carry out the functions assigned to it by the Constitution, it does not have the right to pass laws beyond its clearly limited jurisdiction. If any agents of federal, state, or local government try to interfere in the private affairs of free citizens, they exceed their authority. They become the very tyranny that we put them there to protect us from.

     Our “Government was instituted, deriving its just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, to secure the Rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” That is, our Government was instituted to protect us from infringements to our Liberty, not to become a new Master to shackle us in new chains. And “whenever any Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it.” (Thomas Jefferson, from the Declaration of Independence)

     The People have never consented to arbitrary Laws which interfere with the natural Rights of free Citizens. The Powers of Congress have been carefully limited by Article I, section 8 of the Constitution, and the Rights of the People have been guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Over the years, state, federal, and local governments have tried to spread their dark shadow over more and more areas of our lives over which they have never had any authority.

     If the Government wants to wage a war on drugs, for example, there is only one weapon which they have a right to use: Education, not legal process. Smoking marijuana should be considered a health issue, the way it is in most European countries, not a legal issue.

     It is one of the legitimate functions of government to bring facts to our attention so that we may make informed choices (as in the mandate to “promote the general Welfare”), but no food or drug or even medical process should be prohibited by law. Why should the use of ozone in cancer or AIDS therapy, for example, be prohibited in this country in spite of a history of very promising results in many other countries? The government may set up bodies to examine any of these things and publish their findings and recommendations, the way it does with the use of tobacco. A board of medical examiners may declare that they have found ozone therapy to be a dangerous and ineffective medical procedure, and require its practitioners to publish that message, but we must all retain the freedom to make our own final choice.

     The abuse of any harmful substance may be opposed by education. The more people know the facts about smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, or sniffing glue, the less they use them. If anyone has any data that support a claim that marijuana is harmful, when used in moderation, then we urge them to publish their findings, so that we can make our choices based on accurate information.

     In this country, serious drug abusers are forced underground by the dark shadow of the law. Some of them resort to robbery or to the deliberate addiction of school children to support their expensive habits. In Holland or Switzerland, on the other hand, they are given clean needles, along with food and counseling. The idea of Harm Reduction is one which is understood by most of the rest of the world: if laws create more problems than they are intended to address, then it doesn't make sense to implement them. Laws of Prohibition fall into this category.

     In the case of marijuana, I don't think that the issue has anything to do with the medical merits of marijuana for any particular condition. The issue has to do with the right of Free Individuals to consider the facts and make up their own minds about what they want to do with their own lives.

     When our Government wanted to institute a prohibition against the use of alcohol, they had to pass an Amendment to the Constitution, because otherwise they had no authority to propose such a measure. Nothing is different in the case of marijuana, except that alcohol is far more harmful, both to the user and to the rest of us, than marijuana could ever be. Until and unless there is a Constitutional Amendment establishing a prohibition of marijuana, then no one has any authority to interfere with our freedom.

New Guards for their future Security in Cannabis.

“Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends,
it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.

. . . it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government,
and to provide new Guards for their future Security.”


– Thomas Jefferson,
Declaration of Independence, 1776

H.R. 1009 Introduced in Congress Bill Would Allow States to Legally Grow Hem

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Industrial Hemp seedlings grow in the Hawai`i test patch.
© 2000 Ken Ige, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Used by permission

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H.R. 1009 Introduced in Congress
Bill Would Allow States to Legally Grow Hemp
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60. H.R.4293 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for State and local, and foreign, real property taxes.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 12/5/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 12/5/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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61. H.R.4683 : Free Competition in Currency Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 12/13/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 12/13/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.

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62. H.R.4684 : Cancer and Terminal Illness Patient Health Care Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 12/13/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 12/13/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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63. H.R.4829 : To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey the surface estate of the San Jacinto Disposal Area to the city of Galveston, Texas.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 12/18/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 12/19/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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64. H.R.5191 : To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out the highway project known as the "Trans-Texas Corridor".
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/29/2008)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 1/30/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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65. H.R.5427 : Tax-Free Gold Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/13/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

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66. H.R.5991 : Tax Relief for Transportation Workers Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/7/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/7/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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67. H.R.6440 : To provide for the transfer of certain Federal Property to the Galveston Historical Foundation.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 7/8/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 7/9/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

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68. H.R.6441 : Energy Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Automobile Tax Credit Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 7/8/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 7/8/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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69. H.R.7054 : Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 9/24/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 9/25/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

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70. H.R.7055 : Evacuees Tax Relief Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 9/24/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/24/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Institute of Bast Crops in Glukhov, the Ukraine

Dr. V. G. Virovets

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        Dr. V.G. Virovets is the head of the Hemp Breeding Department at the Institute of Bast Crops in Glukhov, the Ukraine. The Institute of Bast Crops is the largest hemp research center in the world. Plant breeders from Glukhov have created many hemp cultivars with very low THC contents and high fibre contents. This "fax-interview" was conducted by Hayo van der Werf and Rob Clarke in May 1998 with assistance from the Vavilov Institute.

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What is your academic background and how did your career develop?        I was born on March 5, 1937 in the Ukraine. I graduated from agronomical college in 1952 and from the Kharkov Agricultural Institute, named after Dokuchaev, in the Ukraine in 1964 where I obtained my MSc degree in plant breeding and seed improvement. Since 1964 I have worked at the Institute of Bast Crops in Glukhov, Ukraine at first as a junior researcher, then as senior researcher. I have been Head of the Hemp Breeding Department since 1971. Scientific titles earned: N. I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry, 1981, Ph.D. in Agronomy; Institute of Sugar Beet, Kiev, 1992, Full Doctor of Science (Thesis: Creation of high-yielding, THC-free cultivars of hemp).
How did you get interested in hemp breeding?        I've been interested in scientific problems since I was a student. At the beginning of my work at the Institute of Bast Crops, I was recommended to Prof. G. I. Senchenko and Prof. A. I. Arinshtein. They became my teachers in practical breeding in improvement of hemp.
When, and from where, was hemp introduced in Ukraine?        It is impossible to indicate precisely the beginning of the use of hemp as a cultivated plant in the territory of modern Ukraine. Hemp as a crop was cultivated by mankind for a very long time side by side with cereals and vegetables since the birth of plant cultivation. Concerning introduction of hemp into cultivation, we share the opinions of Chinese and Indian scientists.
What is the current situation of hemp growing and processing in the Ukraine, and what are your perspectives for the future?        The modern situation with hemp cultivation in Ukraine is problematic, but during the last 1 to 2 years it is getting better, showing promise to restore because the material base of cultivation and processing and habits are still alive. During 1970-1980 hemp was a widely cultivated crop over the territory of Ukraine: approximately 60,000 hectares, producing up to 9,000 tonnes of high quality hemp seeds and a quarter of the world’s production of hemp fiber. The hemp crop currently attracts big attention both in the scientific field and with respect to practical cultivation. Increased interest takes place across the world: Western Europe, America and Australia. Regularly, various symposiums and conferences take place with the participation of famous scientists and agronomists, wide publicity is given to hemp in various journals, including the Journal of the International Hemp Association. This promises a bright future for hemp cultivation.
Do you require licenses to grow hemp in Ukraine?        According to the rules of the Ukraine, a variety may be accepted for cultivation only after State Trials. Cultivars are put on the List of Crops of Ukraine and may be cultivated within the country. In 1998, eight monoecious cultivars entered the List. Newly bred cultivars and foreign varieties now undergo State Trials within the system of State Committee for Trials of Cultivars.
What is the average yield level for fiber crops and seed crops?        Modern Ukraine includes different climatic zones. Early-maturing varieties of Middle Russian type (more early) are cultivated in the North-Eastern part of Ukraine, in the South cultivars of Southern type, possessing a longer vegetation period are grown. Southern-type varieties may be cultivated in the North for fiber. In contrast to Southern-type varieties, the Middle Russian varieties have better seed yields. The yield of Middle Russian type cultivars is 7-9 tonnes per hectares for fiber and 0.9-1.4 tonnes for seed; for Southern type: 9-11 tonnes per hectares for fiber and 0.8-1.0 tonnes for seed.
What is currently the maximum threshold for THC content of hemp cultivars in the Ukraine?        For the newly bred varieties ready for State Trials the level is 0.1% THC. For the currently cultivated varieties it is 0.2% THC.
How many researchers are currently carrying out hemp research at the Institute of Bast Crops at Glukhov?        Our staff includes eight researchers, including those at the Zolotonosha department and Dr. V. F. Solodushko at the Sinelnikovo station.
How is hemp research at Glukhov funded?        The Ukranian Academy of Agrarian Sciences support us from the State budget. But we have big financial problems because of the crisis in the Ukranian economy.
Do you collaborate with other hemp breeders outside Glukhov? If so, with whom?        We have scientific relations with the N. I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry (S. Kutuzova, L. Rumyant-seva, S. Grigoryev) without interruption after the breakdown of the USSR. We continue relations with the Krasnodar Agricultural Institute (P. Nimchenco, T. Sukhorada), we communicate with the Penza Institute (V. Tikhomirov). We have good relations with I. Bócsa from Hungary and with R. Kozlovsky, L. Grabovska and N. Timcov from Poland. We exchange inbred seeds with scientists from France, Italy (Bologna), from the Netherlands and with Michael Karus from Germany.
What are the main topics of research with respect to hemp at the Institute of Bast Crops?        The main direction in scientific research is the creation of monoecious cultivars of hemp which combine a high fiber yield and the absence of THC.
What are the major objectives of your current hemp breeding program? Can new cultivars be expected in the near future?
        The major objectives of our current breeding program are: low THC level and high fiber productivity in combination with high seed yield and early maturation.
What is the bast fiber content of your best cultivars?
        High fiber content prevailed over other traits in preceding breeding programs. We possess diverse inbred lines and cultivars with a fiber content of more than 30%.
Which of your cultivars has the lowest THC content and what is that content?        As a result of our previous hard work we reached THC levels of less than 0.03%. First of all cultivars: ‘USO-14’, ‘USO-31’, ‘Zolotonoshkaya USO-11’. These cultivars show high fiber yields and resistance to diseases. There is a new generation of newly bred varieties which is absolutely THC-free (‘Glukhovskaja 33’, ‘Zolotonoshkaya 15’, ‘Dneprovskaya monoecious 14’, etc.). We possess diverse breeding lines free of all components of cannabinoids.
Is there any pest or disease which occurs more in a cultivar which contains no THC?        We can't be sure about the direct correlation between the level of damage from any pest and disease and the THC-level in any of our cultivars. But we need to control this relation between the immunity and cannabinoid content.
Do you think bast fiber content can be increased further? If so, what content can be reached?        Cultivation of hemp is first of all for fiber. But we would't like to connect breeding fiber content and its quality. Our results in reducing secondary, short fiber weren't a success during our 15 years of breeding work. Secondary fiber has important role as a mechanical tissue in widely-spaced row and high-nutrition plant cultivation conditions.
How important is fiber quality relative to fiber content?        There is no need to discuss the question. Discussion of the question is according to various ways of fiber processing. Quality is a priority in using fiber for textile. In other cases it is not so important. The problem requires special attention and possibly may be solved by means of international cooperation on breeding work.
Do cultivars differ in fiber fineness?        As a rule, Ukranian-bred cultivars with low fiber content have good fiber fineness. The fineness trait is very sensitive to cultivation practices.
Current hemp cultivars have been developed for textile fiber production. Do you think it is feasible to develop special cultivars for seed production or for paper production?        Yes, we think it is feasible to develop special cultivars for seed and for paper production.
So far, you have bred monoecious cultivars only. Have you ever considered breeding dioecious cultivars?        The question is not simple. The nature of the hemp plant is dioecious, like animals: male and female and contains the elements of heterosis. We had to work with monoecious hemp because of lack of labour in fields to delete male plants before harvesting. After creating new technology of cultivation and developing the initial processing of fiber, the need in monoecious cultivars will dissappear in future.
Which of your cultivars can currently be bought in commercial quantities? Of these which are the most successful ones and in which countries are they sold?        ‘USO-31’, ‘Zolotonoshskaya USO-11’, ‘Glukhovskaya 33’, ‘Zolotonoshskaya 15’, ‘Dneprovskaya monoecious 14’, ‘Glukhov-skaya 46’ for countries of European Community.
What do you consider to be your greatest contribution to the science of hemp breeding?        Results of breeding hemp to increase fiber content and to reduce THC level.
So far you have seen the presence of cannabinoids in hemp as a source of problems, an undesirable characteristic you want to eliminate. Have you ever considered breeding hemp cultivars for increased content of one of the cannabinoids?        No, I haven't. But in case of necessity, we are able to create bred-lines with high concentration of cannabinoids. But cultivation of hemp varieties with THC more 0.2% is prohibited in Ukraine.
If funded, what line of Cannabis research would you personally find the most interesting to pursue?        If funded, we'll start breeding hemp for seed and improving fatty acids content of hemp oil.
Is there anything else you might want to add to any of the previous questions?
        Since 1931, we have been developing a unique school of hemp breeding. We are able to declare now: we have created new varieties of hemp which are out of list narcotic plants. Profs. N. Grishko, G. Senchenko, A. Arinshtein and E. Gurzhii performed the main part in creating and forming hemp breeding school. We would also like to mention the work of L. Gorshkova, I. Sherban, N. Orlov, R. Kaplunova, V. Sitnik and M. Sazhko and others.

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What Do HESG Market Makers Fear the Most?

Goood Morning HESGers & Dingers 14,149,999 in total HESG short interest in the past 11 days. That averages only 1.3 Million in short interest for the past eleven trading days.... This is very odd indeed, 6 of the 11 days had ZERO short interest... From my past experiences the best time to get into any stock, is the day the short interest = ZERO....... Yes I said on the day, not days ...thats what makes this all a bit more stranger.

Is it showing liquidity from market makers? market sentiment? greed vs fear HESG ratio? I believe so on all counts. HESG dead? Far from it... as you can see with its volume still beats, and HESG is feeling better more and more everyday.

Only reason why shorty is not shorting is because.... Market Makers are really the only ones who can afford to short a stock at .0002

Well of course you too can short .0002, but do you have 2.5 Million dollars on margin for every $100 you short from .0002?

No, I don't think so...... Not many people would, but Market Makers are not people and you should not think of them as such. They don't follow the same rules we must follow, they are free to short a stock basically with no risk. Margin is not called unless the Price Per Share of that short stock equals over $1.50...... LOL when has that or will that ever happen to a penny stock? So you see Market Makers have the upper hand..... but it doesn't mean they have the winning hands.

What if Market Makers are scared of this from happening?
Would it be possible and a rational explanation why there is no short interest in HESG?

Lets use this as an example 876,070,065 in short interest volume multiple by .0002 = ?

Lets say thats = $175K in short interest divided by $100 = 1,750

Lets say PPS by Divine Intervention reached that $1.51 MM Margin Call Mark, what kind of mistake would that equal too?

2.5 Million x 1,750 = 4 Billion 375 Million Dollar Mistake.

175K Shorted from .0002, can equal to 4,375,000,000 on margin from a Market Maker on te short side of Health Sciences Group, or was it Organic Health Science Group?

What do you say? Impossible? 

Historical HESG Short Interest

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May 18th Shorts None Volume 43,778,127

May 17th Shorts None Volume 32,698,103

May 14th Shorts None Volume 24,493,386

May 13th Shorts 999,999 Volume 39,583,200

May 12th Shorts 10,000,000 Volume 36,789,005

May 11th - Shorts None Volume 17,341,500

May 10th - Shorts None Volume 65,458,239 

May 7th - Shorts 1,000,000 Volume 42,753,646

May 6th - Shorts 1,000,000 Volume 78,435,388

May 5th - Shorts 1,150,000 Volume 72,023,347

May 4th - Shorts None Volume 71,934,973

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May 3rd - Shorts 97,108,620 Volume 130,034,256

April 30th - Shorts 468,634,294 Volume 567,118,933

April 29th - Shorts 876,070,065 Volume 1,041,132,460

April 28th - Shorts 15,117,777 Volume 27,576,793

April 27th - Shorts 9,160,000 Volume 43,104,855

April 26th - Shorts 15,500,000 Volume 37,531,002

April 23rd - Shorts 653,683,900 Volume 1,490,233,551

April 22th - Shorts 4,840,548 Volume 25,824,715

April 21th - Shorts 8,659,999 Volume 16,254,300

April 20th - Shorts 6,005,000 Volume 17,860,669



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