[420 Girl]

McCloud, Calif. - If you have a gripe with the justice system, what do you do? Well, if you are McCloud resident Paul Von Hartmann, you take your number and get in line to see State Attorney General Edmund Brown, Jr.

Hartmann has registered with the Public Inquiry Unit of the State Attorney General to, in his words, “present a written mandate of ‘essential civilian demand’ challenging the rightful jurisdiction of any court over natural resources that are both unique and essential.”

The “unique and essential” resource, in this case, is the hemp plant, which, he claims, has a multitude of benefical uses, ranging from a food source to a fuel source to a sustainable building material, among others.

It is currently illegal to grow hemp in the United States, despite the fact that it contains virtually none of the of the psychoactive ingredients contained in its cousin plant, marijuana.

“My message is that the First Ammendment secures our right of religious freedom, inclusive of a legitimate and sincere, spiritually founded agricultural practice. I submit that because God is quoted as having given mankind ‘every herb bearing seed’ on the first page of the Bible, our freedom to farm ‘every herb’ is the first test of religious freedom.”

Von Hartmann contends that current laws prohibiting industrial hemp production in most US states, including California, violates the first ammendment to the constitution, the right to religious freedom.
“It is criminally negligent to continue misvaluation of hemp as food insecurity and malnutrition ravage our health and the integrity of this planet,” he said. “The United States Government does not consistently distinguish between marijuana and the nonpsychoactive cannabis used for industrial and commercial purposes.”

In his registered public inquiry with the Attorney General’s office, Von Hartmann is requesting a meeting with Brown himself.

Von Hartmann is not sure how the process will continue from here, but he is hoping for a reply soon.

According to the Hemp Industries Association, the U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not permit hemp production.
Countries currently engaged in farming the mult-purpose crop include Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the Ukraine, Egypt, Korea, Portugal, and Thailand.

The Hemp Industries Association reported that the US granted the first hemp permit in over 40 years to Hawaii for an experimental quarter-acre plot. The license was renewed, but the project has since been closed due to DEA issues and funding problems.

Twenty-two states have introduced legislation, including California, addressing support, research or cultivation with bills or resolutions.


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