Pubdate: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 Source: Bismarck Tribune (ND) Copyright: 2008 The Bismarck Tribune Contact: http://www.bismarcktribune.com/forms/letters.php Website: http://www.bismarcktribune.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/47 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n013/a10.html Author: Stan White Referred: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n013/a10.html?110976 ANTI-HEMP IS ANTI-AMERICAN I strongly disagree with the assertion, "there likely isn't widespread support for industrial hemp" (It's time to grow hemp support, Jan. 4 editorial). I have been purchasing hemp products from my local health food stores for years, using hemp imported mostly from Canada, a nice enough country, but I would rather those products use hemp grown by American farmers. Why are "free" American farmers prohibited from growing the God-given plant while communist Chinese farmers grow it? The effort prohibiting U.S. farmers from growing hemp is anti-American. STAN WHITE Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom