WAR ON PONY TAILS

The Drug War Is A War Against Counter Culture

Paul Dougan- Boulder Weekly (CO)

Thu, 28 Feb 2002

Apparently, it's OK to have more arsenic in water than it is to have hemp in cereal," comments U.S. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., about a new Drug Enforcement Agency ban. The ban, which prohibits hemp food products containing even trace elements of THC, took effect on Feb. 6.

The crackdown on hemp foods is, according to the Washington Post, the result of lobbying by the religious right's Family Research Council, which believes "hemp has become a stalking horse for the drug legalization movement." The ban, then, is part of a political agenda.

What is that agenda, and why such a fuss over hemp in food? For that matter, why such a to-do over industrial hemp and medicinal marijuana? More "stalking horses" for the legalization of pot? Maybe, but why is pot illegal?

Pot is not physically addictive. "Marijuana addiction" refers only to psychological addiction, and research shows even this is suspect. It assumes pot smokers have a problem, and then when study participants display difficulty removing pot from their lives, it argues this is proof of addiction, much like assuming sex is bad, then when people have trouble abstaining, arguing this is proof of sexual addiction. Circular logic.

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