Hemp activists Merle Haggard meets Mina Hegaard

Mina Hegaard  this weekend got to meet hemp activist Merle Haggard.
The movement is going from strength to strength so far this year,
hempsters are uniting, lots of states are making it legal and new shops
are opening.
For those of you who have not yet signed the petition to the White House,
there is still time at www.minawear.com/about-us/

Mitch McConnell statement on hemp in Kentucky

Another bit of good news sent to me from Mina Hegaard, who runs the petition to the  White House at www.minawear.com/about-us/ - please sign - make your voice heard - is that Mitch McConnell, the senior senator from Kentucky - has met with the other senator, Rand Paul to discuss hemp, and has issued the statement posted below.



Mitch McConnell Set To Support Hemp Push?

January 31st, 2013 · No Comments

As Jake offered on Twitter earlier today, it looks like Mitch McConnell is set to announce his support of hemp in Kentucky, since he just issued a statement.
Since he had a lengthy meeting with Rand Paul and Paul’s top staffer, it seems to be a solid move to help stave of tea party opposition.
Here’s McConnell’s statement:

“After long discussions with Senator Rand Paul and Commissioner James Comer on the economic benefits of industrialized hemp, I am convinced that allowing its production will be a positive development for Kentucky’s farm families and economy. Commissioner Comer has assured me that his office is committed to pursuing industrialized hemp production in a way that does not compromise Kentucky law enforcement’s marijuana eradication efforts or in any way promote illegal drug use. The utilization of hemp to produce everything from clothing to paper is real and if there is a capacity to center a new domestic industry in Kentucky that will create jobs in these difficult economic times that sounds like a good thing to me.”

UPDATE: Now some Republicans are suggesting McConnell’s endorsement of hemp is another sign that he plans to support Jamie Comer in a bid for governor instead of supporting Brett Guthrie.

PETITION TO MAKE HEMP LEGAL IN THE US

Great news! Mina Hegaard has set up a petition to make hemp legal again in the US - which will be a boon to the US economy - it is


on her site - http://minawear.com/about-us/ - scroll down to the bottom

of that page - you can sign and even leave a comment for President Obama.

We need 25,000 signatures to get a response on this issue, and meanwhile we hope to at get at least one American in every Congressional district in the US to write to their Congressman and petition for this.

So we have started something here at the end of 2012 that we hope to finish, or at least work on substantially, in 2013.

Thank all of you who have supported hemp over the years, now is the time to make a critical move.