Not long ago, i met a woman who distributes hemp cosmetics for the Slovenian company, Extravaganja. According to her, Hungary used to have a profitable hemp-growing industry until it was shut down in the 1980s. Now, as in many other European countries, hemp is making a comeback for fiber, seed and oil usage (on top of the underground bud market, which probably consists of mostly non-EU-grown imports). However, there is currently a move within the EU to push flax over hemp in the agricultural sector, which would appear to be working in concurrence with moves towards strengthening individual nations' moves against liberalization of cannabis as a recreational drug. Here's the most recent report i could find (2008) from the European Monitoring Centre for Dugs and Drug Addiction, which is decidedly on the anti-decriminalization side of the debate. As in the US, repressive forces continue to spin their webs of deception and the people continue to indicate we are no longer so easily deceived. Give me a stoner over a drunk any day, and woe to the stressed-out, steroid pumping swimmer who thinks he can beat Michael Phelps - even without the breakfast of champions.
25 February 2009
Ultimate irony: Michael Phelps' contribution to drug liberalization
The convergent topic of Olympic athletes and drug use has historically not leaned in favor of liberalization. Michael Phelps' unplanned photo op with bong has proved the exception to the rule. Business Insider just published this graph, courtesy of corporate image rating agency Vanno, which indicates that Kellogg Corp's decision to drop Phelps from their advertizing roster has done substantial harm to the company's image. Props must go out to NORML and other cannabis decriminalization groups for pushing this issue and challenging the assumed status quo that led the company to believe most people would support its decision.
Not long ago, i met a woman who distributes hemp cosmetics for the Slovenian company, Extravaganja. According to her, Hungary used to have a profitable hemp-growing industry until it was shut down in the 1980s. Now, as in many other European countries, hemp is making a comeback for fiber, seed and oil usage (on top of the underground bud market, which probably consists of mostly non-EU-grown imports). However, there is currently a move within the EU to push flax over hemp in the agricultural sector, which would appear to be working in concurrence with moves towards strengthening individual nations' moves against liberalization of cannabis as a recreational drug. Here's the most recent report i could find (2008) from the European Monitoring Centre for Dugs and Drug Addiction, which is decidedly on the anti-decriminalization side of the debate. As in the US, repressive forces continue to spin their webs of deception and the people continue to indicate we are no longer so easily deceived. Give me a stoner over a drunk any day, and woe to the stressed-out, steroid pumping swimmer who thinks he can beat Michael Phelps - even without the breakfast of champions.
Not long ago, i met a woman who distributes hemp cosmetics for the Slovenian company, Extravaganja. According to her, Hungary used to have a profitable hemp-growing industry until it was shut down in the 1980s. Now, as in many other European countries, hemp is making a comeback for fiber, seed and oil usage (on top of the underground bud market, which probably consists of mostly non-EU-grown imports). However, there is currently a move within the EU to push flax over hemp in the agricultural sector, which would appear to be working in concurrence with moves towards strengthening individual nations' moves against liberalization of cannabis as a recreational drug. Here's the most recent report i could find (2008) from the European Monitoring Centre for Dugs and Drug Addiction, which is decidedly on the anti-decriminalization side of the debate. As in the US, repressive forces continue to spin their webs of deception and the people continue to indicate we are no longer so easily deceived. Give me a stoner over a drunk any day, and woe to the stressed-out, steroid pumping swimmer who thinks he can beat Michael Phelps - even without the breakfast of champions.
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