Project P.E.A.C.E. - Revaluating Cannabis

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I just sent the address for this blog all over the world, planting the seed for a global discussion about something that effects everyone. I wonder who out there will let me know what they think... posted by projectpeace @ 3:52 AM	Saturday, July 26, 2003
See http://www.worldfoodprize.org/03laureate/index.htm for information about this year`s recipient of the World Food Prize. Then consider An Open Letter from Project P.E.A.C.E to Catherine Bertini, former Executive Director of the World Food Programme and current United Nations Under Secretary General for Management , recipiant of the $250,000 World Food Prize for 2003 . What to say, but congratulations, and thank you, to Catherine Bertini who was awarded the World Food Prize for 2003. I know Ms. Bertini worked very hard and did much good for many people. Ideally, such a prestigeous and enriching award is an empowering and meaningful measure of what remains to be acheived. I trust that in your mind there is the thought that, there must be something else that you have yet overlooked, that could be done, and needs to be done immediately. In fact there is, and it is a task that requires courage and political integrity. Someone at the United Nations must take individual responsibility for what is known about the complete proteins and unique essential fatty acid profile of the seed produced by the Cannabis plant. Is it somehow possible that you are simply unconscious of the potential benefit of this unique and essential grain, to help feed and heal the world? It seems inconceiveable that you are unaware that 75% of the diseases that are likely to kill us can be prevented and successfully treated by eating foods rich in EFAs. Why has scarcity of this potentially globally abundant organic food source been induced by the United Nations? Why is Cannabis seed not being harvested in every corner of the world where people are malnourished, sick, and dying for lack of a complete vegetable protein, vitamins and minerals? Why are highly adaptable and hardy Cannabis seed strains not being acclimatised and cross-bred to grow in as many soil and climate conditions as possible? As an authority on world food please explain to me, to the millions of starving people everywhere, and to future generations, Why is Cannabis not being planted anywhere in the world by the United Nations? The answer is quite apparently, "Cannabis prohibition interferes with freedom of agriculture." My purpose in writing this is to point out the terminally unacceptable in the obvious and extreme. There is no possible proportionate accountabilty for perpetuating constricted abundance that has crippled mankind`s agricultural and industrial development for more than sixty-six years. The atmosphere of illogic, fear, denial and unreason is strongest when diverging from the path of least political resistance, to the ways that work, exploring the alternatives and solid arguements that transcend drug prohibition. The nutritional profile of Cannabis makes the strongest arguement for prohibition`s end because the weight of reason, the lessons of history, the insights of science and the growing need, add up to a direction that has been so clear for so long. Revolutionary Wisdom ``Make the most of the hemp seed and sow it everywhere." --George Washington (1794) "We shall....want a world of hemp more for our own personal consumption." --John Adams (1783) "Hemp is of first necessity....to the wealth and protection of the country." --Thomas Jefferson (1791) "Hemp is an article of importance enough to warrant the employment of extraordinary means in its favor."--Alexander Hamilton (1791) "The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by... Prohibition. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this." Albert Einstein, My First Impression of the U.S.A., 1921 The Limit of Law (from "The Fundamental Challenge of Our Time" --PvH 1998) "Prohibition...goes beyond the bounds of reason in attempting to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." -- Abraham Lincoln ”Cannabis prohibition stretches the limit of man's law, beyond credibility, and overextends the jurisdiction of shamelessly unobjective and unaccountable courts.” Collective denial of individual responsibility for supreme Natural Laws, have afforded a few decades of decadent convenience, comfort, and temporary material gratification for the privileged few. Our denial of their accountability is being paid for with accelerating, synergistic environmental, economic, social and spiritual devolution of All. The predictable result is a toxic society, which values chemicals and armed aggression over organic agriculture. We are imprisoning our families, our neighbors our friends and our gardeners, while poisoning ourselves to spiritually desolate extinction. What a colossal waste.” ---PvH Climate change threatens to reduce food production in many parts of the world. Soon the situation will be nuch worse than it already is. Every viable solution must be considered ahead of time. Because we all risk the cancers and the diseases that Cannabis nutrition is proven to effect, this is the most broadly and immediately compelling dimension of what is a broad spectrum of possible debate. What is needed is a broad global mandate, focusing specifically on this area of the truth about Cannabis. In its extreme nutritional benefit, and the growing hungers that plague the world, a way to transcend the dogmatic, institutionalised illusion and denial, fundamental to the current sociopathic drug war policy, may be found. Ofcourse, to get mixed up in the sticky, unpopular and professionally-threatening mire of the `marijuana` issue is just too much for some very comfortable bureaucrats. I trust that this is not the case here. On behalf of every living creature, I request, in all humility, that you direct your influence into researching this further. Will the United Nations continue to bury starving people`s heads in the sand, and conscribe to the anti-Constitutional, failed and expensive "drug war"? Will Catherine Bertini ever agree that attacking the most useful, unique and essential agricultural resource on the planet makes no sense, when also claiming to be trying to solve problems of food security? The answer to this question may be what unblocks people`s minds about the insidious nature of Cannabis prohibition. Because Cannabis is so extremely beneficial in its nutritional profile, as a raw material for fuel production and other vital industries, and for its exceptional organic agricultural characteristics, it is easy to see how alarmingly tragic and dangerously limited the thinking has become at the United Nations. I suggest that next year`s Food Prize be awarded to biochemist Dr. Johanna Budwig, in Freudenstadt, Germany. In the 1940s and `50s Dr. Budwig did the meticulous and gruelling laboratory work that was required to isolate essential fatty acids (EFAs) so that they could be clearly seen and their immense benefit understood. Maybe Dr. Budwig wouldn`t mind sharing her prize with Jack Herer and Chris Corad, wrote wrote and edited, "The Emperor Wears No Clothes", the "hemp bible" of our time, which spread the word about EFAs more effectively than any other book on the subject of Cannabis Also deserving of recognition in this area is Udo Erasmus, author of "Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill", a book which explained the details of the mysterious, and bravely identified Cannabis for what it is, in a way that it could be heard, understood and respected by everyone. The obligations we all share, to do everything we can to end hunger in the world and deliver a functional planet to future generations, demands that the answer to the question of induced essential resource scarcity be addressed immediately. In transcending Cannabis prohibition, engendered by the current atmosphere of denial and political intimidation, it may prove strangely true that we, in fact, had nothing to fear but the atmosphere itself. for peace, Paul von Hartmann Project P.E.A.C.E. Planet Ecology Advancing Conscious Economics http://www.webspawner.com/users/projectpeace with links to other sites of beauty and interest. For more information about the World Food Prize see http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.htm posted by projectpeace @ 3:17 AM
Letter to the Campaign of U.S. Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich: Dear Dennis and friends on the trail, I know that with Willie there, the subject of Cannabis is going to come up, because it needs to. This California redwood transplanted to Europe in `96, to document the hemp renaissance in word and on film. I`ve done that, and set down some pretty lovely roots of my own, at our production studio and relaxation retreat in France. http://www.betweenthedreams.com Come visit Elvis & the rest of us, anytime... I just want to let you all know, I`m over here in Switzerland right now, with a DVD camera and on-line with several "out-sightful" blogs, shooting and writing about the Cannabis peace and abundance all around me. As Noel Andre, French `chanvriere` says in my film, "It`s like it should be:" Riding on the outside of the harvester, hanging down over the blades, with an XL-1 is a rush that translates into dynamic imagery for people who have never even seen a field of hemp ten hectares vast. If we could work together to get these digital images in front of the American public, the candidate who recognizes the fundamental nature of this issue and argues-the-drug-war to-death, first, will be the person to lead this world into a liveable, desireable future. The future of BushCo is to take the stolen presidency and run with it for all it`s worth, and the American public is letting them. The accountability quotient is far past the limit of anyone`s ability to justify what has happened. Does anyone believe that the situation is going to get better with the aggressive behavior of the anti-Constitutional forces who were appointed by the Republican Supreme court? This is an obvious contradiction against the basic structure of the American system, which needs to be re-set. And consensus is required. The power and efficiency of DVD film cannot be underestimated. This election is an opportunity for the American people to say we want peace, we want sustainable solutions, we want to take responsibility for our children`s future, we are willing to face the threats that are before us and do what should have been done long ago, to learn the lessons and find our way to bringing our armed forces home where they belong, empowering organic agriculture on our behalf for a sustainable future, and a society in harmony with a balanced and functional Natural Order. Because that is the base note for everything else. Nature has one real Law that says the sun`s coming up tomorrow, no matter how many edicts, proclamations, or "laws" we pass to the contrary. If the government criminalized people for appreciating the beauty of the sunrise, and harvesting the bounty of Her rays turned into valueable plant energy, then would people realize the fundamental question that`s at issue here? The question is, "Who do you trust, Nature? History? Science? Simple, obvious truths made slf-evident by Americas founding fathers? Or do you trust George Dubya Bush, failed oil businessman, inarticulate Texas "oily-tellectual", and his violent coterie of PNAC-parasites? Safe journey to you Ani & Michelle, Dennis & Willie. May the Great YouNameIt watch over your victorious campaign. Let me know what I can do to help. for peace, Paul Project P.E.A.C.E., life artist Planet Ecology Advancing Conscious Economics http://webspawner.com/users/projectpeace/ with links to other sites of photographic natural beauty and interest. If you don`t know about the regenerative power of Cannabis essential oils and would like to know more, this is where I am in Switzerland, right now! http://www.chanvre-info.ch P.S. (Political Strategy) People in Europe could be suopporting you too Dennis! Make room in your campaign for a global vote, put it out there to the world, ask the world who they would vote for. Everything is possible on the web. Maybe you could use a European correspondent! If anybody thinks this is a good idea, I could sure use some practical support for Project P.E.A.C.E.. from the U:S., if it`s available. So far the European friends I`ve made have been supporting the work I`ve been doing to end Cannabis prohibition in the U.S., but their generosity has been tapped out, and they have their hands full with prohibiton in their own countries. posted by projectpeace @ 2:38 AM
Letters to the World No. I : "Opening Farewell" (1) It is almost impossible to be real about the perceived directional bent of human society, and not feel crazy-by-default. As I read the news and reports on the internet, it more and more often feels as though I am losing touch by failing to keep pace with the majority of the population`s psychic flight-reaction, manifesting in amplified distraction and denial of accountability. The state of the World, and people`s under-reaction to the toxic, inertial degeneration that carries us evermore inoxerably toward extinction, leave a growing expanse between the way I perceive the world, and how I get the impression that other people see it. That said, I would like to know, for purposes of establishing a more sane point of reference from which to function as a productive member of society, and to still the waters of my troubled mind: 1. Exactly who are the people that accept moral accountability for prohibition of the world`s most useful agricultural resource? Cannabis (a.k.a hemp, `marijuana`, Santa Maria, ganja, mota, kanneh bosum, canvas...) is the most ancient cultivated plant species known to man (2) 2. What rationale justifies a) the disrespect of individual autonomy and civil liberties? b) The money spent to create scarcity of the unique and essential natural resource, using extremely dangerous and reckless methods which include infecting Earth`s atmospere by innoculation of the soil with genetically modified biological agents "microbial strains with enhanced virulence" that the United Nations Drug Control Program and the United States government have poured millions of dollars into? (3) In the absence of accountabilty for these atrocities against mankind, which there could be none, as the morale outrage is too great, there is no obligation to obey. In the absence of a proven rationale to justify the threat to the World imposed by prohibition and the extreme measures being employed to eradicate the Cannabis plant, there is no rationally compelling reason to support such efforts. posted by projectpeace @ 12:47 AM	Friday, July 25, 2003
I`m writing to point out something that has gotten little direct attention, but I feel is significant. The United Nations has no agricultural projects, anywhere in the world that involve the Cannabis plant. As you may already know, Cannabis seed is the best available source of vegetable protein on the planet, and the only common seed with three essential fatty acids (EFAs) in proper proportion for long-term consumption (Erasmus). EFAs play a major role in preventing and successfully treating 75% of the diseases that are like to kill people living in developed countries. Such a unique and essential nutritional profile makes Cannabis the most important food on Earth. This along with its other characteristics with applications in health, agriculture and industry, make Cannabis the most useful plant in the world. The drug war has had the collateral effect of inducing essential resource scarcity on human society and the other creatures with whom we share this planet. Because `marijuana` prohibition has villified Cannabis, it has been prevented from being considered as a strategic crop in U.N. and U.S. food security measures. Accountability for the illness, pain and death that results from constricting cultivation of this unique and essential food resource, does not exist. Literally billions of people have suffered needlessly and died prematurely because Cannabis seed is not commonly available. It is in fact "extinctionistic" for cultivation of Cannabis to be assessed as a crime, rather than the obligation to our own and future generations, that it truly is. Please let me know if you are interested in knowing more about the fundamental approach being taken by Project P.E.A.C.E. to end the drug war. for peace, Paul von Hartmann Project P.E.A..C.E. Planet Ecology Advancing Conscious Economics http://www.webspawner.com/users/projectpeace with links to other sites of photographic beauty and interest. posted by projectpeace @ 2:17 PM	Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Subject: my humble opinion To: eurodrug@yahoogroups.com I believe what is required is a formal, international public hearing on this issue, to be convened by a coordinated consensus of NGOs, and members of the concerned public. An extended forum, with translated testimony from experts in all relevant fields from all over the world, utilizing every means of electronic communication available, would establish global consensus on a scale which could be used to initiate accountability. Legal action against responsible individuals, economically vested corporations and rogue governments, could then move forward in International court. Mandates to participate would be sent to all responsible parties who currently occupy positions of responsibility in the United Nations, the U.S. and other governments which continue to enforce immoral, sociopathic, consummately failed and acceleratingly degenerative prohibition statutes, over controlled regulation, science-based solutions and respect for civil liberties. Obviously, bureaucratic accountability will not come through the predatory bureaucracies, vested in the Economics of Punishment. Balance and reason must come from the millions of people who know the truth about prohibition and recognize the extinctionistic threat it poses, and refuse to be subjugated or intimidated by hostile economic/political entities. By convening the first "International Town Hall Meeting", on a global scale, mankind`s relatively recent ability to communicate electronically can be employed to achieve a rational consensus. An extended program, with provisions for two-way global communication would enable individual participation, providing conclusive, accountable answers to people`s concerns and questions on this issue. We may yet pull together in time to stop the corporate, bureaucratic inertia that has shunned accountability for scientific truth, impacting prohibition deep within human society by lies, prejudice, arrogance and intimidation. At this point we all can see that the accumulated impact of prohibition on the integrity of the Earth`s environment, fundamental human rights, global economics, and social evolution are at critical stages of collapse. By the time we realize it is too late to heal this planet and avoid synergistic collapse of integrated systems that comprise the Natural Order, it will have been too late for some time, due to inertial influences of human misbehavior. Before that happens, we must recognize the fundamentally extinctionistic direction in which we are all participating, by conscription, and reassess the values which empower too few, and cause unecessary pain and suffering for All. for peace posted by projectpeace @ 1:28 AM
This to the L.A. Times: Re: Andrea Barthwell`s Commentary As a legal drug dealer with more than twenty years vested in chemical medicines, Andrea Barthwell is not an objective source of guidance on this subject. She has taken a cut from every dollar spent on every chemical pharmaceutical bought by her patients. The chemicals she pushes kill 120,000 people a year, so why listen to her? She`s economically vested in chemicals!! Addicted to pharmaceutical industry dogma, you might say...and handsomely rewarded for it. In the first place, `marijuana`is an herbal therapeutic, not a drug. It grows in my garden and I harvest multiple benefits from it -- for free. For more than twenty years I have used Cannabis, with no harm and tremendous relief from physical pain. No one else has been effected, no black market economy profited from my gardening skills. Just herb teas, a vaporizer (not mentioned by A.B.) or a puff, and muscle spasms stop. Pain stops. So don`t tell me about proven effacacy. I can decide for myself what works, what I can afford, and what I am willing to injest in whatever manner I choose. The only test `marijuana` hasn`t passed is the corporate government`s profitability test. Dr. Bothwell and the chemical pharmaceutical companies whose interests she and the America`s outlaw government are paid to protect, cannot make a penny off of smoked `marijuana`. That is one of the most obvious reasons why this plant has been prohibited. A lesser known reason has to do with the healing nutritional properties of the Cannabis seed, which prevents people from getting ill in the first place. Very unprofitable for the Economics of Illness and the industry supported by degenerative aging. As a physician, Dr. Bothwell probably has little formal training in nutrition. The nutritional value of Cannabis seed is reason enough to end prohibition of it. Cannabis is so high in complete protein, and Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) that if Cannabis and man were the only two species alive on this planet, we would still have all the nutrtional resources we need to survive. You can`t say that about any other living species, plant or animal. And we can run our cars on it. In the softspoken wisdom of Native American poet, John Trudell, "Hell,what`s real here?" And inducing scarcity of an essential agricultural resource, by inhibiting cultivation, production and trade of the world`s best, and potentially most abundant source of available vegetable nutrition (Cannabis seed), is antagonistic to stated UN food security objectives. Not to mention sustainable fuels distribution, peace-oriented social evolution, and recovery of Earth`s environmental integrity. The case has been made in study after report, for decades, from every conceiveable side of the arguement, conclusively, that prohibition generates greater harm to society than the use of prohibited substances, and is the fundamental cause of many imbalances infecting human society, including drug abuse itself. "Forbidden fruit is always more expensive.", but you can only get it down at "Mr. Black`s Market." To continue argueing in the usual fashion has not proven effective because there is no consequence for incompetence, ignorance, or inaction. Without some avenue of meaningful recourse for a failure to uphold what is true, based on what has been scientifically established, then the "Teflon" attitude toward policies being recommended by NGOs and supported by the informed public, at the UN and in the US will continue as it has ad infinitum. Prohibitionists may say they are concerned for the children, but their policies break up more families, create more hunger and illness, and impovrish the world. There is no drug control policy for prohibited substances at the UN level. Right now, that`s being determined by competitive industries, self-serving bureaucrats and the drug cartels of which they are an integral component. posted by projectpeace @ 1:06 AM
For a recent anti-compassionate, anti-`marijuana`commentary in the L.A. Times, written by Andrea Barthwell, see http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-barthwell22jul22,1,3187450.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions Andrea Barthwell, a medical doctor, is a deputy director at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and a past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-barthwell22jul22,1,3187450.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions posted by projectpeace @ 1:00 AM