tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41478212011-08-19T12:42:30.259-07:00Project P.E.A.C.E. - Revaluating CannabisCannabis (hemp,'marijuana') is the most ancient, useful, unique, and potentially abundant agricultural resource on Earth, far beyond the rightful jurisdiction of man's unobjective courts.
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You can bounce to other links of interest, including photos and video from the P.E.A.C.E. page.Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comBlogger1161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1167920538130234302007-01-04T06:21:00.000-08:002007-01-04T06:22:18.143-08:00The Limit of LawAt what point does a law become so transparently perverse that it ceases to command respect? Whendo truth, morality and reason over-rule an unjust, environmentally, economically and sociallydegenerative law? In the absence of accountability for the truth, is there an obligation to obeysuch a law, or is there a moral obligation to disobey it?Prohibition of Cannabis was instituted Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1140376870806619682006-02-19T11:19:00.000-08:002006-02-19T11:21:10.816-08:00The following was written in response to a forum question about which currency would most likely favor our survival:It isn't the "euro," the "dollar," the "yen," or the "sheckle" that determines whether or nothumans are able to recover the global balance that would allow humankind to achieve sustainableexistence. It is the character of the resource base, of whatever currency we choose, that Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1138083008088881672006-01-23T22:06:00.000-08:002006-01-23T22:21:05.426-08:00Illegal to Eat ?Consider how the drug war impacts food security. Because of 'marijuana' prohibition, the UN Food & Agriculture Organization has been criminally negligent by failing to promote hemp cultivation for seed protein.Failure by the UN to acknowledge and educate people regarding the exceptional food value of Cannabis seed, introduces a global issue of grave concern, on a scale that Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1137826950236742742006-01-20T22:54:00.000-08:002006-01-20T23:02:30.246-08:00"The significant problems of our time are not going to be solved by the same level of thinking that got us into them."--Albert EinsteinToday's post is letter I wrote to Common Dreams, followed by a new article, saying the same things over and over again...When is Einstein's New Level of Thinking going to finally kick-in?PvH===Dear Editors,I'm one of the ecologists that's been ranting about globalPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1136633673506926302006-01-07T03:16:00.000-08:002006-01-07T05:25:46.193-08:00To Whom It May Concern, on behalf of Robert Schmidt and his family,I am a native of the California Republic, writing from Holland to ask that Mr. Schmidt be released immediately. Cannabis freedom in the Netherlands has been an inarguable success, compared with the policy of fascist repression imposed by the U.S.I cannot describe the shame I feel, for our American system of governance, when I readPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1134821229134872092005-12-17T04:04:00.000-08:002005-12-18T03:56:44.826-08:00After reading letters from Cannabis activists who insist on "fighting" for our natural rights, I'm writing to suggest that we all stop fighting and begin healing. The distinction is significant for many reasons, on many levels.To realise the spiritual dimensions of Cannabis cultural development, and step decisively past our present, souless, phase of human evolution, it is critical that we work Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1133619914260565752005-12-03T06:23:00.000-08:002005-12-03T06:25:14.273-08:00I understand and appreciate the idea of incremental success on a State level, on behalf of medical Cannabis patients, of which I'm one. Unfortunately, the State law still leaves all of us exposed to Federal and International prosecution, not to mention the dangers of living in a world being corrupted by the black market.The seeds you're eating came from Canada, which means they are not as fresh Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1130655985618308572005-10-30T00:03:00.000-07:002005-10-30T00:06:25.620-07:00 Pre-conference Discussion idea posted at the DPA forum I'm starting this thread because it occured to me that there might be some benefit in beginning the discussion before the conference. I'm also not sure that I'll be able to attend, so I would like to offer a couple of ideas for ending prohibition, to anyone who might find value in them.There Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1130655734617490302005-10-30T00:00:00.000-07:002005-10-30T00:13:19.416-07:00Many thanks to Alisonat The Medical Marijuana Mission http://themarijuanamission.com/ for the following excellent reference material. * Information obtained from EFAMOL Inc. World Leaders in Research of Essentional Fatty Acids Efamol : [NUTRICIA now owns Efamol] The Inside Story The Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1130218634462059892005-10-24T22:32:00.000-07:002005-10-24T23:11:23.693-07:00"Essential Resource Scarcity and the Rise of Evil"What would happen to the moral integrity of human society if scarcity of the most useful agricultural resource on Earth were imposed for seven decades? Would essential resource scarcity lead to moral decay, if toxic substances were sold as acceptable substitutes for renewable ones? What would happen if people were forced to choose between living Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1129798928853079062005-10-20T02:01:00.000-07:002005-10-20T02:03:28.640-07:00>> Pharmacies dispensing Cannabis are analogous to herbalists selling Prozac. Proper medical use of> Cannabis requires some instruction for people. Most pharmacists don't have the depth of> knowledge> and experience concerning the use of Cannabis that people who have direct experience with it do> have. Because the distinction between "drugs" and "herbs" has been blurred by prohibitionists> for> Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1129616797990041962005-10-17T23:24:00.000-07:002005-10-17T23:26:37.996-07:00Dear Editor,Cannabis patients, medical professionals and human rights advocates are issuing two petitions,calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to acknowledge scientific research that proves 'marijuana' (hemp, hashish) has unique therapeutic effect. If theCannabis advocacy community prevail in their DQA petition,HHS will have to change publicly admit that 'marijuana' is nowPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1129358938665026712005-10-14T23:15:00.000-07:002005-10-15T01:16:35.756-07:00The Worse It Gets the Better It GetsIf you're standing in the wrong spot on the planet, you are hungry, while Global Broiling and ozone depletion have both just klicked another degree higher than the often-reported global average. Your immune system loses another measure of integrity, a few more cancer cells form in your colon and the plants around you wilt a bit more, under the increasing UV Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1129182812937659112005-10-12T22:07:00.000-07:002005-10-13T01:38:21.930-07:00Subjects: Freedom to farm, natural rights, essential resource prohibition, environmental health, spiritual freedom..."History celebrates the battlefields whereon we meet our death, but scorns to speak of the plowed fields whereby we thrive. It knows the names of the kings' bastards but cannot tell us the origin of wheat. This is the way of human folly."---J. H. FabreDear friends,"World Rural Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1129012054620893602005-10-10T22:45:00.000-07:002005-10-15T01:31:23.390-07:00"Dragging On Petrol" or"(My Country,) Without A Sober President"The world holds our breath,We wait.Erected monkey "president" scatters weapons & families,trolling for death with holy hate.Sunny rose-garden days of drug war prisons We die on chemicals we're sold, not given.Instead of real food and safety and true religionWe're force-fed GMO soybeans that quell our passions.Breathless, we know itPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1128668963470565382005-10-06T23:56:00.000-07:002005-10-07T01:35:51.743-07:00Harm reduction, Cannabis seed, Vitamin E and aginghttp://projectpeace.blogspot.com/"Harm reduction" at least includes, if not begins with, proper nutrition. To be considered is that nutrition has major impacts on aging, prevention, treatment, recovery from and transmission of illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS and Avian flu."Research carried out in Uganda showed that food insecurity and malnutrition (Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1127880025839058512005-09-27T20:59:00.000-07:002005-09-27T21:00:25.846-07:00It occurred to me yesterday that people who believe in an open agricultural economy could just start printing Cannabis Currency, that everyone can invest in the future of. The Cannabis industry certainly has known value to give momentum to such an economic shift. Such a system would open the new economy to public support. We could sell them as novelty items to begin with, at our film festivals, Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1127875355831924672005-09-27T19:32:00.000-07:002005-09-27T20:43:17.836-07:00Stolen TimeIt's 4:37 in the morning. France is still sleeping. Not even birds are awake at 4:37.This time is my own, to read, to work or just sit with my cat. The rest of my life is being stolen, by thieving politicians. Like many other people in the world, the struggle for justice and freedom consumes my life energy, thought and attention...==============================================The most Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1127660434851641312005-09-25T08:00:00.000-07:002005-09-25T08:22:00.683-07:00As global conditions of environment, economics and social evolution accellerate toward synergistic collapse, whatever viable solutions we can present to solve the overwhelming problems facing us, must be recognised as essential, emergency procedures for reversing global broiling and containing the spread of Avian flu.Of necessity, the American occupation in Iraq must end, and agricultural Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1126532127820515392005-09-12T06:33:00.000-07:002005-09-25T08:05:27.183-07:00Dear Mr. Schmid, Président de la Confédération Helvétique,I am writing to express incredulation and outrage over the conviction and sentencing of Mr. André Fürst, the visionary environmentally conscious entrepreneur of Chanvre-Info. Mr. Fürst's, agricultural demonstration project in Murten Morat is of critical importance to a world that is crumbling under the weight of essential resource Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1126343522561472462005-09-09T23:36:00.000-07:002005-09-10T23:28:27.113-07:00Fuel For Hurricanes: Global Broiling & "The War On Herbs"by Paul J. von Hartmann"Although we cannot be certain global warming intensified [Hurricane] Katrina per se, it clearly has created circumstances under which powerful storms like Katrina are more likely to occur now and in the future." -- Pew Center on Global Climate ChangeForget "global warming." This comforting description of what's Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1125890267386623652005-09-04T20:11:00.000-07:002005-09-04T20:21:15.236-07:00"I personally was present in 1998 when the members of a field team visitedthe Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative and a complete and practicaldemonstration of a vaporizer wase perfomed for them and they understood theprocess and how the device worked. We believed that they would include thisin their report.They didn't. Lester Grinspoon, M.D. one of their advisory panel stated a chapter was Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1125477322705471202005-08-31T01:35:00.000-07:002005-08-31T01:35:22.706-07:00> To: eurodrug@encod.org>> Dear friends,>> With all respect, I take issue with the statement,>> “Freedom to Farm”, aimed at mobilising people behind the proposal to legalize the> cultivation of drug-related plants, as a first element in the fundamental> reform of drug policy.">> To begin with, the phrase "drug-related plants" is a dangerous contradiction. It buys into the> prohibitionist idea Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1125477238177336512005-08-31T01:31:00.000-07:002005-08-31T01:33:58.186-07:00The case of Hemp-Info:Swiss Courts Corrupted by Chemicals> Last week the District Court of Morat, Switzerland, sentenced Cannabis agriculturist, André> Fürst, the owner of Hemp-Info, to 29 months in prison and a fine of 150.000 Swiss francs (approx.> 98.000 euros). Mr. Fürst's "crime" was years of open and public development of agro-industrial> ecological> methods of hemp utilization, Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1125304619894799662005-08-29T01:21:00.000-07:002005-08-29T02:42:14.630-07:00"[Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvil] said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs alone cannot radically change the situation in this sphere. "Yes, maybe the ministry will seize many drugs in the future as well, but unfortunately, the amount of drug users and dealers has not reduced in Georgia," he said. "We have to make drug users unpopular people and treat them as dangers to the public Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1124701591528935992005-08-22T02:01:00.001-07:002005-08-22T02:06:31.533-07:00The following was written in response to a call for assitance from people in the United Kingdom known as THC4MS. It seems that the time has come for the world's only truly global culture to invoke its spiritual dimensions in order to stop the persecution of people who honor the gift of Cannabis that is the Natural right of every individual on Earth.PvHI am a natural rights activist, working Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1124701573927277312005-08-22T02:01:00.000-07:002005-08-22T02:06:13.933-07:00The following was written in response to a call for assitance from people in the United Kingdom known as THC4MS. It seems that the time has come for the world's only truly global culture to invoke its spiritual dimensions in order to stop the persecution of people who honor the gift of Cannabis that is the Natural right of every individual on Earth.I am a natural rights activist, working Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1122192834039550202005-07-24T01:13:00.000-07:002005-07-25T21:00:06.800-07:00This on-line complaint has been formally submitted using the Bayefsky.com site at http://www.bayefsky.com/tree.php/area/complain Complaint Form to the Human Rights CommitteeTable of Contents 1. Information concerning the author of the communication 2. Information concerning the alleged victim(s) (if other than the author) 3. Information on the State party concerned 4. Articles Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1121859679296155312005-07-20T03:30:00.000-07:002005-07-20T04:41:19.300-07:00 Steve McWilliams' needless death must be given meaning by Paul Jeronimo von Hartmann Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2005 at 4:37 AM projectpeace@yahoo.com http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1752383_comment.php#1754222Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1120606920355555432005-07-05T16:36:00.000-07:002005-07-07T03:27:04.863-07:00The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen ColoniesIn CONGRESS, July 4, 1776The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature andPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1118579704259218732005-06-12T05:34:00.000-07:002005-07-04T13:12:41.683-07:00"It's Not About The Pot"by Paul J. von HartmannProject P.E.A.C.E.THC Ministry InternationalENCOD12 June 2005"US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Justice Department has the authority to prosecute state-authorized medicinal cannabis patients for violating the federal Controlled Substances Act."Why do you think that the U.S. Federal government (and the United Nations) continues to wage an unethical,Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1117872524604905612005-06-04T00:30:00.000-07:002005-06-04T01:08:44.643-07:00Dear global drug policy reform community,It's too late for Shanmugam, but it's not too late for Schapelle...It is my intention to initiate broad, energetic effect by suggesting a global strategy for the release of Schapelle Corby and other prisoners of the drug war. This idea is the result of profound moral outrage regarding intolerable abuses, such as that of Miss Corby in Bali, Aaron Paradiso Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1113115401117046642005-04-09T23:41:00.000-07:002005-04-15T02:14:13.516-07:00HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security : PEACE letter to IFPRI and ODIPosted: April 14 2005The following open letter and references have been sent to the INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCHINSTITUTE (IFPRI) and Overseas Development Institute (ODI) regarding the recent report entitled "HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security- From Evidence to Action," which can be found athttp://www.ifpri.org/Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1110697269947667332005-03-12T22:55:00.000-08:002005-03-12T23:01:09.953-08:00"Gandhi's 1930 march re-enacted" Salt march re-enactment in Ahmedabad in Gujarat -- The famous 1930 "salt march" by India's independence hero Mahatma Gandhi to defy British colonial rule is being re-enacted for its 75th anniversary. Saturday, 12 March, 2005http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4342745.stm ================================================== Perhaps it will serve to accelerate Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1110628782831428172005-03-12T03:58:00.000-08:002005-03-12T03:59:42.836-08:00Fear is a major de-motivating factor, but it's not the primary imbalance. There is anotherunderlying warp that makes fear inevitable.We live in a condition of imposed, essential resource scarcity. Most people are too scared toadmit that our money is toxic by design, 'because it's always been that way' in our lifetimes, andin our parent's. If the basis for our economy was non-toxic and abundant, Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1110628586235388712005-03-12T03:53:00.000-08:002005-03-12T03:56:26.240-08:00Changing the GameWhen the game goes bad, you change the game. Drug War economics are obviously a losing game. Thisis confirmed by the illegal Supreme Court installation & subsequent phoney election that usurpedcontrol of the US White House by the military industrial chemical multinational consortium,imposing prohibition on competitive sustainable organic agricultural industries.If people figure Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1110628281800412442005-03-12T03:49:00.000-08:002005-03-12T03:51:21.806-08:00===================================================================Changing Brains, Changing Values, Changing LawsThe following article is relevant to changes which are happening in drug policy that are on a level less commonly discussed in the CND, UN and by most drug reform groups. This is unfortunate because it weakens the holistic effort that could be operating between science, economics, Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1109234145868539402005-02-24T00:34:00.000-08:002005-03-06T13:14:30.110-08:00Catena ReportThe essay below is specific to the recommendation made in the Catena report, to study other usesof prohibited plants. The point is that Cannabis is an herb, not a drug. Attempts bypharmaceutical companies to mimic its healing benefit have produced drugs that are unavailable tomost of the people in the world, less effective and more expensive than the herbal remedy alreadygrowing in Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1108218883394503082005-02-12T06:29:00.000-08:002005-02-12T06:34:43.396-08:00 In the US: According to a rural Mississippi study, almost three fourths of respondents had used plant-derived remedies during the preceding year. Another study found that one third of US citizens have used herbal medicines. One survey in an urban hospital showed herbal use to be 27% and highest (36%) among the Asian population. A national survey examining trends in alternative medicine found Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1108218230268513852005-02-11T23:23:00.000-08:002005-04-15T02:15:37.490-07:00FOR RELEASE: 8 February 2005"Claiming Novel Strategies for Harm Reduction and Addiction Recovery"Paul J. von HartmannProject P.E.A.C.E.Planet Ecology Advancing Conscious Economics"Claiming Novel Strategies for Harm Reduction and Addiction Recovery""A popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but aPrologue to a Farce or a Tragedy - or perhaps both.Knowledge Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1107589352204668192005-02-04T23:41:00.000-08:002005-02-04T23:42:32.203-08:00 In 1988 the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's administrative law judge, Francis L. Young, declared that "marihuana," in its natural form, fulfilled the legal requirement of currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. He added that it was "one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man." Notice that Judge Young chose his words very precisely, Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1106212412236664242005-01-20T01:12:00.000-08:002005-01-20T01:13:32.236-08:00FOR RELEASE: 20 January 2005
"U.S. Wages Biological Warfare In 2005"
Paul von Hartmann
Project P.E.A.C.E.
Planet Ecology Advancing Concious Economics
http://webspawner.com/users/projectpeace/
Though we occupy different regions, with distinct cultures and various ideas concerning politics and nationalism, in fact, we are all children of the Earth, sharing limited space, resources and time on Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1105951071266036802005-01-17T01:22:00.000-08:002005-01-17T00:37:51.266-08:00Revaluation of Cannabis necessitates the obvious and considerable distinction that needs to be re-established between substances legally identified as "drugs" and those substances which qualify as "herbal therapeutics." In addition to the differences between drugs and herbs regarding availability, the following statement points out the "Significant positive correlations...between some fatty acidsPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1104744751887962952005-01-03T01:28:00.000-08:002005-02-12T05:11:56.763-08:00The tsunami that slammed sudden and violent death, injury, illness, homelessness, poverty, sorrow, confusion and havoc into the people of coastal Sumatra, India, Africa and Asia, did not have to cost nearly as much as it did in preventable loss of life. Considering the history of tsunami activity in this part of the world, advance preparations ought to have been made to warn people. Even lacking Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1104226172394891182004-12-28T01:04:00.000-08:002004-12-30T22:57:17.460-08:00Of Drugs & Herbs
Prohibition of Cannabis can only continue as long as the distinction between "drug" and "herb" remains nebulous under the law. If mankind is to have any chance of achieving sustainable existence on this planet, then it is imperative that the right of every person to grow seed of every kind is reclaimed, and securely held by the individual. Without direct relationship between Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1103385256300299242004-12-18T07:43:00.000-08:002004-12-18T07:54:16.300-08:00This raises the logical yet seldom repeated question of whether or not prohibitionist policy is actually meant to solve health and social problems, or make them worse? Certainly one does not have to be an economist to recognize the unholy profits being made by government bureaucrats, economically vested in industries which comprise the Economics of Predation & Punishment. Is it not time to grow Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1102839863551138812004-12-12T01:24:00.000-08:002004-12-12T00:24:23.553-08:00Dear People in the drug policy reform community,
Project P.E.A.C.E. is back in France working to effect drug policy changes at an international
level, and editing the DV documentary film "Return to Reason." The following is an essay that will
be circulated in the European Union next week. Let me know if you're interested in hearing more
about how I think we can end Cannabis prohibition, by this Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1102839689734799092004-12-12T01:19:00.000-08:002004-12-12T00:21:29.733-08:00"Human Behavior Survey" sent to ENCOD today
1. Do you agree with the axiomatic truth that, "Forbidden fruit is always sweeter." ?
2. Do you think that making Cannabis a "forbidden fruit," may make 'marijuana' even more
attractive to teens than it would otherwise be, in the absence of prohibition?
3. Do you think that undermining global food security, by prohibiting the world's best source of
Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1099944908042919092004-11-08T13:13:00.000-08:002004-11-08T12:15:08.043-08:00BushCo is a morally bankrupt business entity that uses religious ideology like a credit card, to buy the trust of the fearful.
The fact that the "checks & balances" (so critical to the original design of our government) have been subverted by the incumbent regime, ought to tell us something about the treasonous character of those in power.
Now that the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1086463633334502942004-06-05T12:23:00.000-07:002004-06-05T12:31:30.973-07:00"Hemp as Biomass for Energy"
by Tim Castleman
© Fuel and Fiber Company, 2001
The following information is from
Hemp Cellulose for Ethanol
http://www.fuelandfiber.com/Hemp4NRG/Hemp4NRG.htm#_Toc518830639
Another approach will involve conversion of cellulose to ethanol, which can be done in several ways including gasification, acid hydrolysis and a technology utilizing engineered enzymes to Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1086461870715141582004-06-05T11:25:00.000-07:002004-06-05T11:57:50.716-07:00Here are several websites that describe progress in using ethanol as aviation fuel ("avgas"). Currently avgas is the only fuel which still has lead in it because of high octane requirements. It is my intention that by making this information available the value of Cannabis as an industrial feedstock for production of ethanol and biodiesel fuels, food, medicines, paper, etc. will take logical Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1086459856461907092004-06-05T11:23:00.000-07:002004-06-05T11:25:19.526-07:00'Marijuana' prohibition is also "hemp prohibition." Taken all together you can call it "Cannabis prohibition," which essentially eliminates the "free market" economy. Because Cannabis is the most useful plant on Earth, if it were allowed to compete in a truly "free market," then such toxic, unevenly distributed and expensive resources (such as fossil fuels and nuclear energy) would not be able toPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1084943802852274782004-05-18T22:16:00.000-07:002004-05-18T22:16:42.853-07:00Last week, for the first time since the war on drugs took hold of the European Union, testimony was invited from a drug policy reform group at an EU conference in Dublin. The NGO, called ENCOD (www.encod.org), made a statement recommending a change of course in Europe's approach to dealing with the drug problem, advocating harm reduction and regulation over prohibition. The statement made in Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1084483092970159912004-05-13T14:17:00.000-07:002004-05-15T17:16:21.450-07:00I recently referred to the very real danger of someone distributing biological agents by contaminating drugs that are unregulated. If drugs were regulated rather than prohibited, this danger would not exist.
Deadly agents are easy to obtain. They can be cooked up on the stove (i.e. ricin, using castor beans). Ricin was in the news recently, when an Al-Q operative was busted in his basement lab Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1084344643483959922004-05-11T23:48:00.000-07:002004-05-11T23:50:43.483-07:00Dear drug policy reform community, environmental activists and interested members of the global citizenry,
I am not patient about Cannabis prohibition. Nor am I oblivious to the impact of essential resource scarcity on our environment. It seems to me that alot of people who shouldn't be either, are both.
The correlation between imposed scarcity of the world's most useful organic agricultural Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1084344362975437892004-05-11T23:45:00.000-07:002004-05-11T23:48:24.166-07:00Dear Dr. Weil Community Member,
You have subscribed to discussions which have had recent activity:
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http://forums.drweil.com/drwdailytip/messages?msg=37.10
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Thanks for your interest.
Project P.E.A.C.E. is not an organization in the traditional sense. It is an individual communication arts project that demonstrates Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1083855230923011832004-05-06T07:46:00.000-07:002004-05-06T08:00:20.060-07:00Cannabis Thinking:
"From Outside the Box, to the Center of the Sphere"
More people are talking about Cannabis in the world today than ever before. In fact, it is probably accurate to speculate that Cannabis is relevant to a broader range of conversations than any other single element of human discussion.
People are talking about Cannabis (a.k.a., hemp, ‘marijuana,’ ganja, ma, ‘Santa Maria’, Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1083693647237459252004-05-04T11:00:00.000-07:002004-05-04T11:04:32.716-07:00The Hamilton Spectator
April 19, 2003
Marijuana May Slow Effects of Aging
By JEREMY LAURANCE
The Independent, London
Cannabis, the third most popular recreational drug after alcohol and tobacco, could become as widely used as aspirin in the 21st century. There is growing evidence that its compounds may protect the brain against the damaging effects of aging.
Although the drug distorts Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1083684070779104942004-05-04T08:20:00.000-07:002004-05-05T06:32:39.013-07:00The folowing letter was sent to the Eurodrug group today
(See http://www.encod.org/), in response to the document
A CHANCE FOR EUROPE
THE WAY TOWARDS JUST AND EFFECTIVE DRUG POLICIES
STATEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN NGO COUNCIL ON DRUG POLICY
TO THE EUROPEAN UNION CONFERENCE ON A NEW STRATEGY ON DRUGS
10/11 MAY 2004 - DUBLIN, IRELAND
(See www.encod.org/dublin.htm)
Dear Joep and friends,
ENCOD Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1083440276124086462004-05-01T12:37:00.000-07:002004-05-01T12:57:23.856-07:00The Ranking of Governance Indicators that follow were compiled using the World Bank's Development Gateway site located at http://info.worldbank.org/governance/kkz2002/index.htm
an interesting tool for making comparisons between countries.
"This page provides access to graphical tools designed to provide a “snapshot” of governance performance for individual countries or groups of countries. The Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1083285574803411112004-04-29T17:38:00.000-07:002004-04-29T18:01:04.153-07:00The two letters that follow are in reverse order, beginning with a reply from the Fund for Drug Policy Reform, at the Tides Foundation, sent in response to my letter of inquiry, that makes up the balance of the exchange.
I am posting these letters because I think there is value in each of them, both in terms of avenues for possible drug policy reform activist funding, and also for the Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1083077427921056092004-04-27T07:50:00.000-07:002004-04-27T07:54:35.920-07:00Here is a reference to a book for making fuel from vegetable oil which may be of use:
"From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel" by Joshua Tickell, Kaia Roman (Editor), Kaia Tickell
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0970722702/qid%3D1005497702/sr%3D8-1/ref%3Dsr%5F8%5F7%5F1/104-2974743-6354301Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1083043327726782352004-04-26T22:20:00.000-07:002004-04-26T22:26:14.890-07:00I am alarmed by what I perceive to be a level of treasonous, criminality that has not been openly recognized by the people of the United States, in considering the illegal atrocities of the Bush administration.
Whether it is the betrayal of our own troops, our allies and the Iraqi people, through unbridled
use of depleted uranium bombs in Iraq; the spraying of glyphosate, linked to spread of Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1082834119922568362004-04-24T11:35:00.000-07:002004-04-24T12:25:54.340-07:00Why is "One of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man" still a "Schedule I drug"
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) defines a "Schedule I drug" as follows:
* The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
* The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
* There is a lack of accepted safety for use Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1082055908495514402004-04-15T11:13:00.000-07:002004-04-15T12:09:00.670-07:00Cannabis as Entheogen
"We live in an age when divine vision is dismissed as an hallucination, and desire to experience a direct communication with god is often interpreted as a sign of mental illness.
"Traditionally, the use of the great majority of mind-altering drug plants has been strongly associated with ritual and/or religious activity; indeed, ritualized consumption in vbarious forms, mayPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1082052756632102062004-04-15T11:07:00.000-07:002004-04-15T11:17:06.250-07:00http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=6&story_id=144
A Letter to the Editor of Expatica, written by PvH in June 2003
Dear Editor,
On the subject of drug abuse by police, you may be interested to know of a conversation I had with Dr Willis Butler, a well-known physician, and Cannabis legalization advocate in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Dr Butler's father was also a physician, Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1081836912466373062004-04-12T23:09:00.000-07:002004-04-12T23:19:01.153-07:00The following announcement by Rep. Jay Inslee prompted the response that follows:
Forum on the New Apollo Energy Project
You are invited to my forum on:
The New Apollo Energy Project
A New Energy Future for America
Tuesday, April 13th, 2004
10:00am - 2:30pm
Jackson Federal Building, 4th Floor
915 Second Avenue, Seattle
Seattle, WA
The New Apollo Energy Project is a bold, new energy policy Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1081616773179133412004-04-10T09:38:00.000-07:002004-04-29T19:14:05.500-07:00The so-called "war on drugs" is an obvious 'smokescreen' for the chemical/political industry's war against Nature. Considering the true value of the Cannabis plant (the most useful agricultural resource on Earth), and the invariable, counter-productive consequences of prohibition (black markets, political corruption...), there can be no credible legal justification for criminalizing the most Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1081348440338645812004-04-07T07:33:00.000-07:002004-04-07T07:37:41.326-07:00SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OVERSIGHT HEARING ON
THE MEDICAL MARIHUANA REFERENDA MOVEMENT IN AMERICA
Wednesday, October 1, 1997
Room 2141 Rayburn Building, 9:30 AM
Grinspoon Testimony
Testimony of
Lester Grinspoon, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
before the Crime Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee
U.SPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1081341747788117702004-04-07T05:42:00.000-07:002004-04-07T06:12:21.043-07:00Dear Bill Moyers and NOW Programming Associates,
I have just returned to the U.S. after living in Europe for the past six years. Americans need to know that we are justifiably resented by people "over there," who still love what this country used to stand for, that our generation fails to practice. Comparing the relative freedom of living in Holland or France to that of life in BushCo's "UntiedPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1081178507096379852004-04-05T07:56:00.000-07:002004-04-05T08:25:25.640-07:00The following was excerpt from "Toar Magazine"
See http://alumni.huji.ac.il/english/alme-toar.html for the full article
"Cannabis Saves Lives"
Some use cannabis to smoke; others, like Prof. Raphael Mechoulam of the Hebrew University’s School of Pharmacy, have been using it for research for dozens of years and producing medication from it, some of which saves lives.
Dexanabinol, a synthetic Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1080745080745429892004-03-31T06:55:00.000-08:002004-03-31T07:01:32.123-08:00This was written in response to the article in Salon entitled "Creepier Than Nixon" by David Talbot
Wednesday March 31, 2004
“Criminal Regimes Compared “
by Paul von Hartmann
Compared to the current regime, Nixon was an insecure geek, an amateur, single-celled criminal. Bush and Cheney are highly evolved, over-confident and ruthless global predators.
Carrying the comparison to its logical Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1080077094922126392004-03-23T12:50:00.000-08:002004-03-23T13:28:16.560-08:00This is a blog about revaluating Cannabis, but also about the real damage being done by the prohibition of drugs as a social policy. The book described below is about a first-time drug offender who was victimized by the drug war rather than healed by it. This information is being included here to point out what is true of prohibition of any drug or herb -- that the penalties being inflicted by Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1079711069338180752004-03-19T07:43:00.000-08:002004-03-19T08:10:10.856-08:00"A" For Anti-Constitutional
America has been occupied by an Anti-Constitutionalist regime, which can claim no "victory," anywhere, that is in the interest of the American people. Neither is anything that the Bush regime has done, in the interest of humanity; nor is anything that the Bush regime has done in the interest of anyone other than the conservative, corporate military-industrial elite. Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1079537814454300282004-03-17T07:36:00.000-08:002004-03-17T07:41:22.233-08:00The following essay is a commentary on
"Right Hook"
Spain's post-3/11 upheaval: David Frum says the terrorists have won, Andrew Sullivan fears a pre-November "bloodbath" inside the U.S., and David Brooks blames Colin Powell.
By Mark Follman
http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/03/17/spain/index.html
"Adding insult to murder"
Right-wing pundits are spinning “a tactical victory” for Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1079456751900093272004-03-16T09:05:00.000-08:002004-03-16T09:09:04.326-08:00Dear People of the world social and political reform community,
The essay entitled "Criminal President, Outlaw Nation"
has been posted at
http://projectpeace.blogspot.com/
The essay was inspired by, and includes the URL for today's powerful and informative essay by Joe
Wilson, published in the Salon journal:
"The Pinocchio presidency"
A former diplomat says it's time to blow the whistle Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1079456522315279322004-03-16T08:54:00.000-08:002004-03-16T09:05:14.780-08:00"Religious And Scientific Leaders Call On Bush Administration To Lead Global Nuclear Disarmament On Moral Grounds"
Group Raises Concerns about Proliferation Caused by New Nuclear Arms Race
http://www.nuclearpolicy.org/NewsArticle.cfm?NewsID=1402
Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1079456030284380802004-03-16T08:40:00.000-08:002004-03-16T09:07:16.140-08:00February 18, 2004
Preeminent Scientists Protest Bush Administration's Misuse of Science
Nobel Laureates, National Medal of Science Recipients, and Other Leading Researchers Call for End to Scientific Abuses
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/rsi/rsirelease.html
Swans Commentary » swans.comSpecial Issue on Iraq - February 2, 2004
RESISTANCE: IN THE EYE OF THE AMERICAN HEGEMON
"Depleted Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1079449763380115342004-03-16T07:08:00.000-08:002004-03-16T07:19:06.403-08:00"Criminal President, Outlaw Nation"
Shameless pollution of truth by the Bush administration has been the defining element of a vicious “presidency” [sic] that revels in debasing human decency, without proportionate accountability. What has been lacking for too long is a concerted push for impeachment, followed by criminal prosecutions, on charges of abuse-of-power in the office of the President Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1079302140249876632004-03-14T13:57:00.000-08:002004-03-14T14:12:10.263-08:00March Madness for SSDP: Drug Czars, Nervous Narcs, and More Resolutions 3/12/04
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/328/ssdp.shtml
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (http://www.ssdp.org)
Parents Ending Prohibition (http://www.parentsendingprohibition.org)
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (http://www.leap.cc)
This is a wonderful account of prohibition "coming apart at the seams" in many Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1079282702256245762004-03-14T08:44:00.000-08:002004-03-14T08:48:11.483-08:00Still never met a Pineapple I didn't like...absolutely true about Cannabis "impeding" hard drug use. In the classic film "Hemp Revolution" the Minister [Chief] of Police in Holland calls Cannabis "a wall between the people and hard drugs."
Legalizing all drugs and herbs is the only way to go, daryl, but that's not the same as encouraging use. In fact if less money was being wasted on enforcing Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1079282591079395312004-03-14T08:33:00.000-08:002004-03-14T08:46:20.340-08:00
"The Economics of Punishment"
Or
"Why are Americans working so hard to send their kids to prison, instead of sending them to college...?"
Answer: Preying upon people who use Cannabis creates a profitable economic dynamic for the U.S. government bureaucracy ("The Economics of Punishment") that is intent on "revenue-raising" and "rent-seeking." Those morally bankrupt people and socially Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1079243165649954242004-03-13T21:43:00.000-08:002004-03-14T00:51:38.216-08:00The following essay was posted at at the forum of Presidential Candidate John Kerry under the thread of discussion entitled "Marijuana Decriminalization, War on Drugs #3", Page 16.
I agree with much of what's been written here, about "decriminalization" of 'marijuana,' but some of the strongest reasons for ending Cannabis prohibition completely ("legalization") have been overlooked. The Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1071381658024413622003-12-13T20:55:00.000-08:002003-12-13T22:25:21.060-08:00Project P.E.A.C.E. and Between the Dreams Productions
present
a Digital Video Trilogy
"90 Seconds to Heal the Earth"
a minute-and-a-half global documentary, meant to end the 'Drugs & Energy Wars'
From December 15th-30th, more than 1,500 short films will be available for viewing at the "Bush In 30 Seconds" competition, to be experienced on-line at
http://www.bushin30seconds.org/
The Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1070555405665418912003-12-04T08:29:00.000-08:002003-12-04T08:40:59.936-08:00 “Return to Reason”
Summary
Accurate revaluation of the Cannabis plant will do more to effect world peace and environmental balance than any other fundamental shift in perception and policy that mankind can make. Cannabis is a unique and essential agricultural resource, with more complete nutrition and more industrial uses than any plant on Earth.
Essential Reasoning
Mankind’s social and Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1066888948692564882003-10-22T22:09:00.000-07:002003-10-22T23:02:28.840-07:00Posted on Wed, Aug. 06, 2003
FROM:
The Economy | Clinton learned it early: Keep the bond traders happy
By Andrew Cassel
Inquirer Columnist
“The Bush administration recently acknowledged that this year's deficit alone will top $450 billion, and the chances that this President will cut spending or hike taxes to plug the gap are slim to none. Where's the money going to come from?
From borrowing,Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1066844422187123322003-10-22T10:35:00.000-07:002003-10-22T10:40:21.770-07:00Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
The President's Council on Bioethics
Washington, D.C., October 2003
http://bioethics.gov/reports/beyondtherapy/fulldoc.html
Dear People,
This report raises issues of policy having to do with behavior modification, from a scientifically objective, though transparently directional viewpoint. Policy decisions concerning present and Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1066625588486454942003-10-19T21:51:00.000-07:002003-10-19T21:53:07.926-07:00Dear Eurodrug Group,
As a Californian, I naturally assume some additional measure of responsibility for the U.S.
government's actions. Through random happenstance this soul was born into the U.S. instead of
Bolivia, so perhaps what I write may have some slightly greater influence on U.S. policy than
voices from "outside" of the minds, apparent concern and consciousness of the occupying politicalPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1066625410769683142003-10-19T21:48:00.000-07:002003-10-19T21:50:10.243-07:00I would be interested to learn whether the harm reduction theory I envision is of interest. The
most direct line of thinking that I have to contribute is what I believe to be the most broadly
compelling relevance of Cannabis seed nutrition. As I see it, this would have the strongest pull
for a fundamental shift in overall harm reduction policy. It would then be reasonable to set a
timetable for Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1066625243004673182003-10-19T21:47:00.000-07:002003-10-19T21:47:22.523-07:00BLOGGERPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1064383891245032322003-09-23T23:05:00.000-07:002003-09-23T23:11:31.306-07:00The following post is an exchange of opinions on the subject of whether to post information about Cannabis on the Plants Database site. The letters are in reverse-chronological order.
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:11:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Paul J. von Hartmann"
Subject: Food for thought
To: "davesgarden.com"
Dear Terry,
Thank you for your thoughtful letter. Please understand that I never Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1063262020495261102003-09-10T23:18:00.000-07:002003-09-10T23:33:40.430-07:00I received feedback from a person whose opinion I respect greatly and agree with, normally. On the subject of coorinated tax-revolt, I respectfully disagree with him.
Subject: A broad attack or a specific defense?
To: "Ethan Nadelmann"
Hi Ethan,
Thanks for your reply.
Tax revolt isn't a broad attack. It's actually the opposite.
Tax revolt is a very specific and personal defense against Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1062789218279660672003-09-05T12:13:00.000-07:002003-09-05T12:13:38.303-07:00"Return to Reason" Update, Friday September 5th, 2003
It is harvest time for Cannabis in France, the word being that the heat this summer made for very good quality hempseed, but not as much of it as last year.
Progress on RtR is stalled as a place to make conversions of the PAL VHS format are tracked down and money raised to have NTSC tapes made, to mail out that are viewable by possible Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1059465497462497112003-07-29T00:58:00.000-07:002003-07-29T00:58:17.283-07:00BLOGGERPaul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1059216772535218522003-07-26T03:52:00.000-07:002003-07-26T03:52:52.370-07:00I 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...Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1059214675633379062003-07-26T03:17:00.000-07:002003-07-26T04:08:50.023-07:00See
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 Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1059212334887826052003-07-26T02:38:00.000-07:002003-07-26T03:50:16.860-07:00Letter 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 Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1059119244334307252003-07-25T00:47:00.000-07:002003-07-25T00:47:45.456-07:00Letters 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 Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1058995055326780132003-07-23T14:17:00.000-07:002003-07-26T02:36:53.463-07:00I`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 Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147821.post-1058948888638635182003-07-23T01:28:00.000-07:002003-07-23T01:28:08.550-07:00Subject: 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, Paul J. von Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994176630788673836noreply@blogger.com