Bismarck, North Dakota News

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" According to hemp-advocate Alexander Hamilton, state legislatures are to guard the peoples right from federal encroachments. Federalist Paper 26.

According to cannabis-smoking James Madison, the federal government only has jurisdiction over certain enumerated powers. States have residuary and inviolable authority over all other matters. Federalist Paper 39

States are perfectly within their rights to legalize all things hemp. Why aren't your state legislators doing their job right? "

" What a lame excuse by our representatives in Congress. It doesn't matter if the DEA takes a hard line or not. Congress writes the laws, the DEA follows them. If these three are that clueless about how this country is supposed to work then it's time for them to leave. But alas, they are only worried about their pensions instead. "

" The very first step to bring the D.E.A. under compliance with the Hemp situation is to contact your U.S. Congressmen. They decide what the D.E.A. can and cannot do. The buck stops with the U.S. Congress. They need to establish new guidelines that the D.E.A. is forced to act upon. Without the backing of our illustrious(?) Congress, there is nothing anyone, anywhere, can do to change these old archaic laws. That whole situation may take years to change the Congress minds. They are financially so much "in Bed" with Dupont, Dow Chemical and other chemical/synthetic goods companies that it probably will never happen. Just follow the money! "

" I could see the points that NoDakr made if this issue were to even get that far, meaning GW's desk. Fact is, just as the article stated, the definition of hemp needs to be changed within the DEA first and foremost. Until this happens, this issue will go nowhere and so making statements about GW holding his ground on drugs I think is a bit premature at this time. "

" GW Backers... You're probably somewhat right. I shouldn't just blame GW. It's more of a far right conservative thing than just him. Guess I just see him as the leader of the far rights. But..... I still would not like to see our congressmen wasting their time on this issue under GW. There is no doubt that he would never sign such a thing. We have problems that are WAY bigger than needing to grow hemp. I'd kind of prefer they work on our budget and trade deficits while we're still a viable country. "

" Chavez, I could not have stated it better myself. Hemp legislation needs to be introduced by our representatives or they should support Ron Paul's proposed legislation. Until that happens they will no longer get my vote. They MUST represent North Dakota and North Dakota clearly showed that it supports Industrial Hemp. Win, lose or draw, hemp legislation must get to the house floor in order for this issue to be made public so it can be open for debate. Our representatives are not representing their constituents in this matter and unless they do they will have lost at least this one loyal democrat voter. "

" you were doing fine, until your last sentence. Way to lose credibility. "

" To Nodakr, more blame for GW? That's ignorant. "

" Dorgan, Conrad, and Pomeroy would just as easily supported a measure like this when Clinton was President but failed to do so, apparently concerned about the political blowback on what some still foolishly think is a drug issue. As far as Judge Hovland's ruling is concerned, it was nothing less than judicial cowardice. His statement that it is best left to the legislative process belies a basic premise of what the courts are for: redress of grievences. The DEA, an out-of-control federal juggernaut with its own agenda, needs to be reigned in and the public needs to refuse to listen to DEA nonsense about it being a "war on drugs" issue. Here is another thing to consider: industrial hemp can be used for bio-fuels, too. At a time when corn prices are rising and food is getting more expensive as a result, why not use hemp for this purpose, as well? A previous poser rightly stated that George Bush would not sign this into law anyway--then again, can any of you think of a time when Bush didn't act foolishly? "

" To push anything through at the Federal level right now is a waste of time. GW would NEVER sign such a thing. I'm sure Mr. Conrad & Mr. Dorgan are just waiting for new leadership in the presidency. Once that's done, then it's worth a try. But with how stubborn GW is I'm sure they are focusing their attention on more important matters than one that stands no chance at this time. I wish the hemp growers the best of luck. Our country's current policy in this area makes no sense. But I suppose it lets GW feel like he's holding his ground against drugs. "

" Pull stakes and move your whole farm, family, bank deposits to a state that accepts the profits from this product. If you can get every farmer across the state to take interest, even half, you'll notice how uncle sam rears back and takes interest. Post info and contact number here, I'll help the fight! "