1/20/2006 10:51:00 PM|W|P|projectpeace|W|P|"The significant problems of our time are not going to be solved by the same level of thinking that got us into them." --Albert Einstein I'm one of the ecologists that's been ranting about global warming and other symptoms of imminent environmental collapse, for several decades. After reading "Is It Warm in Here? We Could Be Ignoring the Biggest Story in Our History" by David Ignatius this morning, it occurred to me that you might care to consider what I believe is the biggest, roundly ignored, condition of our epoch. An obvious solution for reversing "global broiling" exists, yet is hardly being considered. Though we truly have "nothing to fear but the atmosphere itself," we continue to impose scarcity of resources that could help us to heal our polluted air, water, and soil. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to hearing form you with any comments or observations you may care to send. Best wishes, Paul von Hartmann Project P.E.A.C.E. ======================= "Time Lags & Global Broiling" If you really love your children, you won't have any until 'marijuana'prohibition is ended. Unfortunately, the chances of humankind avoiding extinction are getting slimmer each day that BushCo is in power and petroleum determines who is king. So what does the "evil drug" Cannabis'(hemp, 'marijuana') have to do with greenhouse gasses? In fact, it has everything to do with reversing the perversion of Earth's ecosystem, and rebalancing of the Natural Order. Because it's an "herb bearing seed" and has never really been a drug. Drugs don't make seeds. Cannabis is the most useful and nutritious agricultural resource on Earth. Cannabis seed is the only common seed with three essential fatty acids (EFAs), and the best available source of organic vegetable protein on Earth. The health, behavioral and developmental impact of malnutrition imposed on people of all ages that result from prohibition of 'marijuana' far exceeds the effects of the herb, on people who choose to smoke it. The Cannabis plant is one of the most efficient, adaptable and potentially abundant crops on Earth with multiple benefits to the atmosphere, wildlife, soil, water and other crops. Hemp is the most logical choice of organic agricultural feedstock for regional production of fuels, plastic, paper, cloth, building materials, herbal therapeutics, and thousands of essential goods. That the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (UN/FAO) doesn't even recognize Cannabis seed as a food for humans is the greatest example of institutional perversion of our time. Inducing food insecurity and global malnutrition, as the result of a counter-productive "drug war" makes prohibition the single most destructive and destabilizing policy of our species. Anyone who continues to support the prohibition of Cannabis is either ignorant, economically corrupted or afraid to take responsibility for the truth. Since time is the limiting factor in the equation of survival, we no longer have the luxury of ignoring the most obvious solution to many problems. With every spring that passes, mankind loses another chance for rebalancing the system upon which our lives depend. Future generations, as long as there are any, will have to wonder what was going through our heads, as we prohibited the one plant we really need, in favor of toxic, unevenly distributed, finite chemicals. The time lags, that preclude our understanding of where we are in the extinctionistic paradigm we continue to co-create, are setting us up for synergistic collapse of integrated systems. We must use our ability to communicate globally, to achieve consensus on the values that determine the basis for our global economy, and the moral and spiritual integrity of our species. # Paul J. von Hartmann Project P.E.A.C.E. Planet Ecology Advancing Conscious Economics http://www.webspawner.com/users/projectpeace|W|P|113782647635787375|W|P||W|P|projectpeace@gmail.com1/19/2006 12:10:00 AM|W|P|projectpeace|W|P|Dear Editors, I'm one of the ecologists that's been ranting about global warming and other symptoms of imminent environmental collapse, for several decades. After reading "Is It Warm in Here? We Could Be Ignoring the Biggest Story in Our History" by David Ignatius this morning, it occurred to me that you might care to consider what I believe is the biggest, roundly ignored, condition of our epoch. An obvious solution for reversing "global broiling" exists, yet is hardly being considered. Though we truly have "nothing to fear but the atmosphere itself," we continue to impose scarcity of resources that could help us to heal our polluted air, water, and soil. ======================= "Time Lags & Global Broiling" If you really love your children, you won't have any until 'marijuana'prohibition is ended. Unfortunately, the chances of humankind avoiding extinction are getting slimmer each day that BushCo is in power and petroleum determines who is king. So what does the "evil drug" Cannabis'(hemp, 'marijuana') have to do with greenhouse gasses? In fact, it has everything to do with reversing the perversion of Earth's ecosystem, and rebalancing of the Natural Order. Because it's an "herb bearing seed" and has never really been a drug. Drugs don't make seeds. Cannabis is the most useful and nutritious agricultural resource on Earth. Cannabis seed is the only common seed with three essential fatty acids (EFAs), and the best available source of organic vegetable protein on Earth. The health, behavioral and developmental impact of malnutrition imposed on people of all ages that result from prohibition of 'marijuana' far exceeds the effects of the herb, on people who choose to smoke it. The Cannabis plant is one of the most efficient, adaptable and potentially abundant crops on Earth with multiple benefits to the atmosphere, wildlife, soil, water and other crops. Hemp is the most logical choice of organic agricultural feedstock for regional production of fuels, plastic, paper, cloth, building materials, herbal therapeutics, and thousands of essential goods. That the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (UN/FAO) doesn't even recognize Cannabis seed as a food for humans is the greatest example of institutional perversion of our time. Inducing food insecurity and global malnutrition, as the result of a counter-productive "drug war" makes prohibition the single most destructive and destabilizing policy of our species. Anyone who continues to support the prohibition of Cannabis is either ignorant, economically corrupted or afraid to take responsibility for the truth. Since time is the limiting factor in the equation of survival, we no longer have the luxury of ignoring the most obvious solution to many problems. With every spring that passes, mankind loses another chance for rebalancing the system upon which our lives depend. Future generations, as long as there are any, will have to wonder what was going through our heads, as we prohibited the one plant we really need, in favor of toxic, unevenly distributed, finite chemicals. The time lags, that preclude our understanding of where we are in the extinctionistic paradigm we continue to co-create, are setting us up for synergistic collapse of integrated systems. We must use our ability to communicate globally, to achieve consensus on the values that determine the basis for our global economy, and the moral and spiritual integrity of our species. # Paul J. von HartmannProject P.E.A.C.E. Planet Ecology Advancing Conscious Economics http://www.webspawner.com/users/projectpeace|W|P|113765836238470354|W|P||W|P|projectpeace@gmail.com1/15/2006 10:42:00 PM|W|P|projectpeace|W|P|Dear Richard and friends, Thank you for inviting me to participate in the discussion of The State of Medical Marijuana 2006. I have been working internationally for years to end prohibition of Cannabis. I use Cannabis therapeutically in many ways, besides as an herbal remedy to ameliorate a severe spinal chord injury. As I am presently traveling through Europe, I will not be able to join the conversation as it is happening. I would like to suggest several ideas for people's consideration, for whatever value anyone may find in it. In order to end prohibition of Cannabis, it is important for 'marijuana' patients to acknowledge that all Cannabis use has medicinal potential, whether it is on an individually healing level, or on global dimensions to heal the environment. In this way, medical 'marijuana'is the fundamental issue of our time. Second, Cannabis is an "herb bearing seed" not a drug. Drugs don't produce seed. Third, the word "Cannabis" is a genus name, the taxonomic identity of the world's most useful and sacred plant. Out of respect and appreciation, can we please, all go back to capitalizing Cannabis, as it properly is written and enormously deserves? I suggest that all patients also openly, formally recognize the spiritual dimensions of their Cannabis use. Whether Cannabis is consumed as seed oil, inhaled as an aromatherpeutic essence, absorbed through the skin in warm phytotherapeutic footbath, vaporized, smoked, or eaten, the whole plant is medicinal. Of particular effect in prevention and healing are hemp seed (and the seed oil pressed from it), and the steam-distilled essential oil. I suspect there may be synergistic effect in injesting the whole plant, and in the personal relationship developed by the conscious gardening of it. It has been my experience that optimal healing is more likely as use and appreciation of the whole Cannabis plant increases. The spiritual dimensions of healing are part of the Cannabis culture. It is the only truly global culture and the most abiding. Rightful jurisdiction of any court over an unique and essential agricultural resource is far beyond the moral accountability of government. Inducing scarcity of essential natural resources has brought us to the brink of synergistic collapse, with Global Broiling accelerating, increasingly irreversable. Time is the limiting factor in the equation of survival. Medical 'marijuana' patients are the adventitious root of human evolution, whose rights of respect and need for peace are the most dire, a bellweather for the quality of life for every person on Earth. Very best wishes to all, Paul von HartmannProject P.E.A.C.E. Planet Ecology Advancing Conscious Economicshttp://www.webspawner.com/users/projectpeace Cannabis Ministry Internationalwww.thc-ministry.org ENCOD Memberwww.encod.org On-line References: Global Warming to Speed Up as Carbon Levels Show Sharp RiseJanuary 15, 2006, The lndependent/UK http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0115-04.htm|W|P|113739499275216146|W|P||W|P|projectpeace@gmail.com