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Dr. Bronner’s Head Arrested In White House Hemp Protest
by David Borden
David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, which imports more than 20 tons of hemp oil each year from Canadian farmers, was arrested by members of the DC Metropolitan Police Department after committing an act of civil disobedience within sight of the White House early Monday morning. Bronner and fellow hemp activists pulled up to 16th and H Streets NW, unloaded a jail cell-like structure (to prevent police from immediately interfering), which Bronner locked himself into with 12 hemp plants. He then proceeded to harvest the plants and press hemp oil from them. (Bronner was planning to spread the oil on slices of bread and share it with onlookers, but that was unconfirmed at press time.) [Ed: Read our accompanying interview with David Bronner here.]
Bronner said he was waging a “beer bet” with President Obama that the hemp plants are not marijuana and have no drug value. The plants were grown from Canadian hemp seed, and under Canadian regulations, hemp can have no more than 0.3% THC, meaning the plants have no use as a medicinal or recreational drug.
“The industrial hemp plants I am harvesting and processing into oil cannot produce a high of any kind, but according to the Obama administration I’m in possession of approximately 10 pounds of marijuana,” said Bronner. “President Obama’s US Attorney who handles drug cases in Washington, DC will not be able to prove my hemp has any more drug value than a poppy seed bagel. The Obama position on hemp is not science-based or good for the US economy. We’ve lobbied and campaigned for over a decade and feel abandoned by our president, who as an Illinois state legislator voted twice for hemp cultivation.”
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jberryhill
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Brickbat
(19,339 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)villager
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DBoon
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JHB
(37,162 posts)His hands are undergoing testing. Reports are the Addams Family servant Thing is a... thing of interest.
His feet are asleep in a holding cell.
His torso, arms and legs are being questioned separately.
His butt is still at large.
DBoon
(22,397 posts)Find it yourself
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Don't necessarily agree with all he says, but he appears to truly believe it. This is an interesting story here. Thanks.
rbixby
(1,140 posts)There's an interesting documentary about him called "Dr Bronner's Magic Soapbox". He was quite the kook! Great soap though.
freshwest
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Quantess
(27,630 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)boy, doesn't that sound rather aristocratic?
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)That damn law has been around for a while, but that doesn't make it right. I guess our betters just cannot be bothered by the unwashed masses.
jtuck004
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MagickMuffin
(15,953 posts)For him to make the claim this is ALL Obama's fault is just ridiculous. This war has been ongoing for quite some time, since the late 30's. Where was Bronner during Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, on and on???
I'm all for making Hemp and Cannabis legal once again, however, I find it rather disingenuous to place ALL the blame on Obama.
He needs to focus his frustration on a couple of Senators who have included industrial hemp in the farm bill. I think that approach will garner better results. However, I also believe his tactic was a rather clever one. Now Mr Bronner get busy and go visit Sen. Wyden's office.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/232637-dem-senator-advocates-for-industrial-hemp-bill
Just like candidate Obama campaigned on in 08, yet apparently went over everyone's heads or they weren't listening. So below are some of those quotes!
One of my fundamental beliefs from my days as a community organizer is that real change comes from the bottom up.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
BARACK OBAMA, speech, Feb. 5, 2008
I will never forget that the only reason I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world.
BARACK OBAMA, speech, Jan. 8, 2008
We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it's easy, but when it is hard.
BARACK OBAMA, Nobel Lecture, Dec. 10, 2009
Sounds like pretty good advice and wisdom. WE ARE the CHANGE WE ARE LOOKING FOR!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)"For him to make the claim this is ALL Obama's fault is just ridiculous."
And for you to state that he made that claim is outstandingly dishonest.
He hasn't been running the company, founded by his father, for decades.
And it is only recently that customers of his have been arrested for possession of products which are, in the US, perfectly legal.
You ought to learn some backstory before dishonestly putting words in other people's mouths.
Bake
(21,977 posts)It's not a drug. It's a very useful plant. Why it's still illegal is a mystery.
Bake
