Wisconsin GOP Says No To Cannabis Reform. Increases Budget For Corrections.

As printed in the Waushara Arugs Newspapers, Published by Wautoma Newspapers, Inc. Wautoma Wisconsin.

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010.  Volume 151 No 40

Link to Waushara Argus Website:  http://www.wausharaargus.com/

As submitted to the paper:

The need for change in our world is becoming more and more evident with each passing day.  Issues such as unemployment, poverty, and disease plague our community; and these issues seem to becoming increasingly worse week after week, month after month, and year after year.  At a time when greed has corrupted both industry and government the need for truth, integrity, and compassion in a leader is now more vital than ever before.  We need someone whose interest lies in the people’s welfare, in addition to the health of our community, and the quest for sustainability.  We need someone who understands the desperate need to nurture our environment immediately and take care of the earth that God gave us so our children have a future. We need someone like Jay Selthofner.

The answer too many of the problems we face in our community could very well be the decriminalization and legalization of hemp for industrial use. Hemp was given to us by God to grow and use for many different things from nourishing our bodies to building our homes. There are over 25,000 products which can be made from hemp including soaps, lotions, clothing, textiles, paper, foods, and organic plastics, to name a few.  Not only is it extremely useful, but also great for the environment. Hemp is naturally resistant to bugs, mold, and grows well without the use of dangerous toxic chemicals that contaminate our water and air. Hemp was actually grown in this very area during WWII and sold to the United States military for uses such as rope and fabrics. This area has prime conditions to grow hemp; and the industrialization of it would create a multitude of new jobs and strengthen our local economy. Right now if we want hemp products we have to important them from other countries such as Canada, where it is legal for them to grow. Why can’t our community benefit from this ancient renewable crop?

Hemp also offers many health benefits to our bodies, our earth, and our economy.  Hemp is essentially superior to cotton, paper, fuel, and plastics in that it is sustainable, and offers a better quality of product. In fact, fear of competition played the largest, if not complete role in hemp being made illegal in the first place. Huge industry giants such as DuPont and Hearst Paper recognized that hemp is stronger, more durable, rot resistant, and offers much higher yields than trees and cotton. It was simply in these companies’ “best financial interest” for hemp to be made illegal and since big business tends to have an enormous influence upon our government it became so, to the detriment of our farmers, our health, and our environment.

This type of corruption is typical within government today and it saddens me to see pure, evil greed destroying our families and our earth; leaving nothing for our future generations. This is why it is so important for us to work together to try to change the sickness found in government and industry today.  This is why we need to vote for Jay.  This is a man whom is truly dedicated to making the earth a better place for all of us to live; and has the plans to orchestrate this change we so desperately need. Let’s help make the world a better place.  Let’s help save our environment. Let’s start within our community. Let’s vote for Jay Selthofner on Nov. 2 for 41^st Assembly and “Let’s get growing”. –Jennifer Hogenson, Wautoma