[GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: [G-C-F] Jack Herer passed away]

Tue Apr 20 20:00:04 PDT 2010

I got turned on to the role of hemp farming in the economy by reading
The Emperor Wears No Clothes. Somebody gave me a copy when I was running
for Congress in 1992.

It was much more recently that I learned DC garden plots are limited to
annual plants. They have a lottery every year to divvy up the space.

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Subject: 	[G-C-F] Jack Herer passed away
Date: 	Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:37:06 -0700
From: 	Mike Feinstein <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
To: 	cal-forum at cagreens.org
References: 	<1103328839861.1101162994588.6208.5.262105D4 at scheduler>

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> *From: *Vote Hemp <report at votehemp.com <mailto:report at votehemp.com>>
> *Date: *April 20, 2010 6:06:56 PM PDT
> *To: *mfeinstein at feinstein.org <mailto:mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
> *Subject: **Remembering Jack Herer*
>

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> Remembering Jack Herer
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> April 20, 2010
>
> Dear Michael,*
>
> *
> On April 15th, we lost the founding father of the hemp industry. The
> passing of Jack Herer marked the end of an era for the modern hemp
> industry. The Hemperor, as Jack was affectionately known, was a true
> visionary who inspired an entire generation of cannabis and hemp
> activists including myself.  
>
> Many of us in the hemp industry were inspired by Jack's book The
> Emperor Wears No Clothes. Self published in 1985, The Emperor exposed
> the racist origins of cannabis prohibition and extolled the amazing
> and long forgotten hemp plant. Jack promoted the book and his message
> tirelessly at events throughout north America and eventually the world
> inspiring millions to rediscover hemp.  
>
> While we mourn his loss, we also celebrate his life and incredible
> accomplishments. We are close to his ultimate goal of freeing hemp
> from its chains. The best tribute to Jack will be to continue working
> until hemp is free, once again. 
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric Steenstra
> /President/
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> Jack Herer, Patron Saint of Global Cannabis Movement IN EULOGY
> By Bonnie King
> Salem-News.com
> April 20, 2010
>
> (SALEM, Ore.) - Jack Herer was born June 18th, 1939, in Coney Island,
> Brooklyn, New York. In 1940 his family moved to Buffalo, where he was
> raised, the son of a collection agency manager. A "normal American
> nerd", he grew into a respectable young man, joining the military,
> getting married and starting a family.
>
> And then, at age thirty, he completely changed direction, becoming one
> of the very first American Cannabis activists, and inevitably the most
> world renowned leader for hemp education.
>
> Jack didn't start out as the "kind of guy" who smoked pot. He was a
> Goldwater Republican, in the sign maintenance business. In 1969,
> recently divorced, he was introduced to cannabis by a girlfriend. He
> wasn't much interested in it before then, and after briefly trying it
> a couple of times he was fairly sure it didn't "work on him". Jack was
> therefore naive to the euphoric or medicinal properties of the herb.
> When he decided to really give it a try, he said he had the most
> incredible sex of his life.
>
> That inspired him to learn more. What he learned, he shared.
>
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