University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 20, 1991
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Jonathan Derwel, left, and Jack Herer,both of Venice, Calif., show how hemp can be used to make products.
Groups say hemp use should be legal
3y Melissa Rodgers
By Melissa Rodgers Kansan staff writer
About 50 people listened to guru Jack Herer speak yesterday about what the called the wonders of marijuana.
Herer, 51, of Venice, Calif., is the national director of Help Eliminate Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP), a group rallying to legalize the use of hemp. He was in Lawrence on a 68-city tour to promote the use of marijuana
Herer spoke in Strong Hall in the first gathering of thenewly formed KU chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws (NORML).
until the book has been read. He said that environmentally, hemp would be a better alternative than
Hemp was used to make paper, clothing and canvas sails for ships until the 1800s, Herer said.
wood pulp for making paper. Using hemp also would be better than using cotton for clothing and using fossil fuels for energy, Herer said.
Hemp grows abundantly, does not require fertilization or insecticides and grows back easily when harvested. Herer said.
During Here's speech, Jonathan Dervel, also of Venice, Calif., modelled a hemp hat and a jacket from China made of cotton and hem.
Herer reminisced about the first time he smoked marijuana in 1969 with a friend.
arena.
"She brought me some Acapulco Gold (a potent form of marijuana), then I saw colors in the music," Herer said. "It took sex to a whole new level. We passed out, woke up, went to the refrigerator and ate the most incredible munchies."
Mark Creamer, director of NORML
in Kansas, also spoke in Strong Hall.
Herer and Creamer spoke again in 4 p.m. yesterday in Burcham Park, Second and Indiana streets.
Creamer, of Lawrence, said NORML and HEMP sought the legalization of hemp for three reasons: to make hemp products, to use hemp in medicine and research and to be able to smoke hemp without breaking the plant.
Rick Trapp, assistant Douglas County district attorney, said the maximum penalty in Kansas for possession of marijuana was imprisonment for a year and a fine of $2,500.
1tonya Schurch, Lawrence freshman and director of KU NORML, said marijuana should be legalized because it was a benign substance that could be used to make many products.
could be used to help him prove
"No one has ever died from overdosing
on marijuana," Scheurich said
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