Pray For Peace Foundation News

Spring 1996

NEWS ITEM: JUST IN The Coalition for Hemp Awareness (CHA) announces that on St. Patrick'sDay (March 17, 1996) members of the Navajo Hemp Project planted their firstcrop of hemp. The CHA press release points out, "Native American cultures surpassmost concerning relationship, respect and value of our Earth and is a perfectsituation to have the first major hemp cultivation in recent history initiatedon these lands." The Navajo Nation has allocated 30,000 acres forhemp cultivation, which will be developed in the coming years. They see hemp as a good alternative source of income. For information about native goods made from hemp, contact CHA at the International Headquarters: P.O. Box 9068, Chandler Heights, AZ 85227; tel.: (602) 988-9355, or theCHA gallery in downtown Scottsdale: tel.: (602) 675-0287 60 MINUTES: Morley Safer Presents "American Enterprise" On March 17 this year, 60 Minutes had a story about the annual CannabisCup in Amsterdam, a convention dedicated to the cultivation and sale ofhemp products. High Times reporters predicted that favorable coverage ofthe convention could result in "a quantum leap forward in the legalizationbattle." discount hotels in MaastrichtSafer and the camera crew explored the convention floor to interviewhemp enthusiasts, many of whom were Americans. 60 Minutes also interviewedexperts in the United States, where Safer concluded, "There's a hardreality to face." Safer interviewed an American hemp grower who had to disguise his voiceand identity to avoid 5 to 40 years in a federal penitentiary. Anotherexpert told Safer that a life sentence is possible for citizens who growlarge quantities. 60 Minutes included footage of police searching residential areas forindoor hemp growing operations. Their "search" was conductedin a helicopter equipped with infrared surveillance equipment. (Pray forPeace questions whether this search is Constitutional.) 60 Minutes portrays the case of Harold Schaffer, a former New Hampshirebuilding contractor, who is serving 5-years in prison for growing plants.Schaffer explains that prison destroyed his family and his life. Ed's. Note: For more on 60 Minutes, see "The Cannabis Cup HempExpo," High Times magazine, May 1996. Editorial: 60 Minutes Did the Right Thing Pray For Peace Foundation regrets that Americans like Harold Schafferare being held in jail for their beliefs. Schaffer and others like himare Prisoners of the Drug War. 60 Minutes leaves the viewer asking: "How much longer will thispersecution continue?" One man at the Expo summed up the frustration saying: "It's been30 years since the Summer of Love and it's time the government lightenup on us." BUY HEMP PRODUCTS: YOUR VOTE FOR PEACE Pray for Peace Foundation supports the commercial use of the hemp plant for food,fuel, medicine, and cloth (canvas = cannabis). Clothing stores in Arizonasell hemp shoes, backpacks, and hats. Our state's natural food stores sella variety of hemp products, including oil, shampoo, lip balm, hand loation,veggie burgers, candy and cheese alternatives. Please buy hemp and urge your local health food stores andgift boutiques to carry hemp products. PRAYERS Om Namo Shivaya -- Hindu prayer to the Holy Spirit Reservaciones online de hoteles baratos HelsingorGive Thanks and Praise Unto the Most High --Rastafarian Prayer It is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental chant.--Lord Krishna in Bhagavad-gita, 9.16 Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof;and these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving. --Peyote Way Churchof God (Arizona) PRAY FOR PEACE FOUNDATION        est. 1995 Pray For Peace Foundation was founded to spread awareness, educationand devotion to the Great and Holy Mystery that is God. We accept all pathsas true; all religions are but branches of the same tree. We promote interfaithdialogue and exchange programs to develop tolerance between religions. Pray For Peace Foundation is dedicated to nonviolence (vegetarian diet)and daily meditation. Pray For Peace members are committed to the legalizationof sacred natural medicines for spiritual healing, for all people.

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