Why join the 420 Atlanta Rally?
The 420 Atlanta Rally is about Building Community
and Networking with people who believe that:
Nixon’s War on Marijuana is a dismal failure
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The War on Drugs is a War on People
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Disproportionately affects minorities, youth and the poor
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The penalties for simple possession of pot are too harsh
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The Criminal Justice System destroys lives and families
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The Prison Industrial Complex profits are immoral
Industrial Hemp can save the Planet
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Food – can feed the planet – highest nutrional content of any plant
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Fossil Fuel Replacement – can do anything crude oil can do
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Fibre – longest, strongest natural fibre
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Paper – hemp exceeds the quality and durability of wood paper
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Plastics – pound for pound 10 times stronger than steel
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Soil remediation and toxicity mitigation
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Requires no pesticides, herbicides or fungicides
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Takes CO2 out of the atmosphere faster than trees or any other crop
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Has no psychoactive properties
Hemp and Cannabis is Good Medicine
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Over 250 known curative properties
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In human use throughout history
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Listed in the US Pharmacopeia from 1850 to 1942
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Many US patents – like patent # 6630507
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Necessary for the human endocannabinoid system
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No one has ever died from ingesting it