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Old 10-07-2004, 07:39 AM   #1
Troubleshooter
The urban Jane Goodall
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Florida
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Who says the 9th Circuit is all bad?

http://www.reason.com/hod/vv092404.shtml

Hemp Industry on Fire
Exploding marketplace stoked by DEA lawsuit

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But not all hemp entrepreneurs were ready to comply. The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) took the DEA to court, and on February 6, 2004 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in favor of the HIA. The Reagan-appointed Judge Alex Kozinski ruled in favor of the hemp industry, and expressed concern for a common breakfast food to DEA attorney Daniel Dormont during the trial: "Can you tell me how you are going to save the [poppy seed] bagel?"
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