Libertarian Party of New Hampshire residential candidate George Phillies today called for an end to the Federal war on hemp.  "Hemp could be a valuable cash crop," Phillies said, "whose fibers provide fibers, durable cloth and top line paper.  In these difficult economic times, giving New Hampshire farmers new alternative crops may protect family farms across the state."

Hemp is grown commercially in many foreign countries, including Canada, Germany, and China, giving those countries a competitive advantage over the United States.    Industrial hemp, not to be confused with the psychoactive marijuana, is not usable as a recreational pharmaceutical--it's the plant that has been used by sailors for thousands of years for ropes and lines.  Agriculture Canada reports that hemp grows well even under Canadian conditions, requires no pesticides, yields three or four times as much fiber per acre as trees, and provides a livestock feed stock with more protein per acre than other competitors.
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More on hemp http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/RL32725.pdf

George Phillies was nominated by the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire State Convention to be its candidate for President of the United States.  Thanks to the hard work of dozens of volunteers mobilized by that convention, Phillies is on the ballot in New Hampshire.

Phillies is endorsed by Outright Libertarians (the libertarian GLBT political activist group), Pink Pistols (GLBT pro-Second Amendment group), and the Boston Tea Party (new national libertarian-inclined political party whose Presidential candidate, Charles Jay, is on the ballot in several states).