Ron Allen prob­a­bly thinks Alice Huff­man has been smok­ing some­thing.  Huff­man, pres­i­dent of the Cal­i­for­nia Con­fer­ence of the NAACP, recently declared sup­port for an ini­tia­tive that, if passed by vot­ers in Novem­ber, will decrim­i­nal­ize the use and pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana. Huff­man sees it as a civil rights issue. [...]

This past week, hemp advocates and aficionados nationwide engaged in educational and awareness building exercises during their annual “Hemp History Week”. The aim was to enlighten the public’s perception of hemp by demonstrating its versatility in several facets of everyday life and drawing attention to its pivotal role in American agriculture [...]