We must also staisfy the canary bird seed trade, and the Sherwin Williams Paint Company, which uses hemp seed oil for drying purposes. We are now working with the Department of Commerce in finding substitutes for the legitimate trade, and after that is accomplished, the path will be cleared for the treaties and for federal law.
-- Harry Anslinger, memo to staff discussing cannabis prohibition, 1936

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
1:56am in Vancouver - 26 min till 4:20 in Alabama