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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1990)
State and local 3 ednesday, December 12, 1990 The Battalion ® lemp benefits discussed lr ustrati ; ) the nL. BLASCHKE ^W»he Battalion^ -hristmii ' Peace oe® ^ard met i senior ior. »t proponent itlines uses diverse plant he diversity of the hemp plant, erwise known as marijuana, Id help save some of the world’s leting resources, one of the fore st proponents for marijuana le gation said Friday, ack Herer, author of “The Em- or Wears No Clothes,” a book lining the benefits of marijuana |alization, spoke to a group of ut 100 in Rudder Tower, erer said he believes legalizing substance goes beyond rolling Jrijuana cigarettes. ‘Hemp will produce every grade laper,” Herer said. “Government ires estimate 1 (),()()() acres de led to hemp will produce as much r as 40,000 acres of average for- he hemp plant also does not Ise as much pollution as other pa- I products, he said. If the United hies legalizes marijuana, Herer Id forests soon would grow back to |ir original state. paper, however, is not the only jential use for hemp, he said. |‘Alniost all the paint and varnish earth was made out of Texas ip seed oil until the 1930s,” Irer said. “Sherwin Williams used Jgrow thousands of acres to be ^Jssed into oil to be made into paint pi varnish.” erer said one acre of marijuana can be converted into at least 00 gallons of gasoline using a sim- process. Ie said almost any country could marijuana because the tall plants tw in most soil and climate condi- is. Herer said hemp also can be vested at any time because it has lb a long growing season. ‘It could be a year-round crop in Hne areas,” he said. “But you can’t Tn talk about it, because it’s ille JAY JANNER/The Battalion Jack Herer displays his collection of marijuana-related objects during his presentation advocating the legalization of the drug. gal.” Bra’ Edge, a Blinn student from Corpus Christi, said he wasn’t sur prised at the meeting’s attendance because Texas A&M traditionally emphasizes agricultural issues. ‘It’s not about smoking it, but rather the industrial uses we’re pro ponents of,” he said. “We’re in the E rocess of organizing a Bryan-Col- :ge Station chapter of NORML, the National Organization for the Re form of Marijuana Laws. “By mid-January we should be or ganized and operating,” Edge said. Dave MacAlpine, an A&M sopho more biochemistry major from Spring, said he believes the speech was interesting. “I just came to learn more about marijuana,” MacAlpine said. “I had no idea about a lot of this stuff.” ‘Holiday Celebration’ helps needy families Businesses sponsor food drive By KATHERINE COFFEY Of The Battalion Staff Ten thousand pounds of food and $400 was presented to the Bra zos Food Bank after a two-month food drive sponsored by a local radio station and other area businesses. “Holiday Celebration” was the theme of this food drive, which was started to help feed needy families in the Brazos Valley. Josie Peacher, director of the Bra zos Food Bank, said hundreds of lo cal families will be fed with the dona tions this holiday season. “I just want to thank everyone — all the businesses and others in the community, who helped,” Peacher said. “Even though this is Christmas, people should remember the needy are always needy and not only dur ing the Christmas holidays.” Peacher asks students, who other wise might throw away food when they leave for the holidays, to make donations to the food bank. The food bank’s number is 822-2668. Laura Croteau, KKYS sales man ager, said the radio station was happy to help sponsor the event with Sonic Drive-In, First National Bank of Bryan, Furrow Building Materials and Fred Brown Mazda. Croteau said an average of six to eight cans were donated by each per son. She said items such as paper prod ucts, soap, deodorant and toothpaste also were collected. “The reason why we pushed for these items is because the families who use food stamps cannot buy these products with their stamps. “The food drive is going to get bigger and bigger,” Croteau said. “People tend to forget the food bank when it is not the holiday season, even though it is important all year.” County police seek help in robbery case Leon County and Brazos County Crime Stoppers are asking for help in a Nov. 26 assault and robbery of a grocery store owner in Normangee. The owner of Westmoreland’s Grocery Store was robbed after he had closed the store. The victim left the store carrying a paper sack containing money from the day’s sales. After pulling into his driveway, the owner then walked to ward the rear of his home. As he did so, someone surprised him, struck him on the head with a thin object and stole the bag con taining the money. 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