June 4, 2013 United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator, On behalf of over half a million Campaign for

Liberty grassroots activists across the country, I urge you to support Senator Ron Wydens industrial hemp amendment to S. 954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013. This amendment, identical to S. 359, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana. Current Campaign for Liberty Chairman and former Congressman Ron Paul first introduced this legislation in the 109th Congress. It only received 11 cosponsors back then but has gradually picked up steam ever since. Senator Wyden introduced its first Senate companion last Congress. In this Congress, Senator Wydens legislation is supported by a broad bipartisan coalition, including Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. Representative Thomas Massies House companion legislation has attracted 40 bipartisan cosponsors. Its vital for farmers to get clarification on this issue from the federal government. Numerous states have begun to legalize industrial hemp, though without Congress reclassifying hemp as a plant distinct from its botanical cousin, marijuana, farmers risk losing their property to the federal government for growing a plant with no potential for psychoactive effect on individuals. Propaganda and paranoia have long played a part in keeping this industrial crop illegal. While appearing before the Kentucky State Senate Agriculture Committee, former CIA Director James Woolsey testified, "The specter of people getting high on industrial hemp is pretty much exactly like saying you can get drunk on O'Douls." Industrial hemp is a product farmers across this country stand to profit from, without federal subsidies or assistance. A 2012 Congressional Research Service report for Congress entitled Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity noted, Some estimate that the global market for hemp consists of more than 25,000 products. It can be grown as a fiber, seed, or other dual-purpose crop. Adopting Senator Wydens industrial hemp amendment to S. 954 would be perhaps the most

2 economically beneficial provision in this Farm Bill. On behalf of Campaign for Libertys members, I again urge you to support Senator Ron Wydens industrial hemp amendment to S. 954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013. In Liberty,

John Tate President