Barry Joe Stull has changed that and continues his vital work. Oregon's State Seal features a hempen-covered wagon and ships with hempen sails and rope. Hemp, essential to the development of our culture, is illegal to grow in Oregon, so the food, fiber and tree-free paper sold in Oregon must be imported, and local jobs are denied. We cannot ethically continue to refuse our society the benefits of hemp agriculture and industry, as the incumbents do. Dedicated bikeways encourage healthy alternatives to parking and highway congestion and will end the bicyclist deaths from automobiles that discourage commuter bicycling.
Electric buses can restore trolley lines to our neighborhoods.
Prison costs have doubled while schools go underfunded. We must employ realistic alternatives to expensive incarceration. Drug treatment on demand. Tax pollution, reward conservation.