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Thomas Massie Eats Hemp on Live TV
What happens when a state legalizes the growing of industrial hemp but the drug war-addicted federal government intercepts the seeds? Well, the state (in this case, Kentucky) sues the feds, for one.
Talking about this absurd and infuriating situation on The Independents last night was the young libertarian-leaning Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), a man who so loves his hemp that he started gobbling the stuff on live television
video at link
http://reason.com/blog/2014/05/20/thomas-massie-eats-hemp-on-live-tv