We all know her as a silver screen heart throb of Baywatch fame. But in addition to her support of PETA, Pam Anderson has other social policy issues on the mind. Specifically, she would also like to see hemp farming legalized in the US. She feels so strongly about it, in fact, that she wrote a letter to Barrack Obama saying so. MSNBC reports that she wrote:
“I think we should Legalize Marijuana, tax and monitor — farm Hemp etc — this would make our borders less corrupt and then I think eventually this will be more secure option and save children in the long run — we should be able to farm Hemp in America — it’s just silly — it would create jobs — and be good for environment” [...]
It’s always nice when a worthy cause enjoys the support of A-list celebrities, and Anderson obviously has a point about marijuana legislation in the states, but it’s not necessary to have the two are intertwined. The establishment could easily distinguish the two plants, and regulate hemp without decriminalizing marijuana. In fact, doing so would probably make it that much more likely that pro-hemp legislation could be passed. After all, poppy-seed bagels are perfectly legal without opium being so.