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	Farmers Arrested Planting Hemp On DEA Headquarters Lawn

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10-13-2009 5:43 PM

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A group of civilly-disobedient hemp farmers and business leaders were arrested Tuesday morning while digging up the lawn to plant industrial hemp seeds at the headquarters of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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