Jack Herer is the author of "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" the best-selling cult classic that ignited the Hemp Revolution worldwide.
Jack Herer
Salem-News.com photo by Tim King
(SALEM, Ore.) - The Emperor of Hemp is getting the best treatment of all, the very hemp oil that he has proclaimed to be the world's greatest healing agent.
As of this morning there was little change in his condition. He has not awakened, and is in stable but critical condition. On this, the seventh day since Jack Herer was struck down by a heart attack, he is still fighting for his life, but he's not fighting it alone.
Jack has long been an advocate of the healing properities of the hemp plant, over 30 years. A big step forward was his introduction to a special hemp oil, a remedy discovered by Rick Simpson.
Last year, Jack told me that this miracle cure had changed his life. He showed me his legs, which had multiple small scars due to Diabetes. Some of these wounds had bothered him for years, but once he treated them with the hemp oil, they were healed.
The medicinal properties of hemp oil are not unknown, but in the United States, this discussion has been somewhat limited to "preaching to the choir", as the FDA has no interest in researching the plant.
Jack knows this all too well, and had delivered a passionate speech minutes before he fell ill, exentuating his belief in the power of the plant.
Now his supporters say they are counting on the oil above all else.
"We ask for every one to focus their energies toward spiritually connecting with Jack and telling him it's time to wake up," another friend said. "He's got a lot of things he's in the middle of, and we need him to wake up today, even for a brief moment, to show his loved ones that he's healing, and continuing to fight."
"If he wakes up, he proves the point he's made for all these years. It has the ability to save him."
"Envision Jack Herer, the Emperor of Hemp, standing before us as the ultimate example of the healing qualities of hemp oil. Jack saved by hemp oil. I believe it," encouraged Chuck Jacobs, long time friend.
"If we all put our positive power toward this, of envisioning him well, it will happen."
Jack Herer is scheduled to go on a European tour with Rick Simpson, beginning in Prague, Czechoslovakia in November. Rick is from Nova Scotia, Canada, and alleges to be curing cancer with concentrated cannabis hemp oil (watch his video:
"Run from the Cure"). Jack Herer did his research, used the oil himself, and gave it the thumbs up.
Last Saturday he told Dr. Leveque, "I haven't felt this good in years," and told his assistant Joy that he "felt like walking without help," another indicator that he was feeling well before his heart attack. He has been using Rick Simpson's oil for seventeen months.
Jack has looked forward to the world tour, as well as finishing the newest edition of "The Emperor", creating a hemp museum, and many other projects.
"We still need him here," says Seeva, another long time friend. "Please pray in unison with us, for Jack to wake up." For all Jack has done for the hemp movement, in the end, the hemp oil may indeed save the Emper
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