Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps CEO Arrested in Hemp Protest
<div class='node-body'><p>David Bronner, the CEO of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, was arrested today after engaging in an act of peaceful civil disobedience outside the White House to protest the federal ban on industrial hemp farming.</p>
<p>Bronner locked himself in a steel cage with several hemp plants which he began harvesting and pressing for oil. Firefighters eventually cut open the lock and police then arrested Bronner.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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