The Magic Weed 02

Hemp has the potential to be the best thing that has happened to American farmers in recent history. If only we can awaken the people to their political power. Hemp has four major uses, food, fiber, fuel and medicine. This one crop can provide the basics of life -- food, shelter, clothing and medicine. Industrial hemp has little in common with its cousin the "marijuana" plant. Hemp plant can be grown in most climates, requires little fertilizer and water and NO pesticides nor herbicides. De-regulating hemp production only makes sense.

Both Presidents Washington and Jefferson grew hemp. Americans were legally bound to grow hemp during Colonial times. The Federal government even subsidized hemp during WWII. In 1807 California produced 125,000 pounds of Hemp. 40% came from Santa Barbara.

Hemp is among the oldest industries on the planet, going back more than 10,000 years to the beginning of pottery. The oldest relic of human industry is a bit of hemp fabric dating back to approximately 8,000 B.C.

Hemp played a major role in the stabilization and economy of our nation for many decades. It wasn't until it became a threat to the natural resource companies back in the thirties did it first experience a ban on its growth. After all, hemp oil is clean, renewable, cheap, and clean while fossil fuels were limited, expensive and dirty. Those who stood to make a fortune in fossil fuels couldn't compete. Also contributing to hemp bashing was William Randolph Hearst. Seems he had a huge financial interest in the timber market. It was his newspapers that spear-headed the hemp bashing in order to influence public opinion. Using the Mexican word for hemp, "marijuana," Hearst turned the public against hemp by playing on their fears and misled the public concerning the nature of hemp/marijuana. Until then people were comfortable with hemp-but this Mexican marijuana was a whole new ball game.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Hemp
• Cannabis Sativa Indica
• natural medicine
• environment
• recycle
• clean fuel
• alternative fuel
• clean power source
• biofuel.

[CloudianSheepCloud]

So your telling me weve been arguing on something approved by society for many hundred years

[MrFlyingChickens]

wow, why was I so inclined to see people as slightly crazy for being strong advocates for hemp... more people should know about it. there should be more hemp enthusiasts

[Hemptastic47]

cannabinoids also cure cancer. Its completely legit look up some new studies being done in Spain by Guzman. Google 1974 Cancer Cure.

[dyingangelo]

just cant believe how so fucked up this society had become