Green | September 06, 2009 | 6 comments

Why can’t we grow hemp in America?

source: http://hempnewstv.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/why-can%E2%80%99t-we-grow-hemp-in-america/

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You can eat it, wear it, use it but not grow it in America. Why? Hemp is the fastest growing agricultural crop, gentle on the land, requiring no chemicals in its cultivation. Most countries around the world allow their farmers to grow and process Hemp - and America is falling behind.
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6 comments // Why can’t we grow hemp in America?

  • MirrorLake
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      MirrorLake  

    • It just baffles me that we haven't changed the laws here. Hemp is an essential crop, especially now that we're looking for greener alternatives for everything.

    • 2 years ago
  • hunzedog
  • Carl_Simmons
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      Carl_Simmons  

    • Why? Because the logging and textile industries are so unwilling to allow competition (let alone change) into the market, that instead they lobby to Congress and get it banned.

    • 2 years ago
  • QuestionGeek
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      QuestionGeek  

    • I think idealist hit the nail on the head. That's why information about natural remedies and people selling natural remedies are thrown in jail and their businesses confiscated by the government, cause the pharmaceutical industry doesn't like competition and has multi millions to fund corruption.

      Wow, and this is a free country? Good Ole USA..

    • 2 years ago
  • idealist
  • idealist
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      idealist  

    • the cotton and lumber industrys have been lobbying against it since they knew that was better then there products
      america is all about money, not sustainability.
      money over health.
      money over facts.
      money over you and me.

      i think its legal to grow in oregon. but it needs to be everywhere.

    • 2 years ago
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