Accordingly, they raised it in mass quantities.
We must now honor them by demanding its immediate legalization, to save our economy and our ecology.
For rope, for paper, for clothing, for food, for fuel, this miracle plant has been a critical crop for cash and survival for 6,000 years, since the onset of ancient China.
Today it is a multi-billion-dollar product there and in Germany and Canada, among other major economies.
There is no rational reason for hemp to be illegal. Some law enforcement “experts” say it resembles marijuana, and therefore must be banned.
What are they smoking? Certainly not hemp, which gives its imbibers little more than a splitting headache and a nasty cough.
Today, marijuana is the largest cash crop in many states and regions of the United States. A billion dollars-worth of it was purchased under medical auspices last year in California alone. Properly taxed, its users freed from our overcrowded prisons, pot’s legalization could offer a giant step out of our financial morass.
But as an agricultural staple, marijuana pales alongside hemp. This miracle weed returns on its own year after year, requiring no pesticides, herbicides or special fertilizers. It is hardy, fast-growing and supremely productive.
A single hemp plant can provide the basis for very high-quality rope, sails for ships, cloth for clothing, paper for documents, seeds for food and oil, the cellulosic base for ethanol, and much more. It is the feed of choice for untold numbers of birds and land animals. It can be the basis for innumerable stressed eco-systems where it survives and thrives with virtually no human input.
As a staple spread across the Great Plains and through the rest of America’s battered farmland, it could help restore our shattered crop base and our devastated rural economy.
Presidents Washington and Jefferson---both of them extremely advanced agronomists---cataloged their techniques for growing hemp at great length. They would simply not comprehend the concept---let alone the reality---that hemp might be illegal.
Early drafts of both the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were written on sturdy paper made of hemp.
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Our founders were well aware of the freedom inherant in agriculture.
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- JanforGore
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"Today, marijuana is the largest cash crop in many states and regions of the United States. A billion dollars-worth of it was purchased under medical auspices last year in California alone. Properly taxed, its users freed from our overcrowded prisons, pot’s legalization could offer a giant step out of our financial morass."
i think the most articulate president we have had in my lifetime said it best:
"NO. i don't think legalizing marijuana is a good strategy to grow our economy." and then he gave too many reasons for me to list here.
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The fact that cannabis is the largest cash crop in many states, speaks volumes to the number of people who are in the closet. Where are all their voices? Wouldn't it be great if everyone who smoked cannabis would join the conversation. "Yes we can", would mean something.
Reclassifying cannabis could change things in so many ways. "It's time" to end the Reefer Madness and restart Hemp for Victory. "Yes we can"!
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Presidents Washington and Jefferson---both of them extremely advanced agronomists---cataloged their techniques for growing hemp at great length. They would simply not comprehend the concept---let alone the reality---that hemp might be illegal.
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First of all, I think Marijuana should be legal, if alcohol and cigarettes are legal, then something like marijuana which isn't even as bad should be too.
As for hemp there is no good reason to keep it illegal, it's downright stupid.
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- TentativeChaos
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KNOW THIS FACT: hemp/marijuana ban is a give away to the logging industry which supplies paper manufacturers and to Dupont nylon which replaced hemp rope around the world, with the explicit aid of the USA.
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Interesting how the founding fathers wore clothing made of hemp, wrote the constitution on hemp, and even smoked it, if the History Channel is right. Our first flag was made with hemp, also.
Another reason the founding fathers are probably rolling in their graves right now.
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- FallenMorgan
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Hemp is not marijuana in its smokeable form. Hemp is a very viable agricultural product and would be a good alternative for tobacco growers. The argument about legalizing pot is, pardon the pun, just a smokescreen.
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I add my voice to the rising swell. It's time!
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- Sumbodyswatchin
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They used it to make ROPES for ships.
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- larrysnotes
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Yes We Cannabis!!!! Hemp Hemp Hooray!!!
