Industrial Hemp And Marijuana.
 

What are the differences between Industrial Hemp And Marijuana ?

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Hemp resembles Marijuana, but it does not have the active narcotic ingredient, THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol), that marijuana does.

We are having to purchase our hemp from Canada, which is too bad as it would open up another huge market in the US.

Hemp is rich in protein and Omega-3s and used in cosmetics, building materials, rope, clothing, auto body panels, etc.

I hope they can change this. America needs the product and the jobs.

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So would it be safe to say Industrial Hemp growing should be legal here,as I understand it is a distant cousin to recreational pot ?

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For the record, this is Gary Johnson's Drug Policy.

DRUG POLICY.
The reality is: Despite our best efforts at enforcement, education and
interdiction, people continue to use and abuse illegal drugs. I advocate
a Don’t Do Drugs policy. I don’t drink alcohol, smoke tobacco or use illegal drugs. But others in our society do. We mustn’t turn a blind eye to the obvious parallels with Prohibition in the 1920’s – and the lessons our nation learned. Prohibition was repealed because it made matters worse. Today, no one is trying to sell our kids bathtub gin in the schoolyard and micro-breweries aren’t protecting their turf with machine guns. It’s time to apply that thinking to marijuana. By making it a legal, regulated product, we can restrict its availability, curtail under-age use, cut enforcement/court/incarceration costs, remove the criminal element and access a multi-billion dollar underground economy. In the European countries where this strategy has been tested, under-age use has dropped – as has the crime rate. By managing marijuana like alcohol and tobacco – regulating, taxing and enforcing its lawful use – we will be better off than we are now. The billions we save on marijuana interdiction, along with the billions captured as legal revenue, can be redirected against the individuals committing real crimes against society. I do not favor the legalization and lawful distribution of harder drugs, but I believe their use should be dealt with as a health issue – not a criminal justice issue.

And this is Thomas Sowell's view, which is the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZbHn...eature=related

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Yes, it would be safe. It is not recreational pot. It just looks like the plant.

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See what I don't understand is that Pain Killers which are highly addictive are legal,and alot of people keep taking them after their prescription is over,but if my understand is correct it is illegal to grow industrial hemp ?

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It is illegal, at this time, in the United States to grow hemp. But, for your chronic pain relief, hemp is not what you would use. You would use Marijuana and I understand that three puffs a day will do it.

If I were in severe pain, I know people who could set me up and I would do it, illegal or not. I am a total wimp when it comes to body pain. Just not going to suffer if I don't have to.

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I understand Hemp is not what one would use for pain,nor do I advocate recreational drug usage,but alot of prescription drugs are out and out dope.But if a crop has industrial benefits then why it is illegal ?

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Because it looks like marijuana and would be too hard to regulate, so they don't allow either.

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I'm just trying to understand this subject.
http://rense.com/general49/could.htm

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Legalizing hemp growing would be a slippery.... Uh. A slippery..... something. It would be a ........ what were we talking about?

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Slope, Timmy, slope. :heeheehee

Sweetie, 3 puffs a day will do nothing!!!!

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I didn't believe that either, but thought I'd post what I read. :heeheehee

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Hemp is illegal today because powerful corporations want to maintain their billions of $$ in assets. Legalizing hemp would cause them to lose their fortunes. They lobbied Congress in 1937 to make it illegal.

The used the same hyperbole about a certain race of people that was unfair to them. Being unfair to them likewise rebounded upon all the people in this country.

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When powerful businesses don’t like something, they can usually get something done about it. The 1937 criminalization of marijuana is a case where this manipulation is obvious, according to Herer. Hemp threatens certain powerful businesses today, just as it did in 1937.

As the methods for processing hemp into paper and plastics were becoming more readily available and affordable, business leaders including William Randolph Hearst and DuPont stood to lose fortunes. They did everything in their power to have it outlawed. Luckily for Hearst, he was the owner of a chain of newspapers. DuPont’s chief financial backer Andrew Mellon (also the Secretary of the Treasury during President Hoover) was responsible for appointing Harry J. Anslinger, in 1931 as the head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.

Hearst’s papers deplorably published enhanced accounts of marijuana-crazed black men raping white women. With these sensationalist newspaper stories as his support, Anslinger testified before Congress that, “Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankind.”

http://wafreepress.org/article/090304marijuana.shtml

If we were to legalize hemp, big oil, paper mills and pharmaceutical companies would lose a goodly portion of their power and money. Hemp is excellent in nutritional value. It helps the body repair damage from illness and restores health. That would not be good for Big Pharma. Fuel could be made from hemp, but that would disturb the rock-e-fel-ler dynasty and it's fortune.

I think that perhaps a new Congressional hearing with the new scientific tests on industrial hemp should be a priority. It's been 75 years now and there are tons of new information about the benefits. I mean really...you got the greenie-weenies griping about saving trees...and we should simply for the atmosphere and oxygen. Leave the rainforests alone and grow hemp to use for food, paper, clothing, rope, even automobile bodies. It is said that Henry Ford's first vehicle was made from hemp and fueled by hemp.

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Marijuana should be legal and decriminalized.

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...which grows wild in Kansas and surrounding states, anyway. Now you're getting it...AYR gives a great explanation, above. Just follow the $.

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Ten Facts About Hemp - Hemp does NOT get you High

What we have here is a list of 10 eye opening facts about Hemp. (There’s actually more than 10 cause some have two, but who’s counting!) Once again, HEMP does NOT get you high! Different plant.

http://networkedblogs.com/OhvKE

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My friend, understanding the subject is to gain an understanding of the collective bi-polar mind of the American political class.

They are about the most immoral bunch on Gods Green Earth, but they couch all they say and every law they pass in terms of morality.

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Scott, Hemp is the Male Marijuana plant. Marijuana is one of the few plants on Earth that have Male and Female genetics. If Males are grown in the same garden with the Females, they will pollinate the girls and seeds will develop, causing a great loss in THC and overall yield.

The medicinal affect of THC comes mainly from the Female plant, although, the Male plant does carry some THC but not enough to warrant a real problem because you would have to use such a large amount.

People who grow Marijuana, they will destroy any Males if they are found. As the Female matures, the potency will become stronger via Genetics and no contact with pollen from the Male. We watched a Documentary on this subject and the last thing a grower wants next to his/her garden is a field of Male plants (Hemp).

Regarding the issue of using Cannabis for medical purposes, this is one of the safest and most universal medicines known to Man. There is not 1 documented death from Marijuana usage, including overdose, and the health ailments it can treat are countless. You don’t have to smoke it either for treatment, as there are oils, edibles, and other ways to consume this medicine. The Pharmaceutical companies dislike Marijuana because it’s so easy to grow and many have discovered its numerous benefits and have stopped using dangerous and addictive narcotics that keep the Pharmy’s rich.

Remember, the Pharmaceutical Companies don’t want to make you well, they want to make you a Customer!

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I'm against getting drunk and I'm certainly against recreational drug usage but if something has industrial usages why have it imported from Canada and China,if it could be grown in the US ? Look at the damage the alcohol industry has caused yet states have ABC stores it makes alot of sense doesn't it ?

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Those Pain Killers are ILLEGAL to buy or use with out a Doctor's permission and supervision.

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But they are legal with a doctor's permission.