Farmers sue for industrial hemp...

[evilxyardxgnome]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/17/pip.hempregulation/index.html

 

[tRiP]

good luck to them

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

A bunch of pot head farmers if you ask me.

 

[beachman22]

This is a touchy subject but the fact is hemp is a very useful renewable resource. Instead of chopping down thousands of trees which take 100 years to grow to make paper, hemp can grow in 3-4 months and be made into paper, then be replanted again and again. Talk about saving the rainforests, this is the answer

 

[ewurm]

Dude....Should we sue the goverment?

Yeah. That would be cooooool!

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

This is a touchy subject but the fact is hemp is a very useful renewable resource. Instead of chopping down thousands of trees which take 100 years to grow to make paper, hemp can grow in 3-4 months and be made into paper, then be replanted again and again. Talk about saving the rainforests, this is the answer

Yes, but if this was the case, everyone would try and smoke their paper products.

 

[beachman22]

Ya just like people who smoke up their poppy seed bagels.

 

[Sturgeon]

Hmm.. hemp is very useful, very strong plant fiber, and no, nobody can get high from smoking hemp. there simply is no THC in processed hemp. If you get unprocessed hemp, then that means you are likely growing marijuana, a great way to get in trouble.
And to you narrow minded anti-drug people, check this site out- words of wisdom coming from actual police, the same people who control everyones freedom and lives . Leap is based here in my home state of massachusetts

 

[guppy]

Leaving aside the drug issues here are just some of the uses of processed hemp, which by the way, does not get you high once processed. Also the type of hemp grown for fiber is grown for size, not thc content.
Hemp seed oil (industrial lubricant, lantern oil, plastic base, cosmetic product, biodiesel)
hemp fiber (rope, string, clothing [very sturdy], and fiberboard, construction products [ when properly processed it can be used to make a type of plywood and artificial lumber].
hemp root (soil binder for erosion control)
Hemp leaf (dye for clothing, a medium greem and a pale greenish yellow, CO2 reduction, oxygen generation)
left overs from producing above products (animal feed and biomass for soil construction and power generation)

interesting plant

 

[JD7.62]

This is a touchy subject but the fact is hemp is a very useful renewable resource. Instead of chopping down thousands of trees which take 100 years to grow to make paper, hemp can grow in 3-4 months and be made into paper, then be replanted again and again. Talk about saving the rainforests, this is the answer

Since when was the rainforest cut down for paper?