Hemp Opponents Ignore The Facts

[PFlynn]

Despite what opponents say, marijuana does not have to be smoked to benefit from its therapeutic qualities. It can be cooked and eaten. Many people with cancer, multiple sclerosis, narcotic addictions and other medical conditions can benefit from marijuana consumption. ( "Marijuana group exploits the sick," May 27. )

Proponents aren't using propaganda. They are merely stating the facts. It's law enforcement that thrives on negative and mostly untrue propaganda.

Hemp has played an important role in this country. The sails, ropes, rigging and sailor's clothing on the Mayflower and many other early settlers' ships were made of hemp. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. Clean-burning fuel can be made from hemp. Many nutritious foods come from the hemp plant. The book "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by Jack Heror is full of facts.

George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, to name a few, grew hemp. Before 1927, farmers were fined if they didn't grow hemp.

The only reason it became illegal is because business moguls such as William Randolph Hearst, the DuPonts and big pharmaceutical companies successfully lobbied for laws to make it that way. Why? They wanted to develop things from petrochemicals. Plastics, fuel, fabrics, food, medicine and many other things can be made from the hemp plant. None of those products made from hemp harm or poison the environment, as do petrochemicals.

No one has been recorded as dying from smoking marijuana. You can't say that about taking morphine, cocaine, alcohol or even caffeine and aspirin.

I challenge anyone to find a negative fact about marijuana use. I don't believe there is one.



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[Johnny]

Hemp is one of the most (if not the most) important products of the cannabis plant. Making materials out of petrochemicals can (and does) seriously harm the environment. Switching back to using hemp for the majority of materials could very well be a big part of saving the planet.

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Originally Posted by JohnnyPotSmoker

Switching back to using hemp for the majority of materials could very well be a big part of saving the planet.

And there would be a lot less anxiety in the world.

[PFlynn]

It sickens me that we live in a day and age where everyone is so "GREEN" and yet no one even talks about the greenest thing we could do for this planet and just grow hemp.Every one is so freaked about the price of gas and we could support ourselves with a biofule made from hemp.

[Johnny]

Originally Posted by PFlynn

It sickens me that we live in a day and age where everyone is so "GREEN" and yet no one even talks about the greenest thing we could do for this planet and just grow hemp.Every one is so freaked about the price of gas and we could support ourselves with a biofule made from hemp.

That's a very good point, Pete. Everyone's so worried about the outrageous gas prices, yet no one even CONSIDERS using fuel made from hemp.

[PFlynn]

Ford grew hemp, his plan for the Model-T was for it to run on a fule made with hemp and the original plastics were made with hemp resins.

[Johnny]

I never knew the original plastics were made with hemp resins. That's very cool. I remember my dad's friend taking me for a ride in his Model-T when I was younger.