Forum Post: Lets free a HUGE threat to the 1%'s profits!!!
Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 23, 2011, 1:29 a.m. EST by Lavant
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I would like to see more people talking about decriminalizing of hemp. Beyond its uses for many medical treatments, the hemp plant has many other uses.
It is one of the best fibers know to industry, with fibers that are feet long instead of fractions of an inch. It's seeds are one of the most nutritious grains know to man, with the same omega 3s as salmon. It produces 3 harvests a year instead of one every five years like with wood crops, and hemp repairs nitrogen depleted soil instead of causing soil erosion.
Even our own country once knew its usefulness, to the point they made the movie “Hemp for Victory!”. I could go on but it is all here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA4v_XBEk6A
If you still fear THC is evil, or would like to see how cannabis can help the medical/pharmaceutical problems as well take a look at this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0psJhQHk_GI
If hemp was decriminalized we could stop cutting down trees the same day.
What about the loggers you ask? The agricultural sector has grown so small and centralized, if we started growing hemp to replace wood we will need LOTS of workers to grow and process the fiber.
Save the forest, repair the depleted soil, and create jobs in America. What reason is there not to look into this?
Could it be something to do historically with preference to cotton/slaves?
I do not think so seeing it was the law to grow hemp in this country in order to own land AFTER the civil war.
Hemp is a much better alternative then cotton. Not only is it easyer and better to grow because hemp requires no pesticides, insecticides, or herbicides as cotton accounts for over 25% of pesticides used in the world but hemp also restores the soil instead of depleting it.
Also hemp can be made to resemble many textures of cloth ranging from, but not limited to burlap, wool, cotton, and silk. All depending on how hot the water is when you separate the fibers.
The reason it was criminalized is easy to see. The smear campaign started right after the invention of nylon. Then it was decriminalized in the 1930s and the government made the movie “Hemp for Victory” because we NEEDED hemp because the nylon production was not up to speed enough to handle war time demands.
Then what happened right after the war? Hemp was criminalized again and the cotton, wood, oil, and synthetics companies enjoyed competition freed profits as they destroyed our environment!
Not to mention “Hemp” was never criminalized, it was "Marijuana". The problem is there are still people today that do not know the difference. If they tried to criminalize hemp back then they would have been laughed right out of Congress, that is why they needed to get people to fear the “demon drug marijuana” by making claims that even government studies say are completely FALSE!!!
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You would think, but Australia has engineered a strain that registers less then 0.1% THC and the USA still will not allow it to be grown.
Wait, you know that 0% is non-existence, right?
For instance, 0% of the pizza rolls that I cooked for lunch have gone un-eaten. The pizza roll that I cooked for lunch and have not eaten doesn't exist.
How do you have less than 0% THC in a Cannabis plant?
i see my typo now, it said 0% not 0.1%. The plant registers 0.001% THC (or something like that, I don't remember the actual number). Not to mention, in some countries it is not legally “Marijuana” unless it has OVER 5% THC. Anything less is just wild Hemp.
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Its all about commerce, it would disrupt the status quo.
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i may not be active in the movement, but i still advocate an RBE.
its just so many find fault in groups i find it best to avoid names and just support the ideas, but thanks for spreading the word.