Forum Post: Reality Check: Should federal ban on hemp production be lifted?
Posted 11 years ago on Feb. 6, 2013, 11:36 a.m. EST by john32
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I personally think there is also some big business mixed in with the reasons to keep hemp banned....hemp would challenge established industry..but decent overview regardless:
http://www.wxix.com/story/20973882/reality-check-should-federal-ban-on-hemp-production-be-lifted
Non-toxic biodegradable - Hhmmmmmmmm - whats not to love?
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It should be illegal to produce traditional "recyclable" plastics. It has it's uses but how can you call something that lasts virtually forever environmentally sustainable? I heard that something like 97.5% of waste is industrial and agricultural, and only a tiny fraction of that is returned to the earth in a safe way. Only a tiny fraction of what we use is recycled, so just a few percent of the garbage capitalism produces ends up recycled.
Don't mean to bring anyone down, but recycling is just a gimmick to take blame from the capitalists and place it on people who didn't recycle.
Awesome sites....wasn't aware that hemp plastic was biodegradable.
It "can Be" depends on the process. Also makes great paper products - process is not chemically intensive like the tree paper process is. Friendly to recycle back to nature ( shred and spread on a field ) as is environmentally friendly to produce.
It's an old conspiracy that needs to be ended. Obviously hemp is vital to sustainability.
Wasn't it a requirement for farmers to produce a certain amount of hemp back in the day (in the US)? Before the 1930s, I believe is what I read once.
Yup I'm certain too that it was some dick move by a few corporations in industries like forestry, steel, etc.
Did you happen to catch that Anonymous vid about Marijuana?
I missed the anonymous vid about marijuana...about all it's uses?
I found it on YouTube before. Explains why it's good and how we were fooled into thinking otherwise.
Ban links back to 1% conspiracy, dupont, hearst, mellon, anslinger. If we cannot get this reversed, we are NOT ever getting sustainable.
Hemp news.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/14594-hemp-is-harmless-a-potential-economic-miracle-and-still-illegal-in-america-but-the-tide-seems-to-be-turning
Of course it should be lifted. It can compete with plastics makers, pharma, and other big industries.