Comments on: States’ Rights and Reefer Madness

By: In Kentucky, Mary Jane’s Cousin Should be Legal at Going Like Sixty

In Kentucky, Mary Jane’s Cousin Should be Legal at Going Like Sixty — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:07:02 +0000

[...] farmers can’t grow Hemp – a great LEGAL cash crop. The feds call industrial hemp a controlled substance â€” the same as marijuana, heroin and LSD â€” [...]

By: hempzels

hempzels — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:42:56 +0000

30 Major industrial nations grow hemp – check out HR 1009 the Industrial Hemp Act of 2007 which could cut through all the Federal Red Tape – guess who sponsored it? Dr. Ron Paul the Republican Presidential Candidate. This resolution needs support now! We’d love to buy hemp from our local farmers in Hempfield Township in Lancaster Pennsylvania – using the hemp flour, seed & oil for Hempzel pretzels & more.. Education is the key, just say “know” vs “NO” – Go North Dakota -

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:56:51 +0000

Why use corn, indeed. Hemp for ethanol.

Hemp for victory!

[pictures of goose-stepping Nazis replaced by pictures of crazy jihadists]

By: hemp » <b>Hemp</b> Ban: Reefer Madness, Indeed

hemp » <b>Hemp</b> Ban: Reefer Madness, Indeed — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:11:44 +0000

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By: domajot

domajot — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:31:37 +0000

Where are the fiscal conservatives on this issue,.
The money wasted on the war on drugs should give anyone dealing with budgets pause.

By: Shaun Mullen

Shaun Mullen — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:29:25 +0000

mikkel:

Good points all. Thank you.

By: mikkel

mikkel — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:46:37 +0000

Oh and I left out that Dow Chemical had their hand in it because of their synthetic stuff. Of course hemp isn’t that great of a material for lots of things by itself, but these days I would imagine that by treating it or blending it with synthetics would be.

By: mikkel

mikkel — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:43:24 +0000

Shaun, you left out the part that one of the reasons why marijuana was made illegal in the first place was because of the danger that hemp posed to the cotton and timber industries. Ironic since the Declaration of Independence is written on hemp paper and when WWII started they lifted the ban temporarily.

By: Entropy

Entropy — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:37:09 +0000

Yet another example of the idiocy of our stupid “war on drugs” that has done much more harm than good.

By: Shaun Mullen

Shaun Mullen — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:41:09 +0000

christine:

Absotootly. Growing hemp works for another reason that really didn’t fit into my post: Crop diversification.

Corn is a soil killer and produces very little end product compared to the whole, although the stalks do get recycled into other uses. Industrial hemp gives back to the soil and virtually the entire plant can be used as an end product.

By: christine

christine — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:32:29 +0000

I hope that these guys are successful. Industrial hemp has so many practical uses. Hemp rope is so much easier to use than that nylon stuff.

By: Hemp Ban: Reefer Madness, Indeed - The Garden's Cure

Hemp Ban: Reefer Madness, Indeed - The Garden's Cure — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:05:41 +0000

[...] Hemp Ban: Reefer Madness, Indeed The Moderate Voice – USA The feds call industrial hemp (photo) a controlled substance — the same as [...]