It may be a miracle fiber, but obviously cannot replace tinfoil for hatmaking.
I think I'll have a martini.
Brain dead pot smokers, speak up!
So ingesting smoke into your lungs isn't dangerous to your body? More good news for the Tobacco industry!
If the pro-legalization crowd just kept to the facts and the unconstitutionality of the federal WOD,they might win the converts.But going for the giant conspiracy-theory angle never works. It just makes people think you are crazy, no matter if you're right or not.
It's a conspiracy!
Now, where did I put that bag of Fritos...
For you ingestion errr digestion.
Good article, excellent points.
I dont buy this explanation. I believe the real reason is that pot became an icon for the Hippie Generation, and with all the money spent demonizing it, and our glorious War on drugs the US Government would be loath to admit it really is an innocuous drug.
From private rich guys using the government to prohibit their competition, to government keeping it that way to justify a very large portion of its employment base and income, You are right.
I believed this all when I first read about it when I was 15, and I believe it all today.
Point me to an authoritative source for any of these. An authoritative source is NOT a pro-legalization website that makes these claims.
Powerful central governments run by two political parties that agree they should run a powerful central government is great for giant corporations and powerful special interests. They can pay the party leaders to get one of the most valuable agricultural products in history (hemp) morphed into a deadly weed (marijuana).
How much would commercial forest land owned by giant forest products corporations be worth if America's family farms were meeting a significant portion of America's fiber needs with commercial hemp? How much market share would oil companies lose if hemp based lubricants were allowed to compete with petroleum based lubricants?
How much would the U.S. Litigation Industry lose in lawyer fees if hemp were legal? How much would the U.S. Incarceration Industry lose in taxpayer funded government checks if hemp were legal?
Powerful political parties are not designed to protect the individual liberty and promote the private property rights of citizens. Non-partisan elections at all levels of government is the only conceivable way for a democracy to protect individual liberty and promote the private property rights of citizens. In a democracy, political parties should be lobbying organizations and nothing more.
This is stupid. Hemp is not linen. Linen is another plant.