[ellery]

I should have been more specific -- growing hemp is illegal in the US by federal law. The only exception is a DEA registration grant; the DEA has never granted one.

That hemp can be used in many, many different useful ways is well-documented. We've just seen that it's possible to extract THC oil from hemp through a process that involves butane.

You've stated that you don't believe dual use products such as butane should be banned, because more people use it legitimately than use it illegitimately. My question is why this doesn't also apply to growing industrial hemp, given that when it was legal to grow many, many people grew it for legitimate purposes?

[robertpaulsen]

"the DEA has never granted one"

I believe they recently granted one in Hawaii.

With the exception of WWII, hemp hasn't been grown (as a viable industry) in the US for the last 100 years.

Please ask yourself, "Why now?" "With all the other materials out there, including synthetics, why hemp?" "Even if it were legal to grow, why grow it rather than import the finished hemp product?"

With the fairly recent push for medical marijuana, marijuana decriminalization, and even marijuana legalization, it's highly suspicious to anyone with an IQ greater than room temperature that suddenly we're told that everyone wants hemp. I don't buy it.

Question: Why did hemp activist Woody Harrelson join the NORML Advisory Board?