[E. Pluribus Unum]

Interestingly enough, you can grow three times the amount of biomass per acre growing hemp than you can growing trees.

Hemp makes far superior paper products as well.

The only problem is that another name for hemp is marijuana.

[zek157]

Hemp doesn't have THC. Zero. Smoke it all day and you will have a headache & burned lungs.

Indica, or sativa is another story.

[mugs99]

The only problem is that another name for hemp is marijuana.

Which is why marijuana will never be legal. Fuel oil can be cheaply extracted from hemp seed. Hemp competes with both fuel and paper, and legal hemp threatens both of those industries.

It's not about dope, it's about protecting old industry from new competition.
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