HEMP SCAM
Janet D. Lapey, M. D.
At a news conference on December 30, 1996, top federal officials exposed the medical marijuana scam.
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Another scam which is being perpetrated on the American people by the marijuana lobby in an attempt to legalize drugs is the hemp scam. The drug legalization lobby is currently targeting farmers, such as tobacco growers, in an attempt to persuade them to grow hemp, a crop which would not be profitable. This is a cruel hoax similar to the legalizers' efforts to persuade sick patients to smoke marijuana as a ``medicine." These legalizers are spreading the myth that hemp (Cannabis sativa) is a profitable, useful, environmentally safe crop with no potential for diversion into the illegal drug market. They are wrong on all counts.
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The pro-hemp lobby contends that hemp grown for fiber is not psychoactive.
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By selectively harvesting the buds and excluding the large leaves, a higher THC product can be obtained form the fiber crop. Also, through cross-pollination, higher THC plants may even develop naturally.
Since it is impossible to determine THC content with the naked eye, it is easy to illegally blend high THC plants into a ``fiber" crop, and this has been happening in Europe. For instance, in Switzerland, hemp was supposedly being grown for fiber stuffing for cushions. However, IN December, 1995, hemp plants were seized by the Swiss government after forensic tests showed that the THC content was 4.0-5.5% THC and not 0.5% as claimed. It is clear that legalizing hemp in the US would seriously compromise aerial surveillance and other anti-drug measures by drug enforcement officers.
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Currently, pro-hemp propaganda is rampant on the Internet, in pro-drug magazines, and at marijuana rallies.
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http://www.wctu.org/hemp.html
No doubt. Any domestic grow operations will need to be closely regulated and regularly inspected.