hemp!

its a wonderful alternative to cotton, tree-paper, metal jewelry, EVERYTHING. it can be substituted for so many things harmful to the environment..and the best thing? its EASY to grow.

my belief, is that the reason why we're not mass producing hemp right now as an alternative recourse, is that no one wants to take the time to regulate plant production. i can see them not wanting to because you get high off the female (i think its female..) plant, and use the male (or do i have taht backwards?) for use in everyday items. no one wants to take the time and energy to seperate and destroy the gender you use for drug purposes, becuause their lazy. hell.. if they really dont want to deal with it.. i'll take it.

but thats just my view on hemp. im new here.. so please message me, email me, or do whatever it is you do on this site and let me know a little about your opinion on this subject..

may be cliche.. but peace.

,asia

 

hemp can also be used as an alternative source of fuel...someone gave me a pamphlet all about it...but the big oil companies wouldnt have they now would they

 

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Legalize both, then you wouldn't have the problem.

 

Hemp and Marijuana come from the same plant, however they are grown differently. You have to smoke a whole field of hemp to get high.

 

Yeah, I don't think it's a gender issue, just different things. I think the reason it's illegal is 1, cops can't tell the difference, or don't want to put out that effort, or 2, mild pressure from an only slightly worried but pretty damn strong logging industry. Really, it's only the hippies and environmentalists that know about hemp. And who's going to listen to us?

 

It is a wonderful plant. The was an article on Sci-Tech Daily a while back that said that if the plant was completely unknown today and then found in a remote valley somewhere that it would be considered a medical medical plant.

any interesting side note...the traditional japanese archers often used hemp bow strings were made using it because it was the only fiber plant that had fibers long enough to reach the full length of the bow. This made it inherently stronger in that there were no splices in the bow string...just thought that i would throw that in.

 

Hemp is the shit ... Why dont they just legalize it already in America .. it is definitily a source that can help us out alot

 

really? i had no idea.. wow.. another reason why hemp should be used.. thankyou.

,asia

 

i read somewhere that the US is the only place that hasn't leagalized it in all of the first world countries. that makes me want to vomit.

,asia

 

Hemp could solve a lot of our environmental problems because it is carbon-neutral. Basically that means that the carbon that burning hemp oil for fuel emits into the air is counteracted/balanced by the hemp plants that clean the air as they grow. It's a renewable resource that can be used for almost anything, and we can pretty much make use of the entire plant (each part used for a different thing). Not to mention hemp seed is a perfect protein with all the essential amino acids we need to live, and that pot is a very useful medicine.

So why is it illegal? Get the book "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer. A good explanation of the history of hemp, which was widely used in the US until 1937 when DuPont pressured Congress to make it illegal and the media played up weed as a horrible drug that made people go crazy... not to mention lots of racism involved. DuPont lobbied Congress because they were working on a synthetic fabric (nylon) and didn't want to have to compete with hemp. Now, the timber/paper, cotton, oil, pharmaceutical, and tobacco industries are really the ones that want to keep it illegal, because they would have the most to lose by hemp being made legal. Yet another example of how Corporate America is really ruling this country. Sad, huh.

 

does hemp come from the same plant as pot, or is it a different plant?
how easy is it to grow it and make things from it?
really interested in hemp but very hard to get a hold of (must be looking in the wrong place) and maybe this is an easier alternative?

 

Well, this is my first post here, but am very excited to see other people who actually care about our future and the environment. Anyways, I'm a huge supporter of the cannabis sativa plant, both for industrial purposes and as a medicine. Hemp is the same plant that gets you "high", its just been pollinated, and instead of the plant using its energy to produce fruit (buds), it produces 15-20 foot plants that have a rapid rate of photosynthesis and produce bunches of seeds, which can be used for just about any type of food. They can be ground to make flour, can be make into milk (like soy milk), or used as a whole seed. They are extremly nutritious and include a perfect balance of omega 3's and 6's, and small ammounts of omega 9's and also high in protien. I try to include hemp in my daily diet by eating hemp bread and hemp granola bars. This wonderful plant was the very first agricultural crop for ancient civilizations because it had the ability to clothe, feed and shelter them, the basic needs of survival. This plant can also be used to make paper, fiber board for building (2X stronger than wood fiberboard), bio fuels, and anything that is made of plastic, including the keyboard your typing on. The bio-fuel industry is just starting to appear , but they seem to be using the wrong plant, corn! They get the bio fuels from the cellulose (bio-mass) of the plant; corn contains around 14%-20% cellulose per acre, while hemp contains 70%-80% per acre! It would make the bio-fuel industry much more cost effective and plausible. Its crazy that we aren't utilizing this plant in our country right now. Canada has legalized and regulated it now since 1998 and the industry is getting larger every year. The only way to change it is through petitions to get the issue on our ballots. California is attempiting now to legalize it for industrial purposes and the bill is now on the desk of the terminator, but hopefully he won't terminate our only chance of saving this great plant!

 

I like weed.









Just kidding, I know that's not the point. Hemp can and should be used for so many things. If we could get rid of all Political Action Committees, then it would be legal already. There is a lot of $ in keeping hemp illegal. The companies that would have to shift there focus donate way too much $ to ensure that this never happens. We all have to keep up the good fight!

 

Amen to that, brother.

 

Yeah, hemp is one of the most versitile plants on the Earth. While I definitely support medicinal and industrial use, I also support the rights of individuals to smoke weed as a recreational drug. In the interest of liberty, we must institute across the board legaliation if we are to remain a free nation.

 

See
http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=125770

 

I have found something interesting on wiki:

So, you need a licence if you want to grow and sell it in the EU (I think that law applies to Holland aswell). Who want's a hemp licence for christmas?

 

No, Friends. You were misinformed. The senior member above was right. The plants that are used for hemp are significantly different than the strains used for their medicinal or psychoactive properties.

There are similarities between the strains however>>like they all have two sexes. The male pollinates the female.

In the drug strain we rarely let this happen because we do not want our female buds to be full of seeds. And we do not like to devote growing space to males because they do not produce buds.

And, Kyndbud, a 20 foot sativa will always be a 20 foot sativa. and a 6 foot indica will always be a 6 foot indica. regardless of whether they are pollinated.

To the rest of the conversation, as far as I have seen, is, hemp is a Great all around plant but when it comes to specific uses, like oil production or biomass per ton, then there are sometimes other sources which overshadow hemp's capacity by quite a bit.

for instance:

hemp can produce 4 tons biomass per acre but alternative herbaceaous and woody trials have yielded 3 to 7 tons per acre

hemp yields 30 gallons of oil per acre but peanuts, sunflowers and rapeseed produce 70 gallons per acre

so, I say "HOORAY!" to saving the world and doing it in the best way we can

and while we do that, I am in favor of burning a big phatty, without interference, because it is a great hobby AND it is not anyone else's business what I do to (or for) myself

 

I heard that too and it's probably true. People preach about how bad marajuana is for you and say that's why it's illegal, but cigarettes and snuff and stuff like that are more harmful to you than marajuana. And those things are legal! It is sickening, very much so.