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Hemp

             Hemp has been found to have a variety of uses. It can be made into many different products. Some people speculate that it will fuel the nation in the future.
             Small numbers of workers are required to cultivate hemp. Hemp is an easy crop to grow, and its fibers can be easily extracted from its stalk. Certain strains of cannabis have been selected for industrial hemp for their properties of rapid growth and a great quality and quantity of fiber. Back in the 1920s, one thousand pounds of hemp could be processed in a single hour. It can be grown in any state. The growing season is short, making a perfect cash crop. Today's technology could produce industrial hemp with much more efficiency. Two to three tons of fiber can be processed in an hour. Current hemp costs are about fifteen dollars a ton.
             Hemp can be used in producing more than twenty-five thousand products. It has been used to make over five thousand textile products. The hemp industry would threaten many existing industries if it were taken to its full potential. Hemp could be used to produce the same products made from plastics, cotton, and wood. .
             Annually, one acre of hemp can produce an equivalent amount of fiber as two to three acres of cotton. Hemp is preferable over cotton. It can be used to make a product is stranger and softer than cotton. Hemp products also last twice as long and have a high resistance to mildew.
             Hemp is much more efficient than trees. Hemp cultivation could ultimately stop further deforestation in the United States. One acre of hemp can produce as much as four acres of trees annually. Hemp is ready for harvest after only four months, while trees take years to grow. All paper products can be made from hemp. The quality of hemp paper is superior to tree-based paper. Hemp paper can be recycled many more times that tree-based paper, and it is less harmful to process hemp paper as it produces less toxic chemicals.


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1. Industrial Hemp can save the world

... eight feet. They are very bushy, with many leaves and flowers. More importantly however, is the difference in their chemical make up. Both hemp and marijuana contain molecules called canabinoids, these molecules are found only in members of the cannabis family. There are many of these molecules, but ... 6). The DEA allocates funding for the research of marijuana, providing permits and grants to those agencies involved, but they will not even consider treating hemp research in the same way (Herer 33). That is absolutely ridiculous, and they do not even offer an explanation for these seem...

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2. Legalization Of Industrial Hemp

... of trees for paper, and an alternative to the use of many other things. I"m here today to persuade you to the many uses of industrial hemp. II. Body A. Industrial hemp is not a drug, it is not marijuana; it is a relative to the marijuana plant, but contains virtually no delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, ... no sense to be afraid of a plant that has been grown for thousands of years around the globe. B. History 1. The main difference between hemp and marijuana is that hemp is useful to us; some people realize that and others have not. Those who have not believe that they are one in t...

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3. Industrial Hemp

... if the nation doesn't find a new profitable and environmentally friendly way to produce vital materials we use every day. The answer to the future of agriculture is industrial hemp. Industrial hemp would be a valuable cash crop that could help eliminate the use of timber and other natural resources. Literally there are thousands of products that can be made out of ... , or made with the use of industrial hemp. Things like "paper, insulation, lubricants, plastic, footwear, cooking oils, toiletries, clothing, fuel, varnish, bedding, concrete, car moldings, preservatives, canvasses, paint, ...

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4. Legalizing Hemp

... structure of penalties for illegal distribution and possession of controlled drugs. Marijuana, hashish, and Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) "the active constituent of marijuana and hashish that was first isolated from the Indian hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa)"(1) are listed in Schedule I of the act, the most restrictive classification. We also have to understand the reasons why marijuana, the drug, became illegal. In fact ... dystonia improved when they smoked marijuana. Animal studies confirmed that cannabinoids might have antidysotonic properties, and scientists undertook another human experi...

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5. legalize hemp

... legislation pushed the 1937 Marijuana prohibition tax act into law. This law prohibited the growing, planting, and possession of marijuana illegal. Because hemp and marijuana share the same name, cannabis sativa, hemp fell under the new strict law. In 1942, during world war two, the US government made a film calledHemp for Victory? that ... nearby marijuana plants to lose more than half it's THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) percentage depending on the amount of pollen the plant is exposed to. The hemp plant does contain one percent THC or less but this small of an amount would not effect the ...

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6. Legalizing Hemp

... cellulose - a primary chemical feed stock (industrial raw material) used in the production of chemicals, plastics, and fibers. Depending on which U.S. agricultural report is correct, an acre of full grown hemp plants can adequately provide from four to 50 or even 100 times the cellulose found in cornstalks, kenaf, or sugar cane (the planet's next highest annual cellulose plants) (Herer, Chp ... .2). Now your probably thinking, "Wow, this plant is amazing, it can almost produce anything!". However, one thing that was least mentioned was how hemp can generate plastic, which is biodegradabl...

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7. Practical and Eco-Friendly Uses for Hemp

... a green fuel that can work is most diesel engines with a simple replacement of the fuel line. There are many advantages that could be had by a large scale shift to hemp fuel. Hemp is easy to grow and extremley resilient, allowing it to be grown in almost any climate. This means countries could refine their own fuel without having to rely on outside ... sources to provide for them. Also, burning hemp based bio-diesel does not create the hydrocarbons and sulfur-dioxide associated with the consumption of fossil fuels and it produces significantly less carbon-monoxide as well. Another use o...

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8. Hemp: God's Gift to Humanity

... life saver. With more complete and accurate education about this plant, the United States public would feel more secure with domestically farming and manufacturing hemp and legally providing marijuana-based drugs to patients who's life depends one it. This high-yield cash crop would prove a stabilizing force in the ... of the psychoactive chemical THC, is amazingly effective as an alternative source of fiber for cloth and paper products. Industrial use of the hemp plant has shaped the progress of humanity, composing the earliest discovered woven cloth, the first book ever written, the sa...

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9. The Benefits of Industrial Hemp

... a much faster rate than other crops and is the most cost effective.We would be able to become less dependent on foreign fuels, and hemp is a sustainable resource. Hemp can help us slow global warming. Some benefits from growing hemp in the U.S. are it would create jobs. People would be able to process the plant here in the U.S. and we could then sell ... grow in this country even though we are faced with global warming? You would think with all the uses and benefits of hemp that would be enough to persuade the government to legalize the commercial growth of hemp. Even though hemp has a ...

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