Everyone talks about the Environment......BUT Nobody

[Bennyboy]

talks about industrial HEMP. Why is that? Politicians on both sides of the aisle all flap their gums about global warming, jobs, pollution, dependence on foreign oil, etc. But none of them ever talk about industrial HEMP which could go a long ways to eliminate those problems.

If HEMP were legal, we would have an American industry. Grown here, processed here.

Everything that is now made from oil based plastics could be manufactured here in the US. Bottles, bags, flip flops...And the best part is, they would all be biodegradable.

If HEMP were legal, we could lessen the impact on the forests. Anything that is made from wood fiber we could make right here in the good ol USA. Maybe open up some of the wood processing plants that are now shuttered.

If HEMP wee legal, it would lessen the effects that more water intensive crops (cotton)have on water supplies and the environment. hemp takes 1/3 the water to grow the same yields. In processing, HEMP takes 1/10 the water. Not to mention that HEMP could be grown without the heavy pesticide use that other crops need.

The wy I see it, unless someone mentions HEMP as way out of many of the problems in the country, they are just blowing smoke up my ass, and pandering to the true enemies of the US, the oil companies and industries that use oil for their products.