Industrial hemp, why import it when we can grow it here?
Win for the environment & economy.
-In the '30s US gov launched negative campaign about marijuana to protect timber, oil & synthetic fibre & plastics industries. It was banned in the US under the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937.
-It's illegal to grow industrial hemp for food, oil, paper or fabric but it's legal to import, process, consume & wear it here.
-Farmers around the world grow hemp legally.
-Hemp contains virtually no THC.
-It's seeds are pressed for oil that can be used for food (salad dressings, supplements), lubrication, fuel, paints, paper, varnishes etc.
-1 acre of hemp (grown in single season) yields as much paper as 4 acres of trees.
-HEMP IS THE #1 biomass producer on earth.