"Hemp is not legal to grow in the U.S. under Federal law because of its relation to marijuana... Some states have made the cultivation of industrial hemp legal, but these states — North Dakota, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Oregon, California, Montana, West Virginia and Vermont — have not yet begun to grow it because of resistance from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration." (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp#United_States)
Hemp contains no (or extremely little) THC and can't get you high, so why is it banned by the DEA? Ron Paul said: "Hemp can't get you high unless the joint is the size of a telephone pole!"
If hemp was legal to cultivate in the US, it would cause a huge jump to the economy as well as the job market.
It's time to end this policy!