What is hemp good for..

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

My sig, 1st link.

THIEF!!!

j/k spreading the info is never a bad thing

 

[HitManSE 10+ year member]

THIEF!!!
j/k spreading the info is never a bad thing

Yeah I got if from your sig, been a while actually //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

The possibilities of hemp are almost limitless. I'm taking a materials science class right now and my Asian teacher with quite possibly the funniest case of Engrish ever talks about hemp a lot. (No, the teacher is not a pot head, he is not an environmentalist nut case, he's not even a democrat. He's just a person who likes to do their job well.)

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

it's good for makein rope and other materials

 

[thatkidbob 10+ year member]

I can't understand why either hemp or marijuana are illegal... hemp is a good, cheap fiber. as for marijuana, like alcohol when it was prohibited, legal pressure only drives up prices and creates a black market... supply and demand.

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

I can't understand why either hemp or marijuana are illegal... hemp is a good, cheap fiber. as for marijuana, like alcohol when it was prohibited, legal pressure only drives up prices and creates a black market... supply and demand.

Do some research. It was all about racism and money.

 

[thatkidbob 10+ year member]

Do some research. It was all about racism and money.

I actually have done a little bit of reading on the subject... i suppose i should rephrase by saying i don't understand why they're still illegal. Was the campaigning against weed so effective that, despite facts to the contrary, that stance has become ingrained in the american psyche?

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

I actually have done a little bit of reading on the subject... i suppose i should rephrase by saying i don't understand why they're still illegal. Was the campaigning against weed so effective that, despite facts to the contrary, that stance has become ingrained in the american psyche?

Pretty much, yes.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

most drugs have been banned because of racism, cocaine and opium are 2 good examples, yet could be used in the medical field still

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

I'm in no way trying to say "marijuana should be legal" or anything like that.. that isn't tha point of this particular thread.

I'm just saying hemp is a limitless crop, as someone has already said.. it can be used for MANY things..

This isn't a legalization thread. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

You can make brake pads out of hemp.

 

[HitManSE 10+ year member]

The possibilities of hemp are almost limitless. I'm taking a materials science class right now and my Asian teacher with quite possibly the funniest case of Engrish ever talks about hemp a lot. (No, the teacher is not a pot head, he is not an environmentalist nut case, he's not even a democrat. He's just a person who likes to do their job well.)

True, the seeds alone are a valuable source of fiber and healthy fats. More so then flax seed.

I dont get why some people base once political standpoint with most issues though, especially weed. Im a Republican, but I dont like war, and I think weed is a good thing and, etc. Screw the political party BS and what one side or another is supposed to think like. I just like thinking logically. right, left, rep, dem is all just a BS ploy to divide people up & is stupid IMO.

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I actually have done a little bit of reading on the subject... i suppose i should rephrase by saying i don't understand why they're still illegal. Was the campaigning against weed so effective that, despite facts to the contrary, that stance has become ingrained in the american psyche?

Pfizer (or however its spelled) and DuPont will lose A LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT of money if weed was legal. Hell, hemp can be used in ways to make plastic from oils. Its a weed, so its not like enough of it wont grow. That right there is a blow to the oil industry who uses oil to make plastics...

A lot of drugs (which Pfizer wouldnt like) will most likely be taken off the shelves, meaning less profit for Pfizer. Lets not forget all the DEA and LE jobs that will be lost because they'll have 600-700,000 less arrests a year to make on cannabis alone.

Legalizing it will be a large financial problem & thats why people like Pfizer and oil companies, will be paying congress through lobbyist (i.e. bribing) to keep things the way they want it.

Lets also not forget that the government doesnt like black people and mexicans. Which WAS the reason weed became illegal to begin with (fact) but isnt the reason it stays illegal, thats because they're making too much profit from it being illegal, and the racism thing is probably just on the side now. The problem with those arrests though is a larger majority of the black and mexican people that get arrested end up having heavier penalties placed on their backs then white people.

That too makes $ though the prison system. Im sure it gets deeper then just this though. Think.

 

[HitManSE 10+ year member]

I'm in no way trying to say "marijuana should be legal" or anything like that.. that isn't tha point of this particular thread.
I'm just saying hemp is a limitless crop, as someone has already said.. it can be used for MANY things..

This isn't a legalization thread. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Thats fine, not trying to turn it into one. Just stating that keeping it illegal generates MORE profit then it could if made legal and taxed.

Hemps use is wide, and could add to just about anything. Just the seeds being used for consumption, or to make oil for plastics will be a HUGE addition to helping clean things up. Plus all the oxygen that large a base of plants will generate.

The fiber can be used for Paper, rope, clothing, etc. Less trees to cut down, hemp can grow quickly, trees cant. It can also be used for biodiesel sources (instead of corn //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif )

 

[thatkidbob 10+ year member]

I'm in no way trying to say "marijuana should be legal" or anything like that.. that isn't tha point of this particular thread.
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This isn't a legalization thread. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

my bad, i wasn't trying to take over your thread... its just the futility of this whole "war against drugs" exercise... and this is coming from a non-drug user...

That too makes $ though the prison system. Im sure it gets deeper then just this though. Think.

so it sounds like what you're saying is it comes down to the collective action problem... a smaller group (like pfizer, oil companies, etc) will always be able to lobby more effectively than a larger group (the american people, who stand to save money)

 

[HitManSE 10+ year member]

so it sounds like what you're saying is it comes down to the collective action problem... a smaller group (like pfizer, oil companies, etc) will always be able to lobby more effectively than a larger group (the american people, who stand to save money)

Thats what its always been, and yes they will effectively be able to lobby more so then the American people because they collect a larger portion of the American peoples $ then what the American people save and pay every year.

A large majority of the American people are customers of Pfizer and oil companies. So of course they'll have a lot more $ to pay congress to keep things the way they want it. Whatever makes them most $.

Wouldnt you?

Its always been this way, 10% controls 90% of the money. Those who control the $, control everything.

Take a look at the oil companies, lets say 200 million people in the US drive cars. Conservative # IMO. If each one puts $30 into their tank a week (again, conservative #) thats over $6 billion in 1 week spilt just through gasoline. That doesnt even include plastics. Pfizer has just as strong a grip on the people as the oil companies do, and I wouldnt be surprised if their income was just as high as the oil industry.

Thats why I dont like the idea of lobbyist, I see it as legalized bribing.