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Woody Harrelson's view of hemp farming: strong fibres, and cuts pesticides
September 25 , 2008 – I’ve believed in hemp for a long time, since I read The Emperor Wears no Clothes by Jack Herer, who was a driving force in the hemp movement. I read the book in the mid-1990s and I read it as one of those environmentalists who saw hemp as this sustainable…
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New Billion Dollar Crop
February 25th, 2009 As the 1914 $10 Federal Reserve Note above shows, hemp once seemed like part of a bountiful future for America. Hemp can be used to make virtually anything that is currently made of cotton, timber or petroleum. Newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst owned millions of acres of timber land and led the…
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Who Was George Washington?
February 16, 2009 – Author of Harvey Wasserman’s History of the United States, Wasserman said today: “Washington inherited substantial riches from his wife Martha, the widow of Daniel Custis, a wealthy plantation owner who died when she was 26. She married George soon thereafter. He was (and is) often referred to as “the richest man…
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America should grow hemp again
Feb 07, 2009-America is the only industrial nation that does not grow hemp. Hemp can be used for many things and at one time in colonial America was illegal not to grow but because of its relations to the cannabis plant it has been outlawed. However, during WWII there was a “Hemp for Victory” campaign.…
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America should grow hemp again
Posted Feb 07, 2009 @ 11:44 AM America is the only industrial nation that does not grow hemp. Hemp can be used for many things and at one time in colonial America was illegal not to grow but because of its relations to the cannabis plant it has been outlawed. However, during WWII there was…
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The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009
April 27, 2009 – Texas Republican Ron Paul, along with ten co-sponsors, is once again seeking to allow for the commercial farming of industrial hemp. House Bill 1866, The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009, would exclude low potency varieties of marijuana from federal prohibition. If approved, this measure will grant state legislatures the authority…
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Hemp Is Not Pot: It's the Economic Stimulus and Green Jobs Solution We Need
By Dara Colwell, AlterNet. Posted March 26, 2009. We can make over 25,000 things with it. Farmers love it. Environmentalists love it. You can’t get high from it. So why is it still illegal? While Uncle Sam’s scramble for new revenue sources has recently kicked up the marijuana debate — to legalize and tax, or…