The farming of hemp has been illegal for generations. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin all grew hemp. Hemp was named “a billion dollar crop in the February 1938 edition of Popular Mechanics (3). One lady, Edith Cook a writer for the Wyoming Tribune – Eagle, has done some investigative reporting on hemp farming. “The Unjust War on Hemp” is an article recently written by Ms.Cook, and published January 30, 2014. In her article Ms. Cook explains the importance of hemp farming in the United States. Edith Cook makes an argument, offering her thesis: The United states is the world’s largest consumer of hemp products, while hemp still remains illegal to grow in the land of the free.
Edith Cook starts off her article by letting …show more content…
While hemp contains less than 0.3% THC and marijuana has on the average 5% THC ( the psychoactive substance in marijuana) (2). It is impossible for a farmer to get high on hemp. Until hemp is decriminalized at a federal level, hemp cannot be grown in Wyoming or for that matter the rest of the United States. The fact still remains that hemp is classified as part of the cannabis family, therefore hemp is classified as a drug, which is banned under the Federal Control Substance Act (2).
Edith Cook’s character (ethos) traits are of someone determined to make a difference in farming. Ms. Cook goes as far as investigating Whole Foods Market, and found that hemp based products are found throughout the Market. Ms. Cook found six different food products along with many hemp based beauty products, all for sale in the United States, and all being grown in Canada (3). Edith Cook brings up an interesting fact in her article, “the United States is the only industrialized nation that bans hemp, while consuming the worlds largest volume of hemp products” (3).There are many more products made from hemp, other than food and beauty products. As Edith Cook expresses, there are more than 5,000 textile products that can be produced from hemp. Along with textile products, more than 25,000 products can be produced from the hurd (The coarse part of the flax or hemp that
Edith Cook starts off her article by letting …show more content…
While hemp contains less than 0.3% THC and marijuana has on the average 5% THC ( the psychoactive substance in marijuana) (2). It is impossible for a farmer to get high on hemp. Until hemp is decriminalized at a federal level, hemp cannot be grown in Wyoming or for that matter the rest of the United States. The fact still remains that hemp is classified as part of the cannabis family, therefore hemp is classified as a drug, which is banned under the Federal Control Substance Act (2).
Edith Cook’s character (ethos) traits are of someone determined to make a difference in farming. Ms. Cook goes as far as investigating Whole Foods Market, and found that hemp based products are found throughout the Market. Ms. Cook found six different food products along with many hemp based beauty products, all for sale in the United States, and all being grown in Canada (3). Edith Cook brings up an interesting fact in her article, “the United States is the only industrialized nation that bans hemp, while consuming the worlds largest volume of hemp products” (3).There are many more products made from hemp, other than food and beauty products. As Edith Cook expresses, there are more than 5,000 textile products that can be produced from hemp. Along with textile products, more than 25,000 products can be produced from the hurd (The coarse part of the flax or hemp that