Hemp

Hemp Fiber: Legal Issues and History Despite the controversy, this environmentally friendly and versatile cannabis fiber has become popular for countless products in the apparel and goods industry. Apparels of hemp fibers contain the beneficial qualities of the long and durable stalk plant. Its ability to easily blend with other fibers makes it more desirable in the market as well as the fashion industry. Unlike cotton, hemp farming has been through several federal issues throughout the American…

thinks that hemp is bad because it has qualities similar to marijuana. When in fact, it is a very distant cousin of ganja and is not really like wacky-tabacky at all. Industrial hemp can be used in clothing, food/beverages, paper, building materials, plastics, fuel and chemical clean-up. It can help the economy by opening thousands of jobs and bringing in local money and we would not have to import it from other countries anymore. “A change in federal policy to once again allow hemp farming…

can we recreate that success in the upcoming hemp industry? In my research, I want to analyze what government policies assisted this success. My research will focus on what legislative initiatives would allow the upcoming industrial hemp industry to be as successful as Kentucky Bourbon. I have several questions I want to address in my research. Firstly, what plan for tax incentives and subsidies would be most effective in helping the industrial hemp economy grow? To answer this question, I…

Legalizing Hemp Legalizing the use of hemp would help our economy in more ways than one. It would help give a more natural alternative to the products the United States already produces such as for food, feed, and oil. Dr. Edward from the Global Healing Center states that “Hemp is illegal to produce in the United States because of its distant relation to THC-laden cannabis sativa.” (“Hemp Production Should Be Legalized” Para. 4) The Prohibitive Marihuana Tax Law is the bill that outlawed hemp.…

Paragraph IIA Thesis: Instead of putting restricted rules on growing hemp, government should legalize the planting of hemp due to its valuable content and it is people’s basic freedom. Instead of restricting the production of hemp, the United States government should legalize the planting of hemp due to its beneficial value to society while fulfilling the natural rights and freedom of America. Hemp planting is currently considered illegal, but due to its value in different field and people’s…

plant exists, Hemp. Also known as, Cannabis Sativa, Marijuana, Grass, Mary Jane, and by many other names, has not been legal in the United States since 1937 when it was unjustly banned, for its relationship to marijuana (“hemp…”). With that in mind, it’s true that Hemp and Marijuana are the same species, Cannabis Sativa, but hemp is a distant cousin to marijuana and has a minuscule amount of THC, the psychoactive compound that gives marijuana users a high(“Hemp…”). Therefore, most hemp…

It is believed 1 acre of hemp over the course of 20 years can produce 4 to 10 times the amount of paper than trees and although the deforestation problem we are faced with today is associated to many things the trees saved would still reduce the damaging effects paper production has on our planet; yet less than 1% of paper we use today is made with hemp. Hemp Plastic which can not only be made to be completely recycled, reducing the enormous…

The hemp plant, or Cannabis, is what produces a drug that is considered to be one of the most common drugs in the world. “According to the United Nations, 158.8 million people around the world use marijuana—more than 3.8% of the planet’s population.” (Foundation for a Drug-free World, n.d.). Marijuana is is created by the drying of hemp plant’s flowers or leaves. Marijuana is not considered to be a herbal drug; rather, it is classified in the Cannabinoids group along with Hashish. The DEA has…

Hemp Oil Benefits We Can Use Now Clothes and paper, much like Hemp Oil, were made from Hemp trees during the ancient times, but does it mean that hemp oil is safe and beneficial for our domestic usage today? Oftentimes shrouded in controversy because of its loose association with Cannabis species, Hemp Oil is indeed useful in human bodies. Straight off, the plant’s seeds that primarily form the basis in the extraction of the oil is rich in proteins, Omega-6, Omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty…

Cannabis oil, hemp oil, and CBD oil are often confusing for some individuals when it comes to establishing what makes one different from the other. The key difference is found in the source of these products, meaning the plant from which they are derived. Cannabidiol can be derived from medical marijuana plants, as well as industrial hemp plants. Both plants are from the same cannabis gene pool and hence, are two distinct cannabis plants that feature different characteristics. They are not one…