How Cannabis Hemp Saved Poppy Bush

[Best_man23]

My girlfriend's birthday is next week. As part of her birthday, I bought her a book entitled "The Emperor Wears No Clothes," which is a historical record of cannabis and the government conspiracy against it.

Part of the book includes an article on how hemp (the industrial version of marijuana (Note to Freeps, you CANNOT get high from hemp)) saved Poppy Bush. Here is a retype of the piece.

One more example of the importance of hemp: Five years after cannabis was outlawed in 1937, it was promptly introduced for the war effort in 1942.

So, when the young pilot, George Bush, bailed out of his burning airplane over the Pacific, little did he know:

Parts of his aircraft engine were lubricated with cannabis hempseed oil.

100% of his life-saving parachute webbing was made from U.S. grown cannabis hemp.

Virtually all of the rigging and ropes of the ship that pulled him in were made of cannabis hemp.

The fire hoses on the ship (as were those in the private schools he had attended) were woven from cannabis hemp.

Finally, as young George Bush stood safely on the deck of his carrier, the durable stitching in his shoes was made from, you guessed it, cannabis hemp.

Yet Bush and his son have spent a good deal of their careers eradicating the cannabis plant and enforcing laws to make certain no one will learn this information -- including themselves.

[FlashHarry]

1. Question.

I agree that it is ridiculous to ban industrial hemp. I find it curious, however, that most of the people I see who advocate legalizing industrial hemp, including several friends of mine, are ardent marijuana smokers. My question is, do marijuana smokers somehow think that legalizing industrial hemp (which contains almost no THC, as far as I know) will lead to legalizing marijuana?

This is not meant as flame-bait; it is just a question. I advocate decriminalization of marijuana, by the way.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. I've never smoked pot

but I have bought clothes made of hemp, and they wear like iron and feel very soft. Hemp would be a great crop for ex-tobacco farmers in places like KY. I have heard people speak about hemp, and yes, their ultimate goal was to legitimize, or at least decriminalize, the more potent strain of the plant.

[chenGOD]

3. As an ardent pothead...

I highly doubt it. Almost everybody I've ever met who smokes marijuana regularly knows that you cannot get high off hemp. People advocate it because they recognize its usefulness.

[FlashHarry]

4. Then why are the majority of hemp advocates

also 'potheads?' (at least they have been in the college towns that I've visited: Madison, Chapel Hill, Iowa City, Athens, etc.) Is it a symbol of marijuana oppression?

Don't get me wrong; I think it's nonsensical to ban the growing of industrial hemp. I just don't see the connection to weed.

[Rainbowreflect]

5. I'm not a "pot head" . I've tried it, but don't like it for me.

I have always supported use of hemp products because I care about the environment. Of the people I know that smoke pot alot are very concerned about environmental issues and they know that pot & hemp are not the same thing anymore than gains are beer or a potato is vodka.

[MiltonLeBerle]

9. That's how it is for me and alcohol.

I've tried it, but don't like it for me. I'm a 42.5 year-old male who has never liked the taste of beer. I used to drink scotch, and plenty of it, but not anymore. I'll have an occasional glass of wine, maybe once every week or two, but never to the point of intoxication.
But I do like to smoke pot, and in doing research on my drug of choice, I was enlightened as to the myriad uses of the plant, how beneficial it's been throughout history, and how it is an incredible natural and renewable resource that could benefit us all in a LOT of non-THC related ways.

[chenGOD]

6. Because like I said...

they recognize ALL the great applications cannabis has... :7

[arcos]

7. because we believe the cannabis plant has been "satanized"...

In addition to being wonderful to smoke :smoke:, the plant also can provide us hemp for other stuff. I think it is sentimental... it is caused by the love for the plant.

[FlashHarry]

10. That makes sense.

Like I said, I think it should be legal--both the industrial and, ahem, medicinal versions. I just wish we'd see 'legalize hemp' bumper-stickers sold in the malls, not just in head shops. I think the current perception that it's being pushed by 'hippie pot-smokers' is hurting its chances.

[commander bunnypants]

8. Firing up my bong

Hemp shouldbe legalized. It is a wonderful product. Safe, useful, good for the enviroment.

DDQM- still asleep

[Best_man23]

11. Kick

For the afternoon crowd.