Should the farming of hemp and or marijuana be allowed in the U.S.?

[MusicAdventurer]

Should the farming of hemp-producing Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) and or marijuana-producing Cannabis (Cannabis indica) be allowed in the U.S.?

 

[phattonez]

Does it harm anyone? No. Then yes it should be allowed.

 

[Temporal]

Both cannabis indica and cannabis sativa produce smokeable flowers.

Hemp should be farmed in mass quantities because we can make everything we need out of it. It is a miracle plant. The fact that it is either outright banned or so highly taxed that it's not profitable to grow just shows the insanity and meddling of our country's business sector.

We wouldn't have to import lumber from Canada, fiber from China, or fish the oceans to produce omega oils. It's all in one plant. And if done correctly, it would be the most efficient way to make bio fuel.

 

[Ockham]

Industrial Hemp has trace THC and is primarily crossed with varieties that produce fibers and little else. Hemp harms no one, is a reusable and renewable resource and could take the place of other raw materials such as wood pulp (for paper and other paper products) clothing, and thousands of other things. As far as I know hemp was thrown in with marijuana because of it's flexibility and renewability. The cotton and wool industry as well as the logging industry certainly didn't want hemp to be widely used and grown and benefited from it's restrictions of use in the U.S.

 

[MusicAdventurer]

Industrial Hemp has trace THC and is primarily crossed with varieties that produce fibers and little else. Hemp harms no one, is a reusable and renewable resource and could take the place of other raw materials such as wood pulp (for paper and other paper products) clothing, and thousands of other things. As far as I know hemp was thrown in with marijuana because of it's flexibility and renewability. The cotton and wool industry as well as the logging industry certainly didn't want hemp to be widely used and grown and benefited from it's restrictions of use in the U.S.

It seems like the different political ideologies are coming together on this one so far!

 

[Ockham]

It seems like the different political ideologies are coming together on this one so far!

Taking hemp off of the "dangerous" list is just the right thing to do. The history of the plant goes back thousands of years as does it's usefulness ... I would suspect smoking hemp leaves would leave one retching with a very sore throat.

 

[The Mark]

I think you may have your terms mixed up slightly in the poll choices, as you're calling both versions of Cannabis the same scientific name.

However, I would say that hemp should be 100% legal for growth and processing.

Marijuana should perhaps be similar to tobacco and alcohol.

Since the plants are identical in appearance, it wouldn’t make sense to allow hemp growth while still having marijuana illegal.

Unless some way of ensuring only the hemp version of cannabis is grown is out there…

 

[MusicAdventurer]

Taking hemp off of the "dangerous" list is just the right thing to do. The history of the plant goes back thousands of years as does it's usefulness ... I would suspect smoking hemp leaves would leave one retching with a very sore throat.

So if everyone is in agreement in this .. why aren't things changing .. perhaps not everyone is in agreement on this and those that are not agreement, are ashamed and have no viable argument against allowing the crop(s).

 

[MusicAdventurer]

I think you may have your terms mixed up slightly in the poll choices, as you're calling both versions of Cannabis the same scientific name.

Oops! I meant to put cannabis sativa for hemp (messed that up when I put up the post .. oops).

However, I would say that hemp should be 100% legal for growth and processing.

Marijuana should perhaps be similar to tobacco and alcohol.

I could not agree with you more

Since the plants are identical in appearance, it wouldn’t make sense to allow hemp growth while still having marijuana illegal.

Unless some way of ensuring only the hemp version of cannabis is grown is out there…

As far as I know, they actually can be distinguished by physical appearance. see: Hemp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Helix]

farming of marijuana for hemp or recreational use should be fully legal.

 

[The Mark]

As far as I know, they actually can be distinguished by physical appearance. see: Hemp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oh.

Well, then.

Idiot bureaucracies.

 

[Temporal]

Just wanted to mention something important here. When referring to hemp, don't call it marijuana. Marijuana is the political name that was given to it during the reefer madness era by its opponents. It's called cannabis. It is sub-divided into three species, one of which produces the greatest hemp yields.

It's not called marijuana hemp. You have a tree, and when you process the tree it is wood. You have cannabis sativa, and then you have its hemp.

Scientifically, there is no such thing as "marijuana". "Marijuana" comes from the Mexican word maraguanquo which means "intoxicating plant".

 

[Your Star]

Both should be legal, it's long overdue.

 

[The Mark]

Just wanted to mention something important here. When referring to hemp, don't call it marijuana. Marijuana is the political name that was given to it during the reefer madness era by its opponents. It's called cannabis. It is sub-divided into three species, one of which produces the greatest hemp yields.

It's not called marijuana hemp. You have a tree, and when you process the tree it is wood. You have cannabis sativa, and then you have its hemp.

Scientifically, there is no such thing as "marijuana". "Marijuana" comes from the Mexican word maraguanquo which means "intoxicating plant".

Interesting.

I've heard of many possible uses for hemp fibers.

And I've wondered if it could be used as a base for a bio-fuel of some sort - of course, the joke then would be "I get high when I drive my car - but not from smoking weed".

:mrgreen:

 

[Dittohead not!]

We need to legalize pot and hemp both, and farm them commercially instead of relying on subsidized and water intensive cotton while the cartels hire illegals to farm marijuana on our public lands.

Pot cultivation on national forest lands creates an ecological nightmare. Farming of subsidized cotton requires far more water than hemp would do.

Let's farm both commercially, stop the subsidies, and quit funding the absurd and unconstitutional war on drugs.

 

[digsbe]

I support growing hemp for industrial uses. I support keeping marijuana use illegal.

 

[samsmart]

Should the farming of hemp-producing Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) and or marijuana-producing Cannabis (Cannabis indica) be allowed in the U.S.?

Yes they should be allowed to be grown in the U.S. It would be a big boost to our economy, both for recreational drugs and for manufacturing goods.

And if that wasn't enough, George Washington grew hemp.

 

[MusicAdventurer]

I support keeping marijuana use illegal.

Why is that?

 

[stelz]

Legalize freedom, FFS.

 

[digsbe]

Why is that?

We don't need another legal psychoactive drug on the markets. As a pre-pharmacy student and a biologist I cannot condone the legalization of marijuana for recreational drug use.

 

[MusicAdventurer]

We don't need another legal psychoactive drug on the markets. As a pre-pharmacy student and a biologist I cannot condone the legalization of marijuana for recreational drug use.

Do you actively support efforts to make alcohol and tobacco illegal?

As a pre-pharmacy student, What damage do you foresee marijuana doing?

 

[The Mark]

We don't need another legal psychoactive drug on the markets. As a pre-pharmacy student and a biologist I cannot condone the legalization of marijuana for recreational drug use.

Well, I could go with that, I suppose.

As long as hemp can be legalized.

Problem is, I could easily see someone breeding or genetically engineering (although less likely) a high-THC cannabis plant that looks like a high-fiber (or some other useful aspect) cannabis plant.

Then they would be out testing all the hemp farmer’s plants for THC levels.

Bleh.

 

[digsbe]

Do you actively support efforts to make alcohol and tobacco illegal?

As a pre-pharmacy student, What damage do you foresee marijuana doing?

Do I have to support those things? I said we don't need anymore psychoactive drugs on the market. Drugs and tobacco are bad and they're enough/

Smoking marijuana bathes the lungs in powerful carcinogens which leads to cancer (much like cigarettes). We see how harmful alcohol and tobacco are, why legalize another harmful drug? THC is available in prescription form via the trade name Dronabinol. Dronabinol is a CII. Why not just legalize other CII's like morphine, Oxycontin, and other drugs for public recreational use? Doing so is foolish. Marijuana should not be legalize. THC does have some medical benefits, which is why there is prescription THC available. There is no need to legalize weed.

 

[stelz]

We don't need another legal psychoactive drug on the markets. As a pre-pharmacy student and a biologist I cannot condone the legalization of marijuana for recreational drug use.

1) What about all the other uses?

2) Everybody does it anyway, or used to do it, or has friends and family who do it. The last few presidents have done it. You'd continue to criminalize the whole country? Sheesh, put up the razor wire and the guard towers around the borders and call it a "camp".

 

[digsbe]

1) What about all the other uses?

2) Everybody does it anyway, or used to do it, or has friends and family who do it. The last few presidents have done it. You'd continue to criminalize the whole country? Sheesh, put up the razor wire and the guard towers around the borders and call it a "camp".

Read my above post.