Canada's "prince of pot"

[billy]

so when they legalize hemp (which they will do eventually)
hemp growers and rope makers will also suffer lol.

[cigarbabe]

[quote='velvetfog' pid='39511' dateline='1284338793']
The primary beneficiaries of the ban on industrial hemp production in the U.S. are the makers of nylon fiber and the wood pulp producers.

Not quite coincidentally, the DuPont family (nylon) and the Hearst newspaper syndicate (wood pulp) were the strongest and best financed supporters of the "Reefer Madness" anti-marijuana hysteria in the 1930s that led to the total ban on domestic hemp production in the U.S.

Exactly right V.F. and I believe they were so vehemently against "Hemp Products"
because they believed it would threaten their individual fortunes down the line.
Sadly this country is far behind the times as far as drugs and other "relevant issues" are concerned.
Instead of wasting money on interdiction we should be spending money on
"treatment on demand" programs and utilizing our limited resources
on initiating programs to help farmers grow hemp and stop farming/growing
corn which they use to our detriment in foodstuffs,dog,cat foods and generally
as a low cost substitute for every damn thing!
I like corn don't get me wrong, but we shouldn't be feeding
it to our farm animals nor using it in our foods as fillers.
I write letters sign petitions and demonstrate whenever possible
to help promote hemp as a healthy alternative to nylon and other
oil,petroleum based products.
How about you?

Also....I wonder how many people in this country {and out}
know that the U.S.'s monetary system was based on opium once upon a time?
C.B.

[billy]

i never knew of the opium based currency.

i have no idea if the uk grows hemp or not but i think we import it.

[cigarbabe]

It's seems to me a little stupid and strange
when you look at how this country started out
and that the once currency which was good enough then
is the same that they now want to eradicate.
Weird huh?
I understand they hadn't the foresight
to know what would happen
or did they?
Why not harness the "power"
that can be made from the sale
of hemp products or drugs outright?

Thoughts?
C.B.

[billy]

if they can do it with booze and tobacco i don't see why not.
at least with weed.

growing and selling aside,
imagine how much cash it could generate for the government if they fine people who are driving under the influence of it