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kiwi's avatar

this is the reason rockenfella demonized cannabis aka hemp (reefer madness) back

in the 1930,s, a clean competitor no no can,t have that, their answer was to brand the

hemp plant a criminal

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anything you can make from petroleum oils can be made (better) from hemp oils. pharmaceuticals, fuel, synthetic fibers, plastic... you name it. plus food/stock feed value from the seeds, alcohol from the leftover biomass after removing everything useful from the plant material, and add the uses for the fiber, then it's a threat to numerous very profitable industries.

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kiwi's avatar

there was a book years ago that listed the uses of the hemp plant, seeds, fibre,

everything henry ford was a big promoter of hemp, model "T",s at the time rolled

of the production line with 5 gallons of hemp seed fuel in the tank, there was a picture of henry with a sledge hammer beating a model T panel that was on the floor, this was a composite panel made entirely from hemp fibres and resins,

the panel showed no signs of damage

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