Industrial Hemp Movement Growing
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Description: An article by the National Drug Strategy Network, an anti-drug organization, showing industrial hemp in a positive light, implicitly supporting it
Industrial Hemp Movement Growing Industrial Hemp Movement Growing While the implications of new medical marijuana laws in California and Arizona are debated, another marijuana-related debate is growing -- the industrial use of hemp. One of the world's oldest crops, hemp was used to make the first fishing nets and rope. Eventually it was used to make sails, maps and garments, becoming the leading crop in America, Europe and Asia from 1500 to 1800. With oil-rich seeds and tall, fibrous stalks, it is used worldwide to make paper, cloth, food, cosmetics, plastic and medicine. Recently, a growing number of farmers and businesses in the U.S. have been lobbying lawmakers to allow for its domestic cultivation (John Mintz, "Splendor in the Grass?"
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