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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:36 AM Original message |
Hemp Is Not Pot: It's the Economic Stimulus and Green Jobs Solution We Need |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, but it's awful easy to hide a few real pot plants in a field of hemp.. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That probably has little to do with why industrial hemp isn't legal here |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. i think you just nailed it. it's easy, |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. So you don't think psychoactive cannabis can be hidden in industrial hemp fields? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Did I say that? I just don't think it's the primary reason for industrialized hemp prohibition. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. You would wind up with some heavily seeded pot.. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I remember the days of seeds. Don't miss them much. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Not everyone has the money for sinse.. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Word.. |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Yes, it was the lumber and paper industries who demonized hemp and |
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wovenpaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. and DuPont |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. And Monsanto hasn't a patent on the seed, and it doesn't need pesticides & fertilizers! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. BINGO! |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Bingo. |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Perhaps we need to rethink our laws about ALL Cannabis prohibition |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Hemp causes Pot to become Hemp. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Not in the first generation.. n/t |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. 'k' Thanks for the info. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. LOL and then there is the cross-pollination issue due to those pesky honey bees, but then we've kill |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Yeah, but those were some Happy Peaceful Bees when they died, so they went straight to Nirvana . . . |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Here's to bees everywhere! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. And gardens! The sooner the Better! |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Cannabis/hemp/marijuana is wind pollinated. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. its easy...but it will be worth nothing and will give a headache to whoever smokes it |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Genetics don't change in the first generation.. |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
45. The thing is |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:35 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. There was seeded pot around a long time before there was Sinse.. |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:44 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. But try smoking Hemp and all you'll get is a Super Sized Headache |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. But growing a psychoactive pot plant in a field of hemp won't turn it to hemp. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. We had lunch in the Hemp Hotel in Amsterdam.....Everything in the hotel (much of the food included) |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You could feed and clothe the world, make paper and save the environment |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
44. And create fuel |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I've heard of the Hemp Hotel, I hope to visit someday. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I order Hemp foods from Canada. The bread is substantial and delicious. |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I have tried Hemp Oil, it is even better than Olive Oil. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Hemp butter makes the creamiest health-shake you can imagine. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. Interjecting some love for bamboo here |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. The two most useful plants on earth are cannabis and bamboo.. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Cool, but Does Bamboo have the "green manure" properties that Hemp has? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Probably |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Hemp, like Soy Beans, Alfalfa, and some others, binds Nitrogen in the soil, thus replenishing |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Forgive me |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Me too. But I think that says that the Bamboo, by preserving fine-root biomass, preserves Nitrogen |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. cool |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
67. No, I don't think that's right, for hemp |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I believe it also grows very dense, i.e., very small footprint |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Dense is an understatement. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. A San Francisco medicinal marijuana provider was raided yesterday.. |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Man that SUCKS |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Unless the order wasn't really meant to be enforced in the first place |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. I'd love to know what "legal" drugs they take! |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
66. Another lie foisted |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
42. Sure, but both should be legal. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
46. big oil won't let it |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. Next you'll be tellin me grain is not alcohol...lol. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
49. Gawd the pot-can-do-ANYTHING lobby is hilarious... |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. YAWWWWWWN. Another boring comment. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. I think your 99 number is a bit high (pardon the pun) |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #59 |
69. "Hemp rope is considered far superior to synthetics" - only in certain applications |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #49 |
63. nice blinders |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #49 |
65. Fact free snarking from the fact free snark |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
68. I agree |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
53. Common sense rarely prevails over many issues. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
55. George Washington was a hemp farmer |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
56. Mornig Glory has escaped wrath. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. If I remember my Anarchist's Cookbook, it takes a lot of doing to wrangle the "good stuff" from them |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I just googled. Prepare 100 to 150 seeds for eight hour LSD type high. |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I wondered why it cost $3 for a pack of ten seeds. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Or you could buy a real tab for $5 (back in the day, of course!) |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
64. Taxonomically speaking... |
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