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wildbilln864

(13,382 posts)
42. it looks so similar thought...
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 04:55 PM
Jan 2013

there is cannabis indica, cannabis sativa, and I think it's cannabi rudaralis(ditchweed)?
indica being the one with the high THC content and used for medical purposes.

the cotton lobby will block legalization via its prostitute politicians nt msongs Jan 2013 #1
Well, HEarst ran the original smear campaign because he owned so much of the wood industry RomneyLies Jan 2013 #3
So... it was a conspiracy? RobertEarl Jan 2013 #14
Nope, not a conspiracy at all RomneyLies Jan 2013 #15
And you were almost free..... RobertEarl Jan 2013 #22
Dude, read the congressional record RomneyLies Jan 2013 #24
Not to mention the petrochemical industry Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #11
Hell, you can make PLASTIC from Hemp. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #12
Hence the opposition Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #16
Iowa corn growers RomneyLies Jan 2013 #21
It should be utilized, the outlawing of hemp was/is ludicrous. Uncle Joe Jan 2013 #2
It was racism that prompted making it illegal, too. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #6
In fact, with that in mind..... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #84
its a great product samsingh Jan 2013 #4
It insured we would win World War II RomneyLies Jan 2013 #8
how did it get so ignored over the decades samsingh Jan 2013 #9
Not ignored, suppressed by the anti-"marijuana" porpaganda. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #10
this may be the time to change all that suppression samsingh Jan 2013 #68
My father grew it during WWII Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #13
What's grown for fiber is nothing at all like what's grown for drugs. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #19
*You* know that and *I* know that Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #23
it looks so similar thought... wildbilln864 Jan 2013 #42
Enjoyed the movie GiveMeFreedom Jan 2013 #39
If the hippies are fer it, I'm agin it. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #5
It's a travesty that it isn't being grown on an industrial scale n/t arcane1 Jan 2013 #7
It makes a great heavy fabric. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #17
Canada is having at it! RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #18
Yes. polly7 Jan 2013 #26
I think it's a shame that it's not being grown already on a widespread basis. Arkansas Granny Jan 2013 #20
It's a miracle plant RussBLib Jan 2013 #25
I posted this in post 67, people in Colorado seem to be getting serious. MissMarple Jan 2013 #69
I challenge anyone to tell us one negative thing about Hemp. It's not only positive, it's BETTER patrice Jan 2013 #27
The recreational cannabis legislation in Colorado allows up to five plants in a locked room indoors. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #29
Scalability in particular is a VERY fine feature of Hemp. nt patrice Jan 2013 #30
That's the beauty of the plant RomneyLies Jan 2013 #31
Scalability also creates opportunities for co - operation BETWEEN enterprises, so individuals patrice Jan 2013 #33
My feelings are that it will be legal before 2014 tridim Jan 2013 #28
Canada is building cars out of hemp like Henry Ford did many years back think Jan 2013 #32
I saw the Ford hemp car video. He pounded a hammer on a fender lob1 Jan 2013 #62
there was a more recent "hemp car" green for victory Jan 2013 #75
We're already importing it from Canada; would be better to grow what we need here. eShirl Jan 2013 #34
I'll try anything once. n/t tabasco Jan 2013 #35
BWAH! RomneyLies Jan 2013 #36
"Industrial Hemp" sounds like it would leave a metalic taste in your mouth. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #37
Well, it's for manufacturing products RomneyLies Jan 2013 #38
"pharmaceutical cannabis" to me sounds like it's designed to do nothing. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #71
"pharmaceutical cannabis", "medical marijuana". Same shit, different words. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #72
I prefer anything that makes scents. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #82
It gave me a really, really nasty headache. Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #40
I'd love to ditch all the plastics libodem Jan 2013 #41
I think it could replace them all MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #45
I think they are the ones who lobby against growing it libodem Jan 2013 #48
Oh yeah MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #49
It's crazy libodem Jan 2013 #55
Indeed. MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #57
Total fools libodem Jan 2013 #61
Money. MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #63
Your feeling on this MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #43
Good stuff, it is ciminal how the govt treats hemp. Rex Jan 2013 #44
I had called my Senator and told him it should be legallized Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #46
No problem here. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #47
Having read many many articles about it MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #51
Well, perfect plants tend to be planted in monoculture. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #53
Good point MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #58
"For it" War Horse Jan 2013 #50
LEGALIZE IT NOW!!! nt 99th_Monkey Jan 2013 #52
I couldn't get that much of a buzz from it. Major Nikon Jan 2013 #54
It's being discussed here in Kentucky. We used to have a healthy hemp industry. alfredo Jan 2013 #56
Termite resistant, hurricane strength residential lumber. Blue State Bandit Jan 2013 #59
It would certainly solve a lot of problems. CommoFreq Jan 2013 #60
If it does anything to put a dent in how corn is taking over I am for it... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #64
Timber, corn, cotton, plastics, and oil industry wouldn't be happy about it, Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #65
It's Constitutional IDemo Jan 2013 #66
We may be growing it here in Colorado this year. MissMarple Jan 2013 #67
Agree 110% deathrind Jan 2013 #70
Just another industrial plant product. n/t OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #73
ALL of it needs to be legal. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #74
I have a hemp shirt. HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #76
the problem is that there is no science allowed in the USA, even though hemp in Canada is thriving farminator3000 Jan 2013 #77
I have a copy of The Emperor Wears No Clothes RomneyLies Jan 2013 #78
they're still working on the species thing, i think. one of the best things for hemp would be farminator3000 Jan 2013 #79
that train is leaving the station green for victory Jan 2013 #80
Motherfuckers RomneyLies Jan 2013 #81
It's great for the environment and highly useful, too. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #83
agreed. and it would create a new cash crop for farmers RainDog Jan 2013 #85
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