Legilisation of Marijuana The generic term 'hemp' is often used to refer to all uses and forms of the cannabis plant, including marijuana. In 1938, a Popular Mechanics magazine article, entitled "New Billion Dollar Crop," established hemp as the standard fiber of the world, identified it as the strongest, most durable, longest lasting natural soft fiber in existence, and listed over 25,000 products that can be manufactured from it. Hemp's versatility yields fiber and hurds (the core …
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…BE ALLOWED TO GROW an energy crop capable of producing 10 tons per acre in 90-120 days. This crop must be woody in nature and high in lignocellulose. It must be able to grow in all climactic zones in America. And it should not compete with food crops for the most productive land, but be grown in rotation with food crops or on marginal land where food crop production isn't profitable. Hemp is all of these