Wow!!

[Skahtboi]

Personally, I am amazed at how villified one plant is, and all of the laws in place to continue that villification, and how protected another plant is by the law. The seeds of the hemp plant can produce an oil that can be used in cooking as well as a fuel oil. The stems produce a fiber that is extremely strong, and can be used as a construction material that rivals wood, and can also be used in the manufacture of textiles, ropes....etc. There may even be a pharmacological use for the drug tetrahydrocannabinol, but not much is being done in the way of research with it because its status as a schedule I drug, and the accompanying paranoia and prejudice surrounding anything to with its use.

Tobacco on the other hand....

[greymule]

I think it was in the Netherlands that police began to arrest a man for smoking in a restaurant. But when the alleged criminal was able to show that he was smoking marijuana, not evil tobacco, the police apologized and left.

[Chess Ref]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Personally, I am amazed at how villified one plant is, and all of the laws in place to continue that villification, and how protected another plant is by the law. The seeds of the hemp plant can produce an oil that can be used in cooking as well as a fuel oil. The stems produce a fiber that is extremely strong, and can be used as a construction material that rivals wood, and can also be used in the manufacture of textiles, ropes....etc. There may even be a pharmacological use for the drug tetrahydrocannabinol, but not much is being done in the way of research with it because its status as a schedule I drug, and the accompanying paranoia and prejudice surrounding anything to with its use.

Tobacco on the other hand....

LOL your response struck me as funny, in a stoner kinda way.

How come we never add up the carnage that alcohol causes on our society. The contributions pot has made towards the pizza industry is staggering. Seriously it is silly and we're getting around to legalizing personal possession here in California.....

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Chess Ref

LOL your response struck me as funny, in a stoner kinda way.

How come we never add up the carnage that alcohol causes on our society. The contributions pot has made towards the pizza industry is staggering.

And Hershey chocolate bars.

[outathm]

No matter what you may think about it, that is a LOT of plants! Someone was working hard.

You may think Pot smokers are lazy, but try growing that much of anything and see how easy it is. LOL

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by outathm

No matter what you may think about it, that is a LOT of plants! Someone was working hard.

You may think Pot smokers are lazy, but try growing that much of anything and see how easy it is. LOL

You are kidding, right? Being the good Americans these folks probably were, you know damn well that the folks who worked this "farm" were undocumented aliens.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

You are kidding, right? Being the good Americans these folks probably were, you know damn well that the folks who worked this "farm" were undocumented aliens.

Not necessarily. You know, marijuana grows like a, well, weed!

[Chess Ref]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

You are kidding, right? Being the good Americans these folks probably were, you know damn well that the folks who worked this "farm" were undocumented aliens.

This one was obviously not a Humboldt coop.


Yea we do have some issues with these "hidden" farms .

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by outathm

No matter what you may think about it, that is a LOT of plants! Someone was working hard.

You may think Pot smokers are lazy, but try growing that much of anything and see how easy it is. LOL

Ah the principles of a free market, profit is the ultimate motivator!

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Ah the principles of a free market, profit is the ultimate motivator!

You mean you don't think that was for personal medicinal use?

[Chess Ref]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

You mean you don't think that was for personal medicinal use?

I know you know but just in case, everything is medicinal, including sore knees ,and everybody gets the A-OK for the medicine...Thats what I've heard anyways.

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by outathm

No matter what you may think about it, that is a LOT of plants! Someone was working hard.

You may think Pot smokers are lazy, but try growing that much of anything and see how easy it is. LOL

In sierra nevada, it is mostly a business. the pot heads grow their little gardens in their houses/backyards, many of them growing legally. The big farms are cultivated just like many others, and have nothing to do with pot smokers working. They are farmed by farm laborers.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

In sierra nevada, it is mostly a business. the pot heads grow their little gardens in their houses/backyards, many of them growing legally. The big farms are cultivated just like many others, and have nothing to do with pot smokers working. They are farmed by farm laborers.

I am curious as to how they are "grown legally." There is a federal ban on growing hemp in the US.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/dis.../12/27/ndhemp/

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

I am curious as to how they are "grown legally." There is a federal ban on growing hemp in the US.

North Dakota challenges federal ban on hemp | Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ

I wasnt talking about growing hemp - i was talking about legally growing pot for use as pot.. not to make a rope.

Medical pot (another fraudy little lame scam, almost as lame as the "I wanna smoke a rope" argument) is grown legally in CA, despite (and in defiance of) federal law.

I dont know the numbers, but if you have a prescription, you can grow certain amounts. People (all with these "215 cards") get together and grow lots. They also grow it and sell it to the stores that legally supply medical pot. These cards are state issued and look very much like a drivers license, with their picture on it and everything.

Move to CA, claim a back spasm (at worst), pay your $200 and you can grow all your own rope you want.

On a side note- when we passed the medical mj thing, I voted no. It was obviously a pot head scam... as its turned out to be - a little side business for "pot doctors" who will prescribe it for money without even examining you... but

IMO, the federal gov should get the F out. CA legalized it, end of story.

Some times the feds do come and mess with the bigger operations.

Likely CA will go even farther to full legalization. Its a big tax thing for CA right now and talked about a lot.

All it does is turn people stupid IMO. When you talk to a pot head, you can tell they arent all there. They lose something and its idiotic, but probably should just be legal... its such a joke as it is. As long as you have under an ounce, in CA (and you arent charged as a vehicle code misdemeanor), it is less trouble than a speeding ticket and will stay on your record for less time.

[wadeintothem]

Its grown elsewhere and the products imported to the US
Hemp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

See! Now you can smoke your tshirts and ropes and your quest for hemp legalization is over!

Yippie!

Sweatshop free and made in good ole USA and Canada - Order online!
Hemp Clothing Products, Organic Cotton Linens


Yeahh you can even smoke a shower curtain.

Have fun pot heads, zero tolerance Hemp is imported and legal.. we dont have to hear that BS ever again!!!


Yeah!!!!