At the risk of sounding like an insufferable hippy, it is absolutely ridiculous that hemp has been banned. Even if you consider pot to be harmful, it is stupidly obvious that hemp is harmless.
On yet another note: hemp has been largely surpassed by other products and isn't really a big cash crop even in countries were it has remained legal. It may make a comeback with a nontraditional demographic, much like PBR, but that remains to be seen.
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At the risk of sounding like an insufferable hippy, it is absolutely ridiculous that hemp has been banned. Even if you consider pot to be harmful, it is stupidly obvious that hemp is harmless.
On another note, the headline of the article gives the wrong impression: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_White_Plume
On yet another note: hemp has been largely surpassed by other products and isn't really a big cash crop even in countries were it has remained legal. It may make a comeback with a nontraditional demographic, much like PBR, but that remains to be seen.