Legalizing Weed: What Is Industrial Hemp?
While industrial hemp comes from the same plant (cannabis sativa) as marijuana, it contains only trace amounts of THC — the chemical that creates the “high” when hemp is smoked or ingested. Instead, industrial hemp can be grown for a variety of uses, including textiles and clothing, paper, paints, clothing, plastics, cosmetics, and many, many other products.
In addition to the advocacy movement for legalizing weed, there is a movement to legalize industrial hemp — a crop that has the potential to have a serious positive impact on the U.S. economy.
Industrial hemp had a profound role in the early history of the nation, when it was used to make textiles, paper, rope, clothing, sails, and many other necessary objects. In 1938, however, passage of the Marihuana Tax Act made it illegal to grow this plant in the U.S. without a specific permit from the Drug Enforcement Agency.
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