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Industrial hemp is dramatically different than what most people think about when marijuana is mentioned. This crop has thousands of uses in fields as diverse as textiles, transportation, and beauty products. But because of its confusion with the legalizing weed movement, the cultivation of industrial hemp is still illegal in the U.S. However, because of the economic possibilities it represents, the plant has some unlikely champions.
Former CIA Director James Woolsey is one of industrial hemp’s biggest proponents. Woolsey sees the crop as a potential energy source that could end the dependence of the U.S. on oil and other nonrenewable resources.
As a board member of the North American Industrial Hemp Council, Woolsey notes it’s important to recognize the distinction between legalizing weed and legalizing industrial hemp. Though hemp is in the same family as marijuana, it has minimal amounts of THC, the ingredient that causes marijuana users to get...
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