2 farmers suing DEA over right to grow hemp

[khronik]

Jack Herer is a hero for us.

But he lies, or at least pulls a lot of stuff out of his ass. For instance:

"Everything will be a lot more fun. There will be new jobs for everybody. The auto industry will build cars mostly from hemp. Computer companies will build computers of hemp. Furniture will be made of hemp."

"The human race will not survive without this plant."

"In China, from 5,000 years ago to about 150 years ago, approximately 50 percent of all food was made from hemp seeds. And 20 percent of all food in Europe."

"The arid land from the Sahara all the way across the world will be planted with hemp."

"The United States government is hiding the fact that 125 years ago, and even as far back as 4000 BC, 80% of our economy was based on the use of CANNABIS/HEMP/MARIJUANA for paper, fiber and fuel."

Those are the words of a man who is not grounded in reality. He says he has a $100,000 reward for if someone proves him wrong, but I'm guessing that's just another lie. You want to believe what he is saying is true, but very much of it just isn't. Hemp is useful, true, and it is probably one of the more versatile plants out there, but it's not the answer to all the world's problems. If you want to get behind someone, get behind someone who knows his shit more than this guy.

[Markass]

those numbers seem to be blown out of proportion, sounds like he smoked just a tidbit too much at times, however in earlier times, this country relied on hemp for a lot of things...look at WWII...if you grew it then for the war efforts you were called a patriot, if we were to grow it to finance the war nowadays, we could be criminals...because marijuana is marijuana, even if you can't get high off of it..or at least that's what the DEA says..what the DEA says about marijuana apparently is the law of the land...