That's the same exact thing I've been preaching to people around here. It makes no sense. I've recently read Jack Herer's book and in there,Chapter 2 | JackHerer.com, there is a part about how he is talking to he highest ranking officer in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (who was in charge of reversing the Greenhouse Effect), at the USDA world research facility in Beltsville, Maryland, and he basically outlines how growing marijuana can save the world, literally, and even though the man agrees, nothing is done because we can't use something that is "illegal". Nice play on words. If you ever read anything in your life, read his book, "The Emperor Wears No Clothes". You won't be able to stop reading it, oh, and it's free on his site. But no to jack your thread, good luck on waking these people up. Like you said, hemp is woven into our past. Why not use it for cleaning the air we breath, fuel, textiles, ropes, oils, rubbers, plastics, lumber, medicine, religion, etc. etc. I just don't understand how so many people can be so blind.