The growth of industrial hemp still hasn't been legalized nationwide in the U.S., though there are many states that have moved forward with their own hemp programs, that have authorized various farmers and schools to start growing.
This summer, a bill was introduced that would legalize hemp in the U.S. after it's been banned for decades. If successfully passed,, that bill being approved would mean that hemp gets taken off of the controlled substances list, which it never should have made it onto in the first place.
Though hemp remains prohibited on a federal level, there are thousands of farmers who have started growing this crop after they have received permission to do so from their own state officials.
However, it hasn't all been easy and some admit that they've had difficulty with federal agents who have stifled the success of their hemp programs by intercepting various hemp shipments, products being challenged, and more.
People today are already spending millions of dollars by purchasing various products that contain hemp, the market continues to grow not only in the U.S. but worldwide. As well, there are many farmers in the U.S. who are still willing and eager to try and get involved in switching to growing a new and more lucrative crop. The state sure doesn't make it easy for them though.
Authorities in some regions at the moment say that they have a problem with hemp and that is that they have too much trouble trying to distinguish it from cannabis.
Hemp and “marijuana” both derive from the cannabis plant family, though they have different biological attributes. Hemp has very little THC compared to marijuana; among other differences.
Officers admit that they have difficulty telling the two apart but experts in the field insist that there are distinct differences between the two and that from analyzing appearance alone that one could possibly distinguish hemp from marijuana.
One issue that authorities have is in determining whether or not the hemp has the permitted amount of THC in it, because if there's too much then they'll force the crop to be burnt and wasted. This has happened on many occasions and considering the quality products that the crop could go toward making, the lives it could help, the act to burn and destroy it truly makes the loss a nonsensical and wasteful tragedy.
Several drug agents admit that's it's been too difficult to tell them apart and therefore it's making it too difficult to enforce the law.
All of the effort to try and keep people safe from hemp and cannabis does a lot more harm than good. These prohibitionist policies prevent economic growth, make communities more dangerous, and unjustly restrict people from exercising their natural rights to do what they wish with their own body or property; whether that's grow or consume cannabis.
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Isnt marijuanna legal ot at least decriminalized in america? It is in canada. Why would hemp be on banned substances list? Wow.
Like you said the burreacracy and red tape i guess.
Sweet!...:)...
This happened also once in the Netherlands, police raided a Hemp field convinced they raided a Cannabis field. One the certificates were shown or whatever was needed to prove it was hemp. a big piece of the whole field was already gone.
" The Cannabis plant has a history of medicinal use dating back thousands of years across many cultures."
~ Wikipedia
I'm a big fan of both. Marijuana and hemp, for different reasons. The government has no business meddling in what plants can be grown, it's beyond absurd. To try to legislate the biosphere because humans somehow know better than nature is ridiculous. I don't understand why religious people don't agree on religious grounds. If you believe that God created all life, then shut up and let it be.
I have read that hemp has many uses including seeds and hemp oil are not only suitable for consumption but have a high nutritional value. In fact, hemp oil is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially in Omega-6 and Omega-3, I think that if the officials want to do their job well they can really distinguish if it is hemp or canabbis since there are several differences between the cultivation of the two
The problem probably lies with their untrained people. I have seen rookies differentiate between them successfully and it is embarrassing for a government agency to admit that so openly. Truly a sad moment to see them admit it as an excuse. Makes you wonder about their qualification relating to anything 'cannabis'.
I must admit that a Hemp plant looks a lot like a dominant Sativa strain.
But you know, how cop can be, they see someone running they think he just robbed a person, while you just late trying to catch your train.
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I hope it gets legalized. It's silly that DEA can't even do it's job.
@doitvoluntarily Personally I do not know any of the plants, but there are people who say that it is very easy to differentiate. particularly I think that the police must participate in a training course, it is inadmissible that they can not differentiate both products.
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Good = Respecting and protecting innocent life.
Evil = Hurting, oppressing, or killing, for fun or for profit.
Cannabis isn't evil.
Cannabis being criminalized is evil.
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