Industrial hemp is not a new thing at all, this plant has a lot of history, dating back about 10,000 years. It may very well be the first plant grown and processed for textile fiber. This plant was adorned by many royals, and was used by all! Processing hemp is one of mankind’s oldest forms of industry. With agriculture not being “normal”, meaning that it was invented by mankind, and being a direct link to the start of civilization; in 1977 Carl Sagan proposed the idea that marijuana being one of the first agricultural crops, could very well be linked with the development of civilization. Humans have been around for…
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Hemp Made-Plastics: They Are Available!
As of right now there are some hemp made plastics available on the market. The more laws we change the more hemp made plastic products you will see. You will see an increase in many hemp products, not just plastic. Most of the progress that I have seen with hemp products have come from California and Colorado. Colorado is in the lead for plastics as of right now too. Hemp Traders is probably one of the top of the line quality hemp plastics providers. You can get fine hemp made cutlery and straw that are all very eco-friendly and more durable than most plastic ware. On the plastics product page…
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Industrial Hemp: Why The Issue With Legalizing
It is true, there is no “high” from Industrial Hemp. This species of the cannabis family contains CBD and little to no THC. THC is the compound in marijuana that does create the “high” feeling. Industrial Hemp only contains about 0.3% THC, which is not nearly enough to get anyone “high”, your lungs would fail first. So how did this plant get lumped in with its cousin marijuana? Well that all goes way back to the late 1930’s, when the Marijuana Tax Act was passed and enforced. This made marijuana illegal in the United States. Industrial Hemp was lumped in because it was said to be too much like marijuana.…
