paper made from pot?

Discussion in 'The Environment' started by gratefuly_dead422, Mar 5, 2007.

  1. gratefuly_dead422

    gratefuly_dead422 Member

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    when some people think of paper, they think of trees... did you know that the first bibles were printed on hemp paper? and the first US flag was made from hemp? and the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence were printed on hemp paper? hemp is good for everything...so why doesnt the government just legalize it? they would be saving many other resorces. trees used for paper take 50 to 500 years to grow, while hemp can be cultivated in as little as 100 days and over a 20 year period can yield 4 times more paper.The depletion of the ozone layer threatens to reduce soy crops by up to 50%, but hemp is immune to the damages of ultraviolet light (it actually makes it produce more of the resin that contains the THC) and hemp is a more prolific producer of ethanol than corn. hemp requires little to no industry, growing in the ground (cleaning the soil of toxins), and then cut, dried, and utilized. Does it make any sense that the government doesn't legalize it and tax the pants off of it instead of increasing everyone's already-insane taxes to reduce our countries’ deficits? i think they should use the resorces that we have a lot of, instead of trying to milk the earth of all its trees that take a longer time to grow back than pot.
     
  2. mortes

    mortes Senior Member

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    I'm with you but the assholes at the DEA sure as fuck aren't.
     
  3. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    actually, ground level ozone (the type from off gassing) threatens soy production to a 20 percent derop by 2020.
    But I'm impressed "kid" as some of us oldfarts would say, is aware.
    I hope you gave the Dare teachers hell!
    I'd love your reference for the first bible printing.
     
  4. sugarmaggie

    sugarmaggie ~Green Eyed Devil~

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    Great post..it just doesn't make any sense to me either.
     
  5. pheonix

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    i agree with you. i think we should use more hemp products. the thing is, the majority of people dont know the benefits of using hemp. a lot of people think that hemp is the same as marijuana. if people spread the news about hemp and educate other people about it, then maybe we could get somewhere. maybe more people will change their minds about hemp.
     
  6. TreePhiend

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    sounds like someone (greatfully Dead422, I'm looking in your direction) just read The Emporer Wears No Clothes by Jack Herrer. If you have cool, if you haven't sounds like you would like the book. Its the hemp bible, or i mean the bible of hemp.
     
  7. Loveminx

    Loveminx Sports Racer

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    hemp makes good lotion too...
     
  8. allegedly

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    Hmm.. sounds familiar, is this from "Grow More Pot" by Jello Biafra?

    If not, that needs to be posted immediately.
     
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