Ricktloml wrote:
Decades ago, before the Federal Government stepped in and criminalized ALL products connected to marijuana, most of our rope/,many paper products were made out of hemp.
There is a particularly d********g story I remember from decades ago; a Native American tribe, I believe it was the Sioux (after a cost/benefit analysis) invested most of the tribes funds in hemp seeds. As the plants grew they were repeatedly tested for THC, (the part that get's you high,) and there was always not enough to barely register. The Feds also came out repeatedly, also checked the THC content/found it in acceptable range. It was a bumper crop. The tribe was going to make an enormous amount of money...and they were living below the poverty level. When it came time to harvest, The Feds actually let the tribe cut and stack the harvest/ready to bale...the feds came in/burned the entire crop to the ground. And remember this was HEMP. The Feds never once indicated that this was even something that could happen/never any warning. They let them spend their savings/work for months/burned it all in front them. Makes you want to throw-up
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