The logging industry is a major reason for the association between marijuana and hemp, and the major reason that hemp has not taken off as a large scale crop.
It's much cheaper to produce paper from hemp, and hemp is renewable on a yearly basis, instead of tens to hundreds of years. If we could produce hemp based paper on a large scale it would put a MAJOR dent in the logging industry. Hemp and marijuana are related plants (so are hops) but their not the same plant as many think. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 5:08 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Differences between Obama and Hillary >From what I understand, it's main uses are as a: > >Appetite stimulant for those with AIDS and other disorders that kill >appetite > >Anti nausea for chemo patients > >Anti seizure medication > >Hemp has a thousand uses in textiles and paper. Yup, those are the main ones, although there are others as well. Hemp oil as well has tons of uses and can be used for many products such as body care items like shampoo and lotion, paint, lubricants, source of omega-3&6 fatty acids, even for use in plastics. But yes, its use for textiles and paper is an important one, and it's surprising how many people don't know even know about it. But wood pulp production is now so cheap, and getting more environmentally friendly, it would be tough for hemp to replace it, although certainly that would be a good goal, in order to at least slow down deforestation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253839 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
