Also... Napoleon's invasion of Russa was an attempt to cut off America's hemp supply, thus crippling its' navy.
At 11:20 AM 12/11/02 -0800, you wrote: >Hemp is the term used for the male and marijuana is the >term used to describe the female cannabis plant. There are >many subspecies but, all females are psychoactive and all >males are not. > >Did you know that hemp was directly responsible for the >Roman Empire's success in conquering the world. Armor, >clothing, shoes, tack for horses, cooking oil, etc. were >all made from hemp. > >kris >--- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The hemp plant has no psychoactive properties. > > Cultivating hemp can > > help replenish spent soil. Hemp can grow almost anywhere, > > and > > requires far less pesticides than many other cash crops, > > such as > > cotton. Hemp can be used for fuel, fiber, food, medicine, > > and > > industry. Hemp seed is highly nutritious. Hemp fiber is > > durable and > > strong. Extractums made from hemp were a valued medicine > > for > > thousands of years, but prohibition in the 1930s ended > > all of that. > > Why was this valuable renewable resource prohibited? > > Evidence > > suggests a special-interest group that included the > > DuPont > > petrochemical company, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew > > Mellon > > (Dupont's major financial backer), and the newspaper man > > William > > Randolph Hearst mounted a yellow journalism campaign > > against hemp. > > Hearst deliberately confused psychoactive marijuana with > > industrial > > hemp, one of humankind's oldest and most useful > > resources. DuPont and > > Hearst were heavily invested in timber and petroleum > > resources, and > > saw hemp as a threat to their empires. Petroleum > > companies also knew > > that petroleum emits noxious, toxic byproducts when > > incompletely > > burned, as in an auto engine. In 1937 DuPont, Mellen and > > Hearst were > > able to push a "marijuana" prohibition bill through > > Congress in less > > than three months, which destroyed the domestic hemp > > industry. > > > > From : Hemp Powered Car Tours US, Canada > > http://www.freezerbox.com/archive/2000/12/hemp/ > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >http://mailplus.yahoo.com > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release Date: 11/13/02 Is My Medicine Legal Yet? http://florida.usmjparty.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
