Comments on: Industrial hemp could jump-start economy

By: kevin hunt

kevin hunt — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:40:19 +0000

“But the U.S. Department of Agriculture is skeptical, ”

The only reason the USDA was skeptical when they published the report in the late 90′s was to please the DEA and White House, who wanted to keep industrial hemp illegal to prevent the legalization of marijuana. The opposite is happening…the legalization of marijuana is making industrial hemp legalization an afterthought.

By: fred kirsch

fred kirsch — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:06:03 +0000

The National Farm Bureau supports legalizing Hemp and the FArmers Union. I bet that these organizations know something about agricultural markets.

By: Hemperor

Hemperor — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:50:22 +0000

As a long time supporter of a sensible end to the Drug War I am skeptical about the future of hemp. Hemp is, indeed, an incredible plant with properties that allow it to be made into anything from paper to pharmaceuticals but it is the later that holds promise not the fiber. The largest hemp farms in the world are in China and they regularly ship it to the US. There is a demand and the demand is met, by the Chinese. So I am not convinced that making hemp in the US does anything to increase the demand or shit profit back to Our mainland. There has been no substantial increase in demand nor will there be now that marijuana laws are changing. The only way you could profit from producing hemp in the US is to produce it for less than the Chinese which I think is probably impossible.

The opportunity in this plant is growing it and selling it under the new regulations created out of Amendment 64. Even a conservative county like El Paso recognizes that for this drug the war is over. If you’d like to get involved contact me at mmjviceroy at g mail. We are seeking lenders who want a high interest rate of 15% to 30% in exchange for short term loans of $25,000 to $250,000.