-Caveat Lector-
sorry steve but you are badly informed
hemp is marijuana is hemp. different varieties. i don't care which badly
informed info you have to underline your opinion. but it is just not so.
i have been growing for over 10 years.
what first hand experience have you?
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From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:37 AM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] Hashish grows again in the fields of Lebanon
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> -Caveat Lector-
>
> On 1 Jul 01, at 21:59, c. wrote:
>
> > marijuana is hemp is marijuana. just different strains give different
> > emphasis- fruit or flesh.
> >
>
> Not correct, c. Hemp and marijuana are related but different. Our
governments would
> like you to believe that they are the same however. Read on...
>
> http://zimafoods.ca/diff.html
>
> HEMP VS. MARIJUANA
> Well now that you know how good the seed is, also how many uses there
are for the
> plant, what really is the difference between hemp
> and marijuana?
> Marijuana is a tobacco-like substance produced by drying the leaves and
flowering
> parts, or "buds", of the Cannabis plant. These particular
> parts of the Cannabis plant are selected for illicit use due to the
concentration of
> tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, in those particular areas of the
> plant. THC is the chemical present in marijuana that produces the drug
user's
> psychoactive, or "high", effect. Most wild
> marijuana found growing in Canada and the United States has a THC
concentration of
> less 0.5 percent, compared to
> Colombian or Mexican varieties with a THC content ranging normally between
3 to 7
> percent. An increase has been noted by
> law enforcement in recent years of large scale domestic production of
marijuana
> containing much higher THC values,
> sometimes with a THC content as high as 25 percent.
> Marijuana is normally used in its dry form by rolling the same into
cigarettes, or "joints",
> and smoked. A wide variety of other
> smoking utensils, primarily in the form of pipes, are also used.
> Hemp on the other hand is a non-psychoactive cannabis variety. Originally
there was
> no "marijuana" per say, just fields of hemp
> grown for fibre, oils and livestock feed as well as food for humans. When
the slaves of
> the early 1800's began to realize that by
> smoking the flowering tops of the hemp plant they achieved a measure of
relief from
> the horrible lives they were living as slaves! Thus began
> the association between the "evil weed marijuana" and hemp.
It was also the
> Mexicans who were smoking the weed before
> battle, the song "La Cucaracha" being about a soldier who
refused to march
> without some marijuana to smoke. Although
> there are similarities, the differences are greater by far.
>
> Click here to see the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA 1911 entry on hemp.
>
> Although many people think hemp and marijuana are the same it would be
best to
> describe them as cousins. Hemp is meant as an industrial
> crop. Much like flax or cotton. Hemp can be used for many things, just
check out the
> uses page and see. Hemp is a wonder plant! If you leave
> aside the 40,000 + products that can be made from hemp the mere fact that
it has
> survived the "US War on drugs" never ceases top amaze
> me. People though don't realize that countries unaffected by US foreign
policy didn't
> stop growing hemp at all. Countries like Poland, Russia,
> India and China to just name a few. Fortunately for us we can now go to
these peoples
> and regain the information we require to create our own
> hemp industry right here in North America.
> So why does the US have it's War on Drugs while Canada uses hemp to create
a new
> industry within it's borders? There seems to be a
> definite difference in thinking between Health Canada's way of dealing
with hemp and
> the US's DEA. Why does Health Canada allow hemp to
> be grown all across Canada while just a few kilometers south of the border
the DEA is
> actively spraying wild hemp in order to eradicate all
> hemp from within it's borders?
> That of course is not a one two three answer but simply put Health Canada
is a branch
> of the Government regulating health issues, getting it's
> budget to do just that. The DEA under which the hemp issue is big
business, $500
> million US last year alone given to the organization to
> eradicate wild hemp and that says nothing of the marijuana enforcement
dollars. So in
> short, by regulating the growth of the hemp industry in
> Canada the government is creating jobs for the farmers and for the
manufacturing
> sector. If it were legalized in the states, the paramilitary like
> DEA would lose a lot of it's funding and also it would lose face. The
Government there
> has worked long and hard, since 1937, to convince it's
> peoples that hemp is bad, why change now and lose all of the lies it's
created!
>
> and
> http://www.azhemp.org/Package/Legal/legal.html
>
> HEMP vs. MARIJUANA
>
> The word "hemp" is English for a number of varieties of the cannabis
plant, particularly
> the varieties like "industrial hemp" that were bred over time for
industrial uses such as
> fuel, fiber, paper, seed, food, oil, etc.
>
> The term "marijuana" is of Spanish derivation, and was primarily used to
describe
> varieties of cannabis that were more commonly bred over time for medicinal
and
> recreational purposes, like cannabis indica , and certain strains of
cannabis sativa.
>
> In fact, when all forms of hemp were made illegal in the early part of the
last century, it
> was used in the majority of the prescription drugs then sold in America.
That was
> certainly no accident. Those who favor the use of what is now called
"medical
> marijuana" recognize these strong medicinal qualities.
>
> But marijuana and the medical or recreational varieties of cannabis are
not really at
> issue today, because science readily allows us to distinguish them from
industrial
> hemp by simple tests for the huge difference in the potency of the plants,
i.e. the
> percentage of the psychotropic ingredient: delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
("THC"), the
> active psychotropic ingredient found in the leaves and flowers of the
female plant, but
> not in her seeds or stems.
>
> Two cannabinoids are preponderant in cannabis: THC, the psychoactive
ingredient,
> and CBD, which is an antipsychoactive ingredient. Marijuana is high in the
> psychoactive cannabinoid, THC, and low in the antipsychoactive
cannabinoid, CBD.
> The reverse is true for industrial hemp; when hemp was or is bred for its
desirable
> industrial qualities, the percentage of THC is minimal, while the
percentage of CBD is
> high.
>
> While marijuana has a potency range of 3% to 20% by dry weight of THC,
industrial
> hemp is generally defined as having less than 1.0% THC, and the normal
range is
> under 0.5%. These THC levels are so low that no one could get high from
smoking it.
> To receive a standard psychoactive dose would require a person to
power-smoke 10-
> 12 hemp cigarettes over an extremely short period of time. The large
volume and high
> temperature of vapor, gas and smoke would be almost impossible for a
person to
> withstand.
>
> Moreover, hemp contains a relatively high percentage of another
cannabinoid, CBD,
> that actually blocks the marijuana high. Hemp, it turns out, is not only
not marijuana; it
> could be called "antimarijuana."
>
> Feral hemp, or "ditchweed", is a remnant of the industrial hemp once grown
on more
> than 400,000 acres by U.S. farmers. It also contains extremely low levels
of THC, as
> low as .05 percent. It has no drug value, but does offer important
environmental
> benefits as a nesting habitat for birds. About 99 percent of the
"marijuana" being
> eradicated by the federal government-at great public expense-is this
harmless
> ditchweed.
>
> So industrial hemp or ditchweed simply does not have enough THC for any
practical
> use as a recreational drug, and anyone who grows industrial hemp will
certainly have to
> suffer the legal consequences of trying to grow marijuana. But that too is
very unlikely
> for a number of reasons:
>
> Industrial Hemp is grown quite differently from marijuana. Hemp plants are
cultivated
> inches apart to produce plants with tall stalks, while pot plants are
short and spaced a
> few feet apart to produce bushy, THC-rich flowers and leaves. Moreover,
they are
> harvested at different times.
>
> Marijuana cultivators also try to cull male plants to prevent
fertilization of the female
> plant. Unfertilized females produce more THC, making it attractive as a
drug
> (sinsemilla). In contrast, hemp production typically seeks fertilization
to produce seeds.
>
>
> And cross-pollination between hemp plants and marijuana plants would
significantly
> reduce the potency of the marijuana plant. If hemp does pollinate any
nearby marijuana,
> genetically, the result will always be lower-THC marijuana, not higher-THC
hemp. "The
> pot crop would always get weaker," Mahlberg said. If hemp is grown
outdoors,
> marijuana will not be grown close by to avoid producing lower-grade
marijuana. A pot
> grower would fear the inevitable pollen from hemp cultivation in a mixed
plot, and would
> not hide his plant in industrial hemp fields.
>
> Likewise, extracting THC from industrial hemp and further refining it to
eliminate the
> preponderance of CBD would require such an expensive, hazardous, and time-
> consuming process that it is extremely unlikely anyone would ever attempt
it, rather
> than simply obtaining high-THC marijuana instead.
>
> [Also see: www.votehemp.com/PDF/myths_facts.pdf to review: Hemp and
Marijuana --
> Myths and Realities by Dr. Dave West, who holds a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding
from the
> University of Minnesota and has spent 18 years as a commercial corn
breeder, and,
> since 1993 he has served as an advisor to the emerging hemp industry
regarding
> industrial hemp germplasm.]
>
> All of this goes to show why, in countries where hemp is grown as an
agricultural crop,
> the police have experienced no such burdens. In fact, there are over 30
nations on the
> planet currently growing industrial hemp. These include Canada,
Australia, England,
> France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Russia, and China.
>
> The regulations established in these countries are simple: contract
production, aerial
> ASCS type maps of fields, only government certified low THC seed, pre- and
post-
> harvest field surveys, field checks on THC levels and an open field
policy. And they do
> not have an increased problem with prosecution for marijuana use. So
legalizing hemp
> would not burden local police forces.
>
> This explains why the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
recently
> adopted a resolution strongly urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), the
> Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Office of National Drug
Control Policy
> (ONDCP) to collaboratively develop and adopt an official definition of
industrial hemp.
>
> This also explains why legislation to deregulate industrial hemp and/or
allow scientific
> study by state universities is pending or passed in over 20 states:
>
> Bills Passed: ND, HI, MN, IL, MD -- Resolutions Passed:
> AK, CA, KY, MT, VA, VT
> Legislation In Process: SD, IA, ME, NH, NM, OR,
TN --
> Voter Initiatives: AK, CO, MI
>
>
>
>
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