Cotton farmers may have eventually been hurt, but it never got that far. The cotton industry of the time was burning out the land to the point that all that land would grow was short needle scrub pines which will grow in places where even grass won't due to their really deep tap roots. Walk through most Southern Pine Forests and you can still see the cotton field terraces. [I live in one]
It was paper from wood pulp that did the deed with William Randolf Hearst in the lead. He had just bought millions of acres of forest in Mexico when the hemp processing machine was invented and that threatened his newspaper empire. He used his empire to start a 'yellow journalism' pack of lies propaganda campaign keying into anti Mexican immigrant and anti Black 'job stealer' sentiments of the depression era and lobbied congress with an intentional loco-weed=marijuana twist. Hearst "invented" a non existant problem to justify irrational fears and the paranoid peoples bought it wholesale. Everyone knew what hemp was, grew it and used it for hundreds of things, but virtually no one used the term 'marijuana' except Blacks and Mexicans. It was Kentuckys major cash crop. I have a friend whos' Dad actually emptied bags of marijuana seeds out of airplanes onto farm fields for a living during WW2 because Hemp was so valuable to the military. The remnants of that Gov't campaign is now the legendary 'ditchweed' of the Midwest. [Smoke a ton and get a headache] Loco-weed is really a very common weed of the Datura family [Jimson weed] and contains high levels of scopolamine [sleep aid..see 'sleepeaze'] and atropine [used as a poison antidote by 'home security' etc] Don't make a tea of loco-weed roots or seeds or you'll find out what "trip" really means..for several days. [as I found out many years ago] ..makes for crazy cows who eat it by accident...hence the name "loco weed" ..lotsa fun..never ever again. If you get poisoned, now....might be worth it. [Crazy for 3 or 4 days beats being dead] What is not realized is that commercial growing of hemp would probably make growing high potency 'pot' impossible outdoors. They are the same plant, just different strains with the low potency strains dominant. Ode [still crazy after all these years?] At 02:28 PM 7/7/2005 -0400, you wrote: > >Yeh, that is a good karmic story. The main reason for stopping the growing of >hemp was because the cotton farmers were being hurt financially by it, it was >cheaper to grow, and replaced cotton many places. There were varieties that had >almost no hallucigen in it, but they still used that to outlaw it. Then when >the synthetics replaced cotton, the cotton farmers starting crying to be able to >grow hemp, but they were then unable to get the law appealed that they >originally sought. So their original greed ended up eventually bankrupting many >if not most of them. > >Marshall > >T J Garland wrote: > >> Guys-- do some reading on hemp and how it could replace millions of barrels >> of oil a day. WR Hurst did a real con job on the US. TJ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ode Coyote" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:23 AM >> Subject: Re: CS>Re: Cold Fusion >> >> > James Patterson [inventer of microspheres, used every freekin where in >> > every flippin thing these days] tried to market a cold fusion water heater >> > a while back. >> > For some reason it didn't take off. >> > Time to check back in? >> > >> > http://www.infinite-energy.com/resources/abc.html >> > During the last year, Patterson's little beads have led to a huge >> > surprise. Not only do they produce heat. It turns out, they also >> neutralize >> > radioactivity. >> > >> > http://www.lightparty.com/Peace/MiracleInTheVoid.html >> > Clean Energy Technologies (CETI) is marketing licenses for the a power >> cell >> > invented by Dr. James Patterson, a scientist with a distinguished record >> of >> > achievement. News of his device spread widely when it was discussed on two >> > ABC shows, Nightline and Good Morning America. >> > >> > http://www.cleanenergy.com/ >> > Clean Energy Technologies (CETI) >> > ..no mention of Dennis [the crook] Lee, for a change. [If you ever get the >> > chance, DO go see the show. It's a FACINATING display of con artistry and >> > emotional manipulation surpassed by none...just don't give him any money. >> > PS, you WILL 'want' to.] >> > http://www.phact.org/e/z/leemotortest.htm >> > http://www.phact.org/e/dennis.html >> > >> > People are still saying that Tesla 'made' free energy...never happened. >> > Train loads of coal paid for by George Westinghouse was doing that job. >> > Tesla wanted to freely 'transmit' energy...like every radio station does >> > today, by the multi megawatt. [Which incidently, lets people who live near >> > by pull out flourecent tubes from the closet for free light] >> > >> > Got an antenna as big as a frigate sail? >> > Oh! Wrong frequency! >> > See H.A.R.P. [and have that pointed at your house?] >> > >> > Ode >> > >> > >> > At 02:45 PM 7/6/2005 +0900, you wrote: >> > > >> > >This is a useful introduction to the topic for those who want it: >> > > >> > >http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/6.11/coldfusion_pr.html >> > > >> > >Cold fusion, if commercialized, would change the world so radically we >> > >can hardly comprehend the implications and ramifications. The rapid >> > >demise of the corrupt oil empire would be one of the first blessings. >> > > >> > >Those lucky few who identify the Microsoft of cold fusion >> > >commercialization will of course become quite wealthy. But I assume >> > >most research at this stage is non-commercial. >> > > >> > >JBB >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >On Wednesday, Jul 6, 2005, at 14:39 Asia/Tokyo, Jonathan B. Britten >> > >wrote: >> > > >> > >> A letter to the editor in today's newspaper (Daily Yomiuri) mentioned >> > >> a recent success in room-temperature fusion somewhere in California. >> > >> >> > >> I wonder whether that's correct; seems it would be big news if so. >> > >> >> > >> A quick Google did not turn up anything definitive; if anyone knows >> > >> of something new I would be glad to hear. >> > >> >> > >> Thanks in advance; I know some members follow this topic closely. >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > >-- >> > >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. >> > > >> > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org >> > > >> > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >> > >Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >> > > >> > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] >> > >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html >> > > >> > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >-- >> > >No virus found in this incoming message. >> > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> > >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/42 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >-- >> > >No virus found in this incoming message. >> > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> > >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > No virus found in this outgoing message. >> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.10 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 >> > >> > >> > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.10/43 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.10 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. 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