Colin Mcleod

7/4/20144
Hemp Will Save the World
A hemp conversion mindset would be lie a cleansin! water"all washin! the earth
down with all its impurities# We live in an a!e where "ast cars$ hi!h tech computers$
beauti"ul wives$ "ast "ood$ and camera cell phones have all become part o" the ever%da%
mainstream American diet# We breed i!norance "aster then Mother &arth can replenish
itsel"# 'ecause o" our bus% indi""erent lives$ the earth as we now and once cherished has
become a pollution in"ested$ disease carr%in!$ to(ic waste dump "or our consumin!
habits# )he i!norance has mounted itsel" to a point o" no return$ we must tae drastic
steps to strie awareness into the people and mount a !lobal e""ort to brin! the
environment to a priorit% valued !reater than that o" our own lives# *eople believe that
this would re+uire a sacri"ice o" societ%,s advancement bac to the renaissance$ but$ the%
are wron!# We do not have to destro% our industries$ ban all cars$ and stop consumin! our
!oods which$ sta% preserved in our land"ills# -o$ all we have to do convert to a viable
sel".sustainin! annuall%.renewable pollution "ree natural resource that would meet all the
demands o" societ% while nourishin! our earth with "resh untainted wind$ water and land#
)his sounds lie somethin! out o" a happ% ever a"ter stor%$ but believe it or not it this
plant e(ists and it is called Cannabis Sativa more commonl% nown as hemp#
)he /nited States has had a ver% awward and alarmin! histor% with this
spectacular plant# )he Constitution and the 0eclaration o" 1ndependence was written on
hemp composite paper$ while some o" the "oundin! "athers which include 2eor!e
Washin!ton and )homas 3e""erson were stron! hemp advocates# As )homas 3e""erson
stated in a private letter 4Hemp is o" "irst necessit% to the wealth 5 protection o" the
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countr%#4 1nto the 1670,s competin! industries denounced hemp soon a"ter 8re"er
madness9 iced o""# :ri!inatin! "rom a "ilm b% the /#S# !overnment titled 8re"er
madness9 in which the% mae absurd accusations about the harm"ul e""ects o" this plant#
Callin! it worse the heroin and ;S0$ and sa%in! that people will stran!le their wives and
randoml% <ump out o" windows crashin! into the !round illin! themselves instantl%#
Soon a"ter the cannabis was ille!ali=ed and remained so until 1642 durin! World War
)wo when the arm%,s "orei!n sources o" hemp were hindered# )he% released a "ilm titled
8Hemp "or >ictor%9 tellin! "armers how to !row hemp so that the% ma% support America
and help win the war# *romptl% a"ter the war the !overnment +uietl% shutdown all hemp
"arms$ and covered up the e(istence o" the "ilm until 16?6 when it was rediscovered and
brou!ht to the public,s doorstep#
)his remarable plant has a wide variet% o" uses ran!in! "rom menstrual cramp
reliever$ to the bod% o" a car or even bread to "eed %our "amil%# Hemp seeds and their oil
have the best source o" essential "att% acids which %our bod% re+uires and the hi!hest
amount o" protein second onl% to so% beans# -ot onl% that but$ the oil can be used to even
"uel %our car# @ibers and te(tiles can also be made out o" the hemp plant# Which have a
superior stren!th and outstandin! durabilit% and are stunnin!l% resistant to rottin!# )hat is
wh% all ships be"ore World War )wo used hemp "or rope# )he most ama=in! "eature
hemp possesses is that it can be converted into a bio.mass# )his simpl% means that it can
"uel %our car,s heat %our homes$ and power %our li!hts# 1n all o" these case,s hemp out
per"orms its competitors# 1t is a "act that cotton utili=ed "i"t% percent o" all o" America,s
pesticides$ while on the other hand hemp uses none# Hemp was used as a primar% "ood
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source durin! the potato "amine and provided survival to man% people o" third world
countries past and present#
With all these remarable bene"its one must as wh% isn,t hemp widel%
renownedA Sadl% our countr% seems to be one o" the "ew that is still able to as that
+uestion# Man% countries in the world alread% !row hemp these include but$ are not
limited to Bomania$ China$ Corea$ 1tal%$ Hun!ar%$ Bussia and @rance# A !roup o" "actors
e(ist$ the common ones bein! preconceived perceptions o" hemp bein! a dru! and
monopoli=ed controllin! industries with power# )he reason we are havin! such a di""icult
time steamin! a !rass.roots movement is because o" trailin! %et slowl% "adin! belie"s
"rom the 1670,s re"er madness causes a substantial amount o" con"usion "rom the
di""erences between hemp and mari<uana# Hemp has less than one and one.hal" percent
)HC D)etra.H%dro.CannibinolE which is not enou!h to produce the ps%chedelic e""ects
needed to !et hi!h# )he ;umber$ *etroleum and cotton industries are three bi! !u%s that
are standin! in hemps wa% throu!h their political clout$ power and mone%# )hese
industries would be reduced to rubble i" hemp became a primar% crop# -ot because it
would tae <obs$ it would actuall% provide man% <obs replacin! the industries$ but the
power that these industries have is overwhelmin!$ the% are simple !reed% corporations
who would rather mae mone% and pollution the planet then provide clean air to the
world#
1 do not e(a!!erate when 1 sa% 1 have onl% craced the sur"ace o" the ama=in!
potential uses and remarable attributes o" this plant# )his plant has the abilit% to replace
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all the environmentall% harm"ul productions includin! paper$ wood$ oil$ ener!%$ cotton$
plastic$ and even cure world hun!er# What,s !reater is that it can be !rown almost
an%where at a rate o" appro(imatel% ever% nine wees# )he choice is clear i" the people o"
this !reat planet wish to prolon! their health% and eas% survival we must come to!ether
and mae the chan!es needed to "i( the problems o" toda% and solve the problems o"
tomorrow# Hemp is the best wa% to achieve these !oals allowin! our children,s children
to prosper# 1 ur!e all humans to tae a stance and protect %our planet$ support hempF
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:utline
1ntroG Mother earth is in bad shape# Must stand up and tae a stand to save the earth# )he
hemp plant o""ers the abilit% to cleanse Mother &arth# Mind shi"t is necessar%#
*ara!raph 1G /SA,s histor% with the hemp plant
@oundin! "athers
Be"er madness
Hemp @or >ictor%
*ara!raph 2G *otential uses o" the plant$ and how to save our planet with it
Seed oil
@iber
'io.mass
*ara!raph 7G i" it,s so bene"icial wh% isn,t it widel% renownedA
1!norance and "lawed preconception
2overnments hindrance
Sel"ish and !reed% industries
ConclusionG )he people must wor to!ether to secure our "uture and protect this planet
and the "uture !enerations to come#
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&nc%clopaedia 'ritannica 2004 /ltimate Be"erence$ 'ritannica
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Hemp )est *led!e$ Hemp 1ndustries Association$ 10/2?/2004
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Mari<uana "acts 5 "act$ @unn% @act$ 10/70/2004
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