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Eugene

(62,627 posts) Tue Jun 12, 2018, 07:39 AM Jun 2018

The hemp revival: why marijuana's cousin could soon be big business

Source: The Guardian

The hemp revival: why marijuana's cousin could soon be big business

The useful crop has seen renewed interest alongside legalized weed – and there are signs that US officials are warming to it

Alex Halperin
Mon 11 Jun 2018 10.00 BST Last modified on Mon 11 Jun 2018 10.02 BST

Long associated with the hoariest hippie stereotypes, hemp is now chic.

The crop – which is a cannabis plant very similar to marijuana, but lacking its best-known property: getting you high – is a versatile raw material, and like its more notorious relative, it could once again become very lucrative.

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But the climate is changing. In recent weeks, the US Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, a conservative Republican who opposes marijuana legalization, has called for hemp to be legalized, a move which would benefit farmers, though McConnell still opposes marijuana legalization.

And it’s not just the farmers in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky who would be pleased to see a resurgence of the crop. Early this month for hemp history week, the US Senate unanimously passed a non-binding resolution acknowledging hemp’s economic value and “historical relevance”.

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The hemp revival: why marijuana's cousin could soon be big business (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2018 OP

Grow hemp all you want, BUT ghostsinthemachine Jun 2018 #1

Many still around Mopar151 Jun 2018 #4

Still a LOT of retooling ghostsinthemachine Jun 2018 #6

Yes, it's not an instant slam dunk. Mopar151 Jun 2018 #8

Release the Hydrogen & Hemp Economies now! safeinOhio Jun 2018 #2

You can make bread out of hemp-seeds. DetlefK Jun 2018 #3

You can extract CBD from hemp... mbusby Jun 2018 #5

The Most Powerful Plant on Earth. CanSocDem Jun 2018 #7

cotton lobby apologists will hate this. hemp needs less water, has fewer bug enemies nt msongs Jun 2018 #9

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)

1. Grow hemp all you want, BUT

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 07:47 AM

Jun 2018

There ain't no place tp process it., on a large scale. Millions and millions of dollars to build a plant. (Akin to paper, chip board etc). The plants that used to exist that could be converted are all moved to China.

Mopar151

(10,172 posts)

4. Many still around

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 08:20 AM

Jun 2018

There is an OSB plant, and 2 underused paper mills, @ 03743 (Claremont NH)

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)

6. Still a LOT of retooling

Reply to Mopar151 (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 10:03 AM

Jun 2018

Ipdating etc. It is what the now former hemp producers in Oregon are saying.

Mopar151

(10,172 posts)

8. Yes, it's not an instant slam dunk.

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 12:06 PM

Jun 2018

The pulping or chipping process is going to be considerably different, but that difference may be in chemistry as much as in cutters and screens. And, like everything else, just because it CAN be done, does'nt mean it SHOULD be done.

safeinOhio

(34,007 posts)

2. Release the Hydrogen & Hemp Economies now!

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 07:55 AM

Jun 2018

* https://www.facebook.com/notes/nadine-lumley/release-the-hydrogen-hemp-economies-now/741441652552427

DetlefK

(16,451 posts)

3. You can make bread out of hemp-seeds.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 08:13 AM

Jun 2018

I had these at medieval festivals. It has a very dominant taste and it takes a few bites to get used to it. It goes best with fried dishes like roasted meat or roasted mushrooms.