Реферат: HempWhy It Should Be Legalize Essay Research

Since that day in 1937, the American people were deceived out of a precious natural resource called hemp. Could the world have been a different place if we actually pursued hemp over other natural and synthetic material? Would we have cleaner air, bluer oceans, and even healthier lives? Maybe, maybe not. But in the words of Henry Ford;

Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forests and mineral products in the annual growth of the fields? I know from experience that many of the raw materials of industry which are today stripped from the forests and the mines can be obtained from annual crops grown on farms. Industrialization of crops will also have the advantage of making a considerable saving to the manufacturer who learns how to accomplish it. The best possible working plan for any man in our civilization is to have one foot on the soil and the other in industry. (Roulac 38)

I myself though have doubts about legalizing hemp for the simple fact that it could be a gateway for people to legalize marijuana. The medical world says it can achieve the same medical remedies with the hemp plant as it could with the marijuana plant. The only true reason people seek the legalization of marijuana is for the hallucinogenic high (Therapeutic).

In conclusion, there should be a well executed study performed to separate the cannabis family. It is my belief that we could benefit from hemp as another natural resource. Without hemp, how far can society go on natural resources that can take hundreds to thousands of years to produce? Or synthetic products that cause pollutants to over-run our earth. Hemp is not the total solution but rather a remedy until we can reach a perfect world.