Hemp Facts

If the hemp pulp paper process of 1916 were in use today, it could replace 40 to 70% of all pulp paper, including corrugated boxes, computer printout paper and paper bags.

One acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of trees for paper over the same 20 year period.

Benjamin Franklin started one of America’s first paper mills with cannabis. This allowed America to have a free colonial press without having to beg or justify the need for paper and books from England.

The Chinese character ‘Ma’ was the earliest name for hemp. By the 10^th century, A.D., Ma had become the generic term for fibers of all kinds, including jute and ramie. By then, the word for hemp had become ‘Tai-ma’ or ‘Dai-ma’ meaning ‘great hemp’.

In 1942, after the Japanese invasion of the Philippines cut off the supply of Manila (Abaca) hemp, the U.S. government distributed 400,000 pounds of cannabis seeds to American farmers from Wisconsin to Kentucky, who produced 42,000 tons of hemp fiber annually until 1946 when the war ended.

While waging its self-styled ‘War on Drugs’ against Third World peasants and American civilians, the Reagan/Bush Sr., Bush Sr./Quayle, Clinton/Gore, Bush Jr./Cheney administrations have encouraged and covered up drug smuggling and distribution by high-ranking officials of the U.S. government.

[Legal scientific] Research revealed positive indications when using cannabis for asthma, glaucoma, nausea from chemotherapy, anorexia and tumors, as well as a general use antibiotic; epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, migraines, etc. – all these merited further clinical studies.

Facts courtesy of Jack Herer and The Emperor Wears No Clothes

The Unholy Roman Empire and the Fear of Hemp

The unholy alliance between politics and the church, first allied under the banner of the Holy Roman Empire in the 4^th century, gave each of them even more power and influence over the common people, with the previously underground church leaders now able to wield power in political corridors, and the political rulers gaining influence over the ignorant, but potentially rebellious, common folk that the church leaders controlled with their self-proclaimed superior insight to the scriptures.

The scriptures of course, were written in a language that the common folk did not understand and were not allowed to learn, leaving the few priests who could read it free to interpret the Bible in whichever way they pleased, which they did for about 1,200 years. These priests had become corrupted by the political powers and the people were subjected to threats of eternal hellfire to keep them in line, something not actually indicated in the Bible when viewed intelligently. The context of the fire referred to in the Bible is an end, a final destruction with no hope of a return or resurrection, and there is no mention of God having anybody burned forever. Many people today are still taken in by this myth, despite the modern availability of better and clearer translations, not to mention the slow development of our collective common sense.

The common people though, of those Holy Roman times, were banned from learning the language of the Bible and even written language itself was banned. To maintain the ignorance of the common folk and thus their power over them, the authorities and monasteries banned and kept the secrets of hemp for themselves, afraid of the consequences of the common folk gaining access to paper and lamp oil with which to educate themselves.

Sources: ‘The Emperor Wears No Clothes’ by Jack Herer & ‘The Bible’ by God

Cannabis Hempseed – As a Basic World Food

“In 1937, Ralph Loziers, general counsel of the National Institute of Oilseed Products, told the Congressional committee studying marijuana prohibition that ‘hempseed… is used in all the Oriental nations and also in a part of Russia as food. It is grown in their fields and used as oatmeal. Millions of people every day are using hempseed in the Orient as food. They have been doing this for many generations, especially in periods of famine.’

That was over 70 years ago. Today we know hempseed is the plant kingdom’s richest source of life-giving essential fatty acids, and may well be the cure for cancer and heart disease.”

Read the whole article in The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer

The World’s Most Valuable & Versatile Natural Resource

STALK FOR FABRIC, FUEL, PAPER & COMMERCIAL USE

Hemp is dried and broken down into two parts: threadlike fibers and bits of “hurd”, or pulp. Each of these products has its own distinct applications:

·         THE LONG BARK FIBER is cleaned and spun into threads and yarn for rope or knit or woven into a variety of durable, high-quality textiles for clothing, canvas and fabrics of many types and textures.

·         THE INNER CORE that remains is called hemp hurds, with cellulose for tree-free, dioxin-free paper; non-toxic paints and sealants; industrial fabrication materials; construction materials; hemp-cellulose for plastic, and much, much more! Hemp is the best sustainable source of plant pulp for biomass fuel to make charcoal, gas, methanol, gasoline or even produce electricity.

SEEDS FOR OIL & FOOD

Hempseeds produce oil for cooking, lubrication, fuel, etc. The seed is a cholesterol-lowering source of full protein. Leaves and flowers are also edible.

FOLIAGE FOR MEDICINE, FOOD & RELAXATION

Cannabis has important medical value for easing pain, relieving stress and treating illnesses from glaucoma  to cancer to nausea to AIDS and beyond. Hemp flowers and leaves are smoked or eaten for many therapeutic, religious and relaxational purposes.

ROOTED IN NATURE

Even the hemp roots play an important role: they anchor and aerate the soil to control erosion and mudslides. Hemp can save family farms, create jobs, reduce acid rain and chemical pollution, and reverse the Greenhouse effect.

Presented as a public service by the

Business Alliance For Commerce in Hemp

PO Box 71093, L.A. CA 90071

Recommended Reading:

The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer

Hemp, Lifeline to the Future by Chris Conrad