Cannabis has the potential to be the solution to a myriad of problems plaguing the United States economy. Many of us, the citizens, the tax payers, the voters of this country, fail to give the prohibition of cannabis much thought beyond its place in the 'war on drugs'. Cannabis (or Marijuana, its more potent cousin) costs the country money through prohibition, however, hemp is a versatile and profitable commodity that is collateral to the prohibition of marijuana.

The cannabis plant actually grows in 3 varieties, only one of which contains enough of the 'high' inducing THC to be considered an abuseable substance. That THC is what landed this plant on the Schedule 1 drug list. Why then was it's less seductive but more versatile cousin, hemp, lumped into the marijuana ban? Guilty by association? Yes!

The agricultural benefits of hemp are well known around the globe, as are it's ineffectivness as a psychotropic drug. The thc in hemp is so low as to be inconceivable as a drug. Hemp is the oldest known cultivated crop and was grown by the founding fathers of our county,