I’m reading ‘The Emperor Has No Clothes’ and that’s what it sounds like. Hemp is the best thing for making textiles and plastic and paper; It’s better medicine for a ton of things than most pharmaceutical drugs; Its seeds are one of the best foods; and it grows fast anywhere. It’s an old book and I haven’t checked the many sources, but is it all true? I know you can get psychologically dependent on smoking weed, and I suppose it could go invasive (though people could just use it when it does), but I’ve only eaten the seeds - is there any other caveats? Why don’t I see more about China and Russia using it? Is it possible to try to grow in a city in the US (guerrilla gardening?)? Also, I’m wondering if edibles or whatever make it worse. I know there are environmental problems with growing it indoors for THC.

Edit: I forgot to mention the reason why we’re not using it is because the industries that would be taken over by it (plastics, pharma, etc) got the government to ban it under racist pretenses.

  • DankZedong A
    9·
    1 month ago

    Hemp is a good material for making clothes and concrete and other stuff. And the plants themselves have good air purifying qualities. I used to live near some fields of weed which were used for those exact things (you couldn’t smoke the plants).

    As for drugs use. It has some benefits. Wouldn’t personally call it the best drug ever. Never liked the effects that much tbh.

    You could grow your own plants. I did it in The Netherlands and they did just fine indoors. Outdoors depends on the climate of course.

      • QueerCommieOPM
        5·
        1 month ago

        Bro doesn’t know about hempcrete.

        Isochanvre, a rediscovered French building material made from hemp hurds mixed with lime, actually petrifies into a mineral state and lasts for many centuries. Archeologists have found a bridge in the south of France, from the Merovingian period (500-751 A.D.), built with this process. (See Chenevotte habitat of Rene France in appendix 1)

        https://www.hempitecture.com/hempcrete/