Some of us has been misguided or blinded about the positive uses of hemp. yes, hemp is the common name for the whole entire family of cannabis.
Cannabis, or generally hemp, is not only for you to smoke and be stoned and lose your life.
hemp has thousands of potential uses, from
paper t
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textiles to
biodegradable plastics to
health food to
fuel but it has not been the great commercial success that the enthusiast hoped for in countries where it is legal to harvest. It is one of the fastest growing biomasses on the planet, and one of the earliest domesticated plants known.
Hemp requires little to no pesticides, replenishes soil with nutrients and nitrogen,
controls erosion
of the topsoil, and produces lots of oxygen, considering how fast it grows. Furthermore, Hemp could be used to replace many potentially harmful products, such as tree paper (the process of which uses bleaches and other toxic chemicals, apart from contributing to deforestation), cosmetics (which often contain synthetic oils that can clog pores and provide little nutritional content for the skin), plastics (which are petroleum based and cannot decompose), and more.
Biofuels such as biodiesel and alcohol fuel can be made from the oils in hemp seeds and stalks, and the fermentation of the plant as a whole, respectively, but the energy from hemp is low compared with the volume of the harvested hemp. It does, however, produce more energy per acre per year than corn, sugar, flax, or any other crop currently grown for ethanol or biodiesel.
Hemp seeds are highly nutritious, and contain beneficial omega fatty acids, amino acids, and minerals. The seeds can be eaten raw, ground into a meal, sprouted, made into "milk" (akin to soy milk), prepared as tea, and used in baking. The fresh leaves can also be eaten in salads. Products range from cereals to frozen waffles, hemp tofu to nut butters. A few companies produce value added hemp seed items that include the seed oils, whole hemp grain (which is sterilized as per international law), hulled hemp seed (the whole seed without the mineral rich outer shell), hemp flour, hemp cake (a by-product of pressing the seed for oil) and hemp protein powder. Hemp is also used in some organic cereals, for non-dairy "milk" somewhat similar to soy and nut milks, and for non-dairy hemp "ice cream."
Given that seeds account for 50% of the weight of a female plant grown for seed, these products can be made cheaper than with soy, almonds, or flax
Nowadays they are two terms for cultivated hemp; Industrial Hemp (hemp that are grown for industrial uses) and Medical Hemp (that are grown for medical and recreatiional drugs).
the two terms also refers to the type of the plants, Cannabis Sativa are more likely be used for Industrial Hemp than its sub plant, Cannabis Indica which have less fiber than Sativa.
So, honestly,
if you are against the uses of hemp or cannabis, you better have a good reason why you against it.
if you are a pothead or just a regular hemp smoker, i hope you know what is hemp can be use for besides smoking..
