posted on Nov, 13 2005 @ 02:13 PM
Cannabis is as dangerous as coc aine or heroin, if you smoke it you will kill someone. this is what the government would have us believe. it has
been hammered into our brains since the late 1930's that it is a dangerous substance to smoke. the latest t.v. ads show a stoned teen driving a car
and hitting a little girl on a bike because their reaction time has been dulled by pot. while a little bit exaggerated, this is a dangerous
possibility. but putting it in the same category as hard drugs like coc aine or heroin is grossly misleading. common sense would dictate that you
shouldn't drive while stoned, but the same holds true for cough medicine and various other "pharmaceutical drugs". In fact, the use of many
pharmaceuticals make the possibility of hurting someone while driving are exponentially greater than when using pot. And then compare it to alcohol,
at least they do advertise the danger of drunk driving. but alcohol can cause so many other problems; violent behavior, addiction, these are so
dangerous to society yet it is accepted by society because it is "legal". tobacco kills more people than many fatal diseases, yet again, the
government says it's legal so people accept it. The truth of the matter is that marijuana has never killed anyone when used responsibly. it is
completely devoid of the toxic carcinogens that tobacco contains, or the liver destruction caused by alcohol. It even has been proven to have MANY
medicinal uses, alcohol and tobacco have none. I can vouch for the medicinal value because i am a medicinal user myself. epilepsy has the potential to
totally destroy a life due to absenteeism from work, and decreased mental acuity that comes with every seizure, and although my government (Canada)
allows for medicinal use for certain disorders, the actual number of disorders it is approved for don't even begin to represent all of the disorders
it has been proved beneficial for. Hardening and constriction of the arteries are bad; but hemp usage actually enlarges the arteries...which is a
healthy condition.
Anyways, the smoked properties can be argued ad-nauseum, and the real purpose of this blog is to make you aware of all the industrial uses that are
ignored because of the billions of dollars that billionaires would lose if cannabis was utilized to it's fullest. These billionaires contribute
unbelievable amounts of money to the government in order to keep their billions safely flowing into their bank accounts. All schoolbooks were made
from hemp or flax paper until the 1880s, For hundreds of years, 90% of all ships' sails and rope were made from hemp. The word 'canvas' is actually
Dutch for cannabis.The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross's flag, the first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were
made from hemp, Henry Ford's first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the CAR ITSELF WAS CONTRUCTED FROM HEMP! On his large estate, Ford
was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, 'grown from the soil,' had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than
steel. Now it is obvious that this stuff can be utilized industrially, so why do we refuse to use it? It is tragic and irresponsible that with the
natural resource crisis we face today the government still refuses to admit they were wrong to outlaw it even though it would solve so many problems
we face today. Today, our planet is in desperate trouble. Earth is suffocating as large tracts of rain forests disappear. Pollution, poisons and
chemicals are killing people. These great problems could be reversed if we industrialized hemp. Natural biomass could provide all of the planet's
energy needs that are currently supplied by fossil fuels. We have consumed 80% of our oil and gas reserves. We need a renewable resource. Hemp could
be the solution to soaring gas prices. perhaps thie increase in dangerous weather we've been having recently is a result of the major changes in our
atmosphere caused by destruction of the rainforest. Hemp cultivation and production do not harm the environment. The USDA Bulletin #404 concluded that
hemp produces 4 times as much pulp with at least 4 to 7 times less pollution. In 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would
come from hemp and that no more trees need to be cut down. Government studies report that 1 acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of trees. Hemp has a higher
quality fiber than wood fiber. Far fewer caustic chemicals are required to make paper from hemp than from trees. Hemp paper does not turn yellow and
is very durable. The plant grows quickly to maturity in a season where trees take a lifetime. Hempen plastics are biodegradable! Over time, they would
break down and not harm the environment. Oil-based plastics, the ones we are very familiar with, help ruin nature; they do not break down and will do
great harm in the future. The process to produce the vast array of natural (hempen) plastics will not ruin the rivers as Dupont and other
petrochemical companies have done. Ecology does not fit in with the plans of the Oil Industry and the political machine. Hemp clothing is extremely
strong and durable over time. You could hand clothing, made from pot, down to your grandchildren. Today, there are American companies that make hemp
clothing; usually 50% hemp. Hemp fabrics should be everywhere. Instead, they are almost underground. Superior hemp products are not allowed to
advertise on fascist television. Kentucky, once the top hemp producing state, made it ILLEGAL TO WEAR hemp clothing! Can you imagine being thrown into
jail for wearing quality jeans?
So i guess what i'm saying, in my very longwinded fashion (this my first post, so forgive me if it's supposed to be shorter) is DON"T BELIEVE THE
HYPE!