On AlterNet: hemp

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "hemp"

Hemp Is the Far Bigger Economic Issue Hiding Behind Legal Marijuana

Harvey Wasserman, AlterNet. October 19, 2010.

Prop 19 will open up California to hemp, a multi-billion-dollar crop that has been a staple of human agriculture for thousands of years.

Four of the Most Dangerous Fraudulent Scientific Theories That Must Be Confronted

Stan Cox, AlterNet. April 20, 2010.

Climate-induced earthquakes, bottomless pits of oil, pet dinosaurs and a miraculous energy source: For the sake of public policy, it's important to debunk the lies.

The Marijuana Cancer Cure Cult

Bruce Mirken, AlterNet. January 26, 2010.

It's not as far-fetched as it sounds, but some enthusiasts may be going too far.

Unprecedented Civil Disobedience For Hemp Legalization

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. October 16, 2009.

Hoping to focus the attention of the Obama administration on the DEA's bad policies, leading activists were willing to get arrested to make their point.

Help Save the Earth, Time to Subsitute Hemp for Oil

Dara Colwell, AlterNet. June 18, 2009.

Every man-made fiber we wear, sit on, cook with, drive in, are by-products of the petroleum industry -- all of which could be replaced by hemp.

Hemp Is Not Pot: It's the Economic Stimulus and Green Jobs Solution We Need

Dara Colwell, AlterNet. March 26, 2009.

We can make over 25,000 things with it. Farmers love it. Environmentalists love it. You can't get high from it. So why is it still illegal?

Debunking the Hemp Conspiracy Theory

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. February 21, 2008.

Pot isn't illegal because the paper industry is afraid of competing with hemp -- it's because of racism and the culture wars.

House bill calls for legalizing industrial hemp

Joshua Holland, February 14, 2007.

Joshua Holland: Second attempt since hemp cultivation was banned