The amazing benifits of legalizing hemp

Hemp is an ancient plant derived from the plant Cannabis Sativa or more Commonly known as Marijuana. It is widely believed that Cannabis originated in the Himalayas. Hemp was formed when Cannabis spread all around the world. Some forms of Cannabis started growing in less light which caused it to start growing more leaves and to reach the sun it got taller. This caused production of THC laden resin to be stunted. As The Marijuana started to acclimate to the low leveled lights area it began to stop producing THC altogether.
Hemp would be extremely beneficial to America because of its high versatility. Hemp can be refined to make paper,clothes,food,alternative fuel,and biodegradable plastic. We could get rid of our dependency on Earths resources by the year 2050, if we planted hemp on 6% of the continental U.S.
Hemp creates 4 times more paper making pulp per acre than trees in less than 1/10 the time. The quality of the paper is not only higher but it is cheaper to make as well. Hemp paper is so durable that it can be recycled up to 7 times as opposed to wood pulp at 4 times. The only reason ancient Chinese scrolls were discovered was because they were made of Hemp paper. This paper stayed in remarkably good condition for 100's of years. Hemp paper is naturally resistant to decomposition and yellowing due to age.
Hemp can be used to make Clothing that is extremely durable and can last for years. Hemp has very long fibers which make it easy to be made into any kind of clothing. Hemp derived clothes are softer, stronger, and block the suns UV rays. Hemp clothing is resistant to heat, mildew, insects, and is resistant to light.
Hemp as a food can be more diverse than the soybean, it is also easier to digest. In fact, hemp is often prescribed as food for those who have difficulty with digestion. Hemp seed is very high in a protein resembles protein found in the human blood. It is also high in calcium, magnesium, phosphorous potassium and vitamin A. Hemp seed oil contains over 70% cholesterol- fighting fatty acids, the highest of any known seed oil. These 'good' fatty acids help the body heal. Also, hemp oil contains a very rare nutrient found in mother's milk known as gamma linoleic acid. Hemp, most especially hemp seed oil can be made into breads, cakes, pastas, cookies, non-dairy cheese milk and even ice-cream. With hemp seed, a vegan or vegetarian can survive and eat virtually no saturated fats. One handful of hemp seed per day will supply adequate protein and essential oils for an adult.
The hydrocarbons in hemp can be processed into a wide range of biomass energy sources, from fuel pellets to liquid fuels and gas. Hemp seed oil can be chemically combined easily with 15% methanol to provide a premium diesel fuel substitute. This hemp bio-diesel fuel burns 70% cleaner than petroleum diesel in soot and particulate pollution. By burning cleaner, hemp fuel would help to reduce acid rain. Furthermore, the industrial use of fossil fuels increases the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere; however, hemp flues maintain the earth's natural O2/CO2 balance. Finally hemp is renewable very quickly, while fossil fuels take thousands of years to renew. Development of hemp based biofuels could significantly reduce our consumption of fossil fuels. Hemp may also be used to produce ethanol (grain alcohol.) The United States government has developed a way to make this automobile fuel additive from cellulosic biomass. Hemp is an excellent source of high quality cellulosic biomass. One other way to use hemp as fuel is to use the oil from the hemp seed - some diesel engines can run on pure pressed hemp seed oil. However, the oil is more useful for other purposes, even if we could produce and press enough hemp seed to power many millions of cars.
Conventional plastic are not biodegradable and are currently filling our land fills. However, once plastics were made from plant cellulose. The hemp hurd is one of the richest sources of plant cellulose, a building block of modern industry. Plastics made from hemp instead of petroleum would be biodegradable. `Bio-plastics' have already been used though out history - way back in the 1930's Henry Ford had already made a whole car body out of them - but the processes for making them needs more research and development. Besides being biodegradable, bio-plastics can be made without much pollution. The addition of hemp fibers enables the reduction of the amount of plastic required. In addition to a reduction of pollution during production, the widespread use of hemp plastics has the potential to dramatically reduce the consumption of unsustainable and environmentally negative petro-chemical plastics.