Anybody Else Eating Hemp Seed?

[EE_Bota]

I have read that the Hemp issue has been fought through the courts, and the ability to grow industrial hemp is preserved, but that the DEA disagrees, so they hassle you to the point you really cannot benefit from the court's decision. This could be bunk, but I believed it the last time I did a "info round up" on this topic.

Industrial can replace cotton for most things, and required little in pesticides whereas cotton requires lots. Hemp can crowd the weeds out of a field. Hemp itself may be judged a week by some.

I had hopes that hemp production would be a way we could grow energy using living green collectors. There is plenty of energy there, but getting at it can be a challenge. If someone plopped some cash in my hands, and said "go, figure it out" I'd start with rumen bacteria. I also hold some hope that a steam cracking approach could be developed.

I know it can be used for plastics, and I know that it can be used instead of carbon black in some products.

The seeds are higher in protein that soybeans, have no trypsin inhibitor we would have to denature through heat, and it is high in omega-3's.

That's what I remember off the top of my head from last time.

 

[clemsonfor]

So they can grow weed and sell it in those wacko Lib states but cant grow a crop taht is not a drug?

 

[EE_Bota]

So they can grow weed and sell it in those wacko Lib states but cant grow a crop taht is not a drug?

Apparently. The DEA maintains that it will make it harder for them to find the m.j. if industrial hemp is growing everywhere. But all this started years ago with Hearst launching a crusade against it because he owned huge wood reserves and didn't want a competing raw material for paper. That sounds a bit thin, but I have heard it and read it so much, I can't rule that out as his motivation.

A form of racism is involved too, since black folks and hispanics tended to be the ones then smoking m.j. so it was easy to target.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

No hemp seed is not marijuana and has no drug (THC) in it. In fact based on what I've learned hemp will pollinate a marijuana patch and ruin it. Seems to me that if DEA was concerned about marijuana growing they would encourage the growing of hemp...

Actually Hemp IS marijuana and it does contain THC. The difference between marijuana grown for hemp (i.e. industrial fiber), and marijuana grown for drugs is the hemp variety has a very low THC level (you could burn the entire field before you got buzzed), and the fiber is much better quality. The problem with the Feds is that it's impossible to tell the difference between them without sending samples for lab analysis; which means that there's no way to tell if the weed in somebody's pockets or the floor of their car is drugs or just chaff from field work.

I can personally attest to the efficacy of a joint at relieving pain from a migraine. Worked faster, and as well, as any over the counter medication.

Unlike alcohol, there has never been a case of a drug overdose from marijuana. And the percentage of drivers using marijuana causing accidents while under the influence of marijuana is far lower than the percentage of drivers drinking and causing accidents while under the influence of alcohol. Adverse effects to health from marijuana use are far lower than from alcohol use, and massively lower than from cigarette use even though both are smoked.

However, as with all medication that causes decreases in judgement and reaction times, you shouldn't be smoking pot and operating machinery, automobiles and tractors included.

 

[EE_Bota]

Actually Hemp IS marijuana and it does contain THC. The difference between marijuana grown for hemp (i.e. industrial fiber), and marijuana grown for drugs is the hemp variety has a very low THC level (you could burn the entire field before you got buzzed), and the fiber is much better quality. The problem with the Feds is that it's impossible to tell the difference between them without sending samples for lab analysis; which means that there's no way to tell if the weed in somebody's pockets or the floor of their car is drugs or just chaff from field work.

I can personally attest to the efficacy of a joint at relieving pain from a migraine. Worked faster, and as well, as any over the counter medication.

Unlike alcohol, there has never been a case of a drug overdose from marijuana. And the percentage of drivers using marijuana causing accidents while under the influence of marijuana is far lower than the percentage of drivers drinking and causing accidents while under the influence of alcohol. Adverse effects to health from marijuana use are far lower than from alcohol use, and massively lower than from cigarette use even though both are smoked.

However, as with all medication that causes decreases in judgement and reaction times, you shouldn't be smoking pot and operating machinery, automobiles and tractors included.

If we are going to discuss M.J. medicinal effects, I can say that the grease that results from harvesting the surface oils is a very effective pain reliever, better than oxycodone in my opinion. And unlike narcotics, it doesn't seem to lower digestive motility. Appetite in increased, and motility is preserved, and nausea is diminished, so it is a very effective aid for some cancer patients.

In this approach, the grease is ingested.

I am not advocating this for anyone, as it is highly illegal. And the process of making the grease is somewhat dangerous because you would be doing an evaporative reduction of a mixture that is explosive. Yet, the volatility of the solvent to be used is better than 99.999%, so the finished product is not hazardous at all.

Cannabis and Cannabinoids (PDQ®) - National Cancer Institute

 

[JohninCT]

Actually Hemp IS marijuana and it does contain THC. The difference between marijuana grown for hemp (i.e. industrial fiber), and marijuana grown for drugs is the hemp variety has a very low THC level (you could burn the entire field before you got buzzed), and the fiber is much better quality. The problem with the Feds is that it's impossible to tell the difference between them without sending samples for lab analysis; which means that there's no way to tell if the weed in somebody's pockets or the floor of their car is drugs or just chaff from field work.

Yes, you are correct. They are both from the same plant species (Cannabis Sativa) but different varieties and cultivated differently. This link provides good information for folks who are interested.

Hemp vs. Marijuana

[Industrial Hemp is grown quite differently from marijuana. Hemp plants are cultivated inches apart to produce plants with tall stalks, while pot plants are short and spaced a few feet apart to produce bushy, THC-rich flowers and leaves. Moreover, they are harvested at different times.

Marijuana cultivators also try to cull male plants to prevent fertilization of the female plant. Unfertilized females produce more THC, making it attractive as a drug (sinsemilla). In contrast, hemp production typically seeks fertilization to produce seeds.

And cross-pollination between hemp plants and marijuana plants would significantly reduce the potency of the marijuana plant. If hemp does pollinate any nearby marijuana, genetically, the result will always be lower-THC marijuana, not higher-THC hemp.]

 

[JohninCT]

If we are going to discuss M.J. medicinal effects, I can say that the grease that results from harvesting the surface oils is a very effective pain reliever, better than oxycodone in my opinion. And unlike narcotics, it doesn't seem to lower digestive motility. Appetite in increased, and motility is preserved, and nausea is diminished, so it is a very effective aid for some cancer patients.

In this approach, the grease is ingested.

I am not advocating this for anyone, as it is highly illegal. And the process of making the grease is somewhat dangerous because you would be doing an evaporative reduction of a mixture that is explosive. Yet, the volatility of the solvent to be used is better than 99.999%, so the finished product is not hazardous at all.

Cannabis and Cannabinoids (PDQ®) - National Cancer Institute

Wow. That is a very interesting link. I wasn't really intending this thread to be about medical or recreational marijuana (which I fully support complete legalization of). I just can't understand the reasoning behind the oppressive regulation on the growing of industrial hemp crop.

With the US being largely agricultural, and with all the industrial, nutritional, and medical uses of these plants (i.e jobs) why on earth wouldn't we be PROMOTING the farming and industrial use of hemp (and for that matter marijuana too).

 

[The kid]

Wow. That is a very interesting link. I wasn't really intending this thread to be about medical or recreational marijuana (which I fully support complete legalization of). I just can't understand the reasoning behind the oppressive regulation on the growing of industrial hemp crop.

With the US being largely agricultural, and with all the industrial, nutritional, and medical uses of these plants (i.e jobs) why on earth wouldn't we be PROMOTING the farming and industrial use of hemp (and for that matter marijuana too).

I can see why the government has banned this plant. It is too similar to the Mary Jane we all grew up with. If I where to stumble upon it in a field, I'd be running for my life feeling I was going to be someone's bullseye. One would have to be very well read in the plant to know the difference. So it seems the governments stance is to eliminate all forms of it. Is it Hemp or Memorex. :grin:

 

[JohninCT]

I can see why the government has banned this plant. It is too similar to the Mary Jane we all grew up with. If I where to stumble upon it in a field, I'd be running for my life feeling I was going to be someone's bullseye. One would have to be very well read in the plant to know the difference. So it seems the governments stance is to eliminate all forms of it. Is it Hemp or Memorex. :grin:

If it were legal you would have no reason to be running for your life any more than if you stumbled upon a patch of tomato plants or corn. Unless of course you were stealing or destroying them.

 

[The kid]

If it were legal you would have no reason to be running for your life any more than if you stumbled upon a patch of tomato plants or corn. Unless of course you were stealing or destroying them.

Well it's not and I would. People grow pot illegally on land they don't own or lease. One has to be careful stumbling upon someone's dope. Your mileage may vary.