Pubdate: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 Source: Foster's Daily Democrat (NH) Copyright: 2007 Geo. J. Foster Co. Contact: http://www.fosters.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/160 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n449/a07.html Author: Russell Barth HOUSE APPROVES GROWING HEMP To the editor: Another interesting fact about hemp: it thwarts illegal pot growers. The very last place anyone would want to grow pot is near a hemp field. The hemp would pollinate the pot, causing it to go to seed. The resulting pot would be useless as a drug, and the seeds it produces would be next-to-useless as well, because the plants the seeds would produce would be too rough for pot and too short for hemp. So, to cut down on clandestine marijuana fields; cover the continent with hemp. RUSSELL BARTH Ottawa, Ontario Editor's note: Russell Barth adds that he is a federal medical marijuana license holder in Ottawa. - --- MAP posted-by: Steve Heath