Pubdate: Thu, 17 Dec 2009
Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA)
Copyright: 2009 Chico Community Publishing, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.newsreview.com/chico/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/559
Author: Curt R. Larsen
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n1077/a03.html

THE MANY USES OF HEMP

Re "Weed is winning" (From This Corner, by Robert Speer, Dec. 3):

Hemp is used for making a durable cloth (dating back to ship sails and
still used in Great Britain on their historical ships for rope rigging).
Cannabis plants produce more plant fiber per acre than trees do and can
grow faster than trees when it comes to the time between planting and
full-growth harvest. The cannabis plant has a higher sugar content than
even cane sugar and can be made into ethanol or even biodiesel. Add soap,
as well!

If people could see past the stigma of the medical and recreational uses
of marijuana to these alternate uses, maybe even more revenue can be
generated to help out with the state's deficit.

Curt R. Larsen

Chico
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