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Should the growing of hemp be legalized in this country?  What effect, if any, would that have on the agriculture industry?

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If your doctor say's get some then yes, but if healthcare professional don't say so then why have it
- jeff etter, spearfish

I believe that there is no reason that Hemp should not be grown legally. Let the grower purchase the permit allowing them to grow it. this way you can track the authorized farms from the illegal ones. You will also have an increase in the tax base from the products that can/are produced from hemp.
- Bill Gillen, New underwood

Yes hemp shoud be legal. If the powers that be would pull their heads out they would know hemp couldn't get a gnat high, and yes it would help agriculture greatly.
- Rev. Ron Solmonson, Rapid City`

I have done some investigations into hemp, talking with professors at colleges that obtained permits to grow it. Hemp has no narcotice value, as it's cousin the marijuanna plant does. As one professor put it, if you smoke it, the only thing you will get is a headache. The hemp plant can be used to produce many products, such as clothing, paper, and rope. If my memory serves me right, Thomas Jefferson grew hemp on his plantation. Being allowed to grow it could only benefit our agriculture.
- Murl L. Woods, Rapid City

Hemp was, and can be again, a cash crop for long last material for clothing, rope, parchment and maybe ethanol. With the wonder of science, marijuana could be genetically engineered without the narcotic (THC). Stick that in your pipe and smoke it
- Bradly Colling, Rapid City

There is much misinformation about hemp. Hemp is not marijuana. You are NOT going to get high from industrial hemp. Hemp is a wonderful resource. I use hemp oil, and powder because it's very high in protein and omega 3's. Materials made with hemp have high endurance and will last much longer than most materials we use today. I think it's important we dispel the myths surrounding hemp and give the public a clear understanding of this wonderful product and it's many uses. Why shouldn't we grow hemp? Canada does. Sending link on hemp: http://naihc.org/hemp_information/content/hemp.mj.html
- Kathleen Baker, Newcastle WY

 
 
 
 
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