Argentina court ruling may legalize personal use of marijuana

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8-27-2009 @ 10:11AM

Lauryn said...

I've actually also read that the original bans were lobbied for by cotton farmers, because hemp is a strong, useful fiber that grows without pesticides or artificial fertilizers and was used for many things, like ropes on ships, paper, and clothing, and the cotton farmers felt rightly threatened by it. Even though a different species is used for hemp and for marijuana, both were lumped together at the time, and continue to be now, even though the hemp plant does not contain enough THC to produce any sort of high, and hemp used in this country today has to be imported, which is a shame, especially considering the versatility of hemp fiber and the ease with which it grows naturally. I don't have a link about the cotton farmers' lobbying right now, but I find it highly plausible.

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