course not

I don't know, tell me

I think I know but do tell anyway!

Grows well where tabacco grows,handles like tabacco,and you don't throw lite doobies out the window and start fires

While the above was a very good post, he left out a few corporations that fight against the legalization.

The Pharmacutical Companies. Who will by prozac and zoloft when you can go to the store to buy some pot? No one, the results are the same, and no Doctor is needed.

The Alchohol Industry. This is just unjustified fear. They don't realize that we will need cold beer for the cotton mouth that will soon be coming.

The Timber industry. You think Georgia Pacific wants to compete with hemp fiber? An average farmer could produce as much wood on a couple of acres, and regrow those "downed forests" the very next season. Also an unjustified fear, for while some papers and pressboards might be made, raw lumber for structural support will still be necessary, hence the sawdust and cuttings will still be used.

The Plastics Council. Sure you can make hemp plastic, but the plastics council is just an arm of the Petrolium industry, so they want nothing to do with it. And plastics as a whole are bad for the earth and the people that live on it. Glass might be more dangerous, but less toxic. Didn't even mention that Nylon falls under this domain, the main textile competition.

Law Enforcement. What do you think we would stil need all these cops if we legalized pot? 1/4 of the nations crime would disappear over night. 70% of our prison population was do to drug related offenses (1997 statistics), 40% were just personal possession cases. I already live in a community where we have more cops that felonies committed annually, these people have to justify there existence somehow.

Cotton Producers Once again, a misguided falsity to believe that Hemp will replace cotton, but why have another competitive opponent?

Those are just the ones I could think of, I'm sure there are more. The truth is, we have a horrible economy, and a serious energy problem. Hemp could actually help with both. Why? An absolutely new industry that can be literally "home grown." That means jobs, a reduction in tax exspenditures, research, and a national "ethanol" source that doesn't cut into the food supply.

I can't think of any good reason why hemp should be illegal in the industrial capacity, and very few reasons why it should be illegal in a recreational capacity.

to the stars tho right?

so more people will take family vacations over labor day

theirs a new law here all public schools can't start until after labor day

supose to help tourism $$$$$$$$$$$$$$