What would Legalizing Hemp cultivation in America once again do?

What would Legalizing Hemp cultivation in America once again do?  Cultivation of Hemp in the United States will: • Strengthen the economy by providing a plethora of useful products that can be grown and manufactured here in America at a low price and sold for a healthy profit to and by businesses here in America and to businesses overseas • Give farmers a new more profitable and easy to grow lower cost crop with over 25,000 uses. • Provide USA made alternatives to crude oil products such as gasoline and plastics therefore reducing our dependence on foreign oil. • Help reduce greenhouse gas emissions   Some Facts about Hemp: • Hemp is another word for the plant Cannabis sativa L. this Latin name actually means ‘useful Hemp’ Marijuana comes from this same plant genus but the strains of Hemp used in industrial and consumer products contain only a negligible level of the substance delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC thus industrial grade Hemp is not marijuana. Cannabis indica and cannabis sativa (not cannabis sativa L.) are strains of marijuana. • Hemp is a super strong lightweight building material and produces excellent biodegradable plastic. Henry Ford's first Model-T was built to run on Hemp gasoline and the car itself was constructed from Hemp. The car, 'grown from the soil,' had Hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941. • Biomass: Hemp has a very high cellulose level. Hemp yields four times as much pulp per acre as trees making Hemp a good source of biomass for ethanol production. • Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington grew Hemp for its many uses. • In 1619, a law ordering farmers to grow Hemp was enacted at Jamestown Colony, Virginia. More mandatory (must-grow) Hemp cultivation laws were enacted in Massachusetts in 1631, in Connecticut in 1632 and in the Chesapeake Colonies into the mid-1700s. • Industrial Hemp can grow just about anywhere in most soil conditions it requires very little fertilizer and in most places no pesticides. • Hemp as paper: The oldest printed paper in existence is a 100 percent Hemp Chinese text dated to 770 AD. Thomas Jefferson drafted both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution on Hemp paper. Hemp paper is more recyclable than normal paper, requires few chemicals to process, and requires less energy to manufacture. • Hemp seeds: Hemp seeds are drug-free and extremely nutritious. The Hemp seed has the highest amount of essential fatty acids (such as omega-3) known in nature. Hemp seeds have been shown to dissolve bad cholesterol and plaque in coronary arteries. Hemp seeds are also one of the best sources of vegetable protein. • Hemp as a textile: Hemp grows well without herbicides, fungicides, or pesticides. The production of cotton, on the other hand, consumes almost half of the agricultural chemicals used on American crops. Hemp bast fibers are one of the longest natural soft fibers. They are longer, stronger, more absorbent, more mildew-resistant, and more isolative than cotton. This means that Hemp will keep you warmer in winter and cooler in summer than cotton.       http://www.hopewithhemp.com/