I keep hearing of the hemp fields growing next to the “high-ways” and rural roads, have you seen them? You might remember, I wrote of it recently, it’s all Cannabis Sativa. The plants you see are being grown for medicine, medicine that is high in the cannabinoid CBD and very low in THC. It gets classified as hemp by the low THC count, but it’s not grown at all like Industrial Hemp, it’s grown just like Cannabis that is grown for high THC content and smoking. Hemp won’t, however, get you high.

The history of Cannabis Sativa, or hemp, is long and sad. Greed cut hemp right out our lives in the 1930s and greed is once again wreaking havoc on the Cannabis Sativa plant. If Cannabis had not been made illegal, our country and world would be a far better and different place. There are four men who, over the course of a few short years, changed the entire course of textiles, plastics, food, medicine and more. How did a small handful of men do that? Read “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” by Jack Herer and find out!

In a nutshell, it was William Randolph Hearst and E.I. DuPont who were at the beginning of the end for Cannabis. Hearst had his forests and papermaking equipment for his newspaper and magazine empire and knew it couldn’t compete with hemp.  DuPont had his new process using oil and coal for plastic processing patented; biodegradable hemp wasn’t going to stand in his way! A full 80% of DuPont’s business would never have come into being if Cannabis had not been made illegal.

When answers are found to the recent issues with vaping, they will be linked to greed.  My educated guess is that someone is cutting the oils with a cheap alternative to make more money. There are many theories, including that the “pens” themselves are made of inferior products in China for a lower manufacturing cost. Again – greed is the bottom line. Could it possibly be the tobacco companies behaving like Hearst and DuPont?   Only time will tell.

History Repeats Itself by Rhea Graham