www.hemp.org - Hemp makes 2 types of fiber. The outer bark is 'bast' fiber, which makes canvas, rope, lace, linen and ultra-thin papers, like cigarette paper. Half of all tobacco cigarettes are wrapped in hemp paper. The interior woody core of hempstalks is 'hurd' fiber. US Department of Agriculture Bulletin 404, called "Hemp Hurds As A Papermaking Material,' published in 1916, says that hemp hurds make over 4 times more paper than trees. The first laws against hemp, renamed 'marijuana,' were passed shortly after this report. Hemp, cannabis, or marijuana is the oldest crop sown, and may be the reason our ancestors invented agriculture. Hemp prohibition has always been about money, power and the centralization of economic and political control. Restore hemp! - www.hemp.org
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