They’re relegated to the South Dakota Bad Lands where nothing BUT Hemp will grow, but the government won’t even let them grow it. AND before you suggest it, no reasonable Marijuana grower would want their plants ANYWHERE near an industrial hemp crop. Just like a Fuji Apple orchard wouldn’t want Granny Smith Apple trees anywhere near their trees. They Hemp would hybrid their weed and make it useless.
Come on people, they just want to live their lives on their land and stay out of our business so we can stay out of their business. Don’t we owe to them to let them grow hemp? It’s the ONLY thing that will grow, and it would be a cash crop for them. It’s great for industrial fibers and oils.
What do you say?
2007-07-20 09:33:32 · 3 answers · asked by Incognito 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
schazjmd- you're right. The funny thing is- it's legal to produce products in the US from hemp raw material. It's just not legal to grow it.
2007-07-20 09:45:49 · update #1
The Sioux and other Native Tribes are sovereign nations. The US Government has ZERO business telling them what they can and cannot do in their lands. Isaac Stevens, representing the US government, signed many treaties with Indian Nations in the 1860's. Tribes have sued the Federal Government and won using these treaties. The Nisqually tribe fought for their rights spelled out in their 1860's treaty, took it all the way to the Supreme Court and won. Indian nations are sovereign. They govern themselves, they are independent. Sovereignty cannot be given or taken away by our government. Only the people of a sovereign nation can give up their sovereignty. I don't understand why this is so hard for people to understand. Just like we can't regulate what goes on in Holland, or in Japan, or in China, we have ZERO say about what a sovereign Indian Nation does. The thing we owe them more than anything is honoring their sovereignty and the treaties that the Native people signed in good faith, often in a language they did not understand. I'll say it again. The native people of the United States are sovereign nations. They cannot be told what to do by our government.
2007-07-20 10:00:47 · answer #1 · answered by prekinpdx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. There are MANY uses that Hemp can be used for...it is very diverse and can even be used for ethanol (which you get more from one plant than a whole field of corn)
There is a bill right now that Ron Paul is endorsing which is trying to make industrial hemp legal. should check it out!
2007-07-20 09:45:17 · answer #2 · answered by Fedup Veteran 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've got no problem with it, and don't understand why it would be forbidden. Hemp makes great fabric.
2007-07-20 09:42:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋