Hemp doesn’t get you “high”
Not even a little bit. Not even if you eat, smoke and/or drink a ton of it. According to the Colorado Department of Agriculture, “Industrial hemp means a plant of the genus Cannabis and any part of the plant, whether growing or not, containing a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of no more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis.”Well, that’s great and all, but what does it really mean? Simply stated, it means that the form of Cannabis known as Industrial Hemp cannot, will not and does not get anyone “high”. This is significant because, as with any Cannabis plant, Industrial Hemp is still considered a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance under the Controlled Substances Act, and therefore it is unnecessarily restricted.
Hemp is good for the environment
Hemp sequesters (absorbs) carbon from the atmosphere at a rate 4x’s faster than forests and it matures in approximately 4-5 months (as opposed to the 20+ year maturation cycle of trees). We are devouring our natural resources and pouring more carbon into our atmosphere now more than ever before (and certainly faster than we can absorb with any man-made facilities). Our forests are great but they need a helping hand from Hemp.
Hemp is also a phytoremediative crop. Phytoremediation is just a fancy word used to describe a plant that improves the quality of the soil where it’s been planted. Hemp can be used to clean up toxic soils or inserted beneficially into an organic farmer’s crop rotation cycle. Coincidentally, it can be grown using little water and without the need for excessive chemicals and fertilizers too. And, if these chemicals stay off our crops (and out of our soil), they will stay out of our water supplies.
A crop that can improve our water quality and supply is good news for us all. When it comes to the environment, Hemp is a crop we can all get behind. Whether you want to reduce your own carbon footprint or change the whole world. Hemp can be your best friend.
Hemp produces CBD (Cannabidiol)
With the fairly recent discovery of the human Endocannabinoid System (ECS), it’s become an undeniable fact that Cannabis is the future of medicine. Our ECS has been there for thousands of years and is arguably the largest neurotransmitter system in the human body. Endocannabinoids and their receptors are found throughout our bodies. They interact with Cannabinoids found in Cannabis plants to feed, strengthen and heal us in ways that other medicines and supplements simply cannot.