1. “You are only as young as the
last time you change your mind”
- Timothy Learny

4. Hemp: The Solution
Alternative Voices & Issues in Mass
Communication

5. Hemp
 Hemp a.k.aCannabis Sativa sp. is not to be confused with Marijuana/Ganja.
 All Hemp Species = 10% Marijuana/Ganja. 90% are hemp.
 Hemp is low on Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psycho active substance. But
hemp is rich in Cannabidiol (CBD).
 CBD suppresses THC effects. Hemp can be consider Anti-Marijuana.
 Hemp fiber is known to be the strongest, in comparison to any other plant
species and are able to be process into countless products.

6. Hemp Products
 Food
 Soil & Water Purifier
 Clothing
 Paper
 Construction Materials
 Plastic
 Weed Control
 Biomass Fuel
 Etc..

7. Hemp as Food
 Hemp seed oil contains 80% Essential Fatty Acids (EFA) e.g Omega 3 -
6
 1 tablespoon per day = Daily EFA requirement
 Hemp protein contains all 21 known amino acids, including 9 that an
adult body cannot naturally produce.
 Hemp protein is a complete protein, and easily absorbable by human
digestive system.

8. Hemp as Soil & Water
Purifier
 Hemp has a natural and unique ability to detoxify the land it is planted
on.
 It can absorb leftover phosphorous on farm land, after the use of poultry
fertilizers.
 It can also absorb other harmful substances.
 Currently hemp is being planted in Chernobyl, Russia. Where the was a
nuclear reactor meltdown in 1986.
 The Japan government should consider the same move for the
Fukushima incident last year.

9. Hemp as Clothing
 Cotton Fibers = 1 - 2 mm VS Hemp Fibers = 4 - 5 meters
 Stronger than cotton and was the original material for Levis Strauss
jeans.
 Softer, warmer, and more water resistant than cotton.
 High insulation factor. Keeps you cool on warm days, and keeps you
warm on cold nights.

10. Hemp as Paper
 Hemp paper found 200 years before CaiLun (the inventor of paper),
started standardizing paper making process. Which was 2000 years ago.
 Hemp paper lasts longer and was more durable than conventional wood
pulp papers.
 The Declaration of Independence of America, signed on the 4th of July
1776, is written on hemp paper.
 Wood trees for paper takes 50-100 years to mature. Hemp takes 4
months to mature.

11. Hemp as Construction
Material
 Hemp fibers mixed with some bonding agent, will create Hempcrete.
 Hemcrete is a building bricks, lighter than normal building bricks.
 Hemcrete is fire retardant.
 1 cubic meter of Hemcrete wall, will absorb 165kg of Co2 overtime.
 Hemp fibers can also be turned into wall insulations.

12. Hemp as Plastic
 Conventional plastics are petroleum based product which is not a
sustainable source.
 Hemp plastics are plant based and are sustainable.
 Conventional plastics take more than 100 years to barely decompose.
Releasing harmful gasses while it does.
 Hemp plastics are bio-degradable, and does not release any harmful
substance.
 Currently Audi, BMW, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, GM, Iveco, Lotus, Mercedes,
Mitsubishi, Saturn, Volkswagen, Porsche, and Volvo are using hemp based
plastics components in their car.

13. Hemp as Weed Control
 Hemp is fast growing, tall with crowded foliage. This blocks the sun to
the ground. Deterring weed growth.
 Hemp can grow in high density, leaving no chance for weed to root in.
 Gives advantage to the farmers who does not need to use herbicide to
control weed growth and benefit the land use for crop rotation.

14. Hemp as Biomass Fuel
 Hemp can be the answer, liberating man kind from the use of fossil fuels.
 Hemp can be the answer for sustainable energy.
 The amount of Co2 released by the burning process of hemp fuel and the amount of
Co2 absorb by the hemp growing process keeps the global Co2 level at equilibrium.
 Hemp fuel burns cleans. Means it will not cause acid rains.
 Hemp has 4 times the bio mass and 8 times the methanol potential, compared to the
current main bio mass fuel, corn.
 If hemp was planted on just 6% of the continental America, it can sustainably supply
the demand for gas and fuel, for the whole country.

15. Hemp Compared
 Wheat and corn can produce around 8.5 tons of material per hectare, per year. Hemp
produces 25 tons.
 Oil palm takes 5 years before it fruits. Wood tree takes 50 – 100 years to mature. Hemp
matures in 4 months, so it can be harvested 3 times a year.
 Usable fibers from 1 acre of hemp = usable fibers from 4 acres of wood and 2 acres of
cotton.
 Hemp is naturally a hardy plant. Pest resistance means it needs less or no pesticide to
cultivate.
 Hemp is draught resistant

16. Hemp History
4800 B.C
A vase decorated 100 A.D
with hemp cords Chinese discover how
prints, proved that to make paper from
hemp has culture hemp.
influence.
8000 B.C
Hemp fabric provides
1000 B.C
Hemp is the world's largest agricultural crop,
80% of sustainable
providing materials to support civilization's most
textiles.
important industries, including fiber for fabric
and rope, lamp oil for lighting, paper, medicine
and food for both humans and domesticated
animals.

17. Hemp History
1790's 1837 – 1901
George Washington and
Queen Victoria uses
First Law! Thomas Jefferson grow hemp
cannabis resins to treat
on their plantations
menstrual cramps, sparking
enormous interest in the
uses of cannabis as a
1619 medicine in the English-
America's first hemp speaking world.
law is enacted at
Jamestown Colony,
Virginia, ordering all
farmers to grow hemp. 1776
First and second drafts of the
Declaration of Independence
are written on hemp paper.

18. Hemp History
1916
U.S.D.A. publishes Bulletin No. 404, "Hemp Hurds As
Paper-Making Material," extolling and demonstrating the
outstanding qualities of paper manufactured from hemp-
pulp, a new process. The document was printed on hemp-
pulp paper and explained the new technology. Previously
most all paper was made with the hemp fiber content of 'rag'
(worn out clothing).
1929 1935
Henry Ford begins extensive research 116 million pounds of
into the production of methanol (as a hemp seed are used
fuel) and the manufacture of plastics commercially in
America to
from renewable vegetable crops,
manufacture paint and
including hemp. varnish.

19. Hemp History
Prohibition!
1937
The Marihuana Tax Act HR 6385 was
enacted; this required a $1 tax stamp
on the cultivation of marihuana and
hemp. If somebody wanted to plant
hemp, they would have to buy a tax
stamp from the government. The issue
1938
for those in opposition of this tax
The February issue of
related to the underhanded manner in Popular Mechanics runs a
which this tax was enacted. Which story, (prepared before the
means the government is not giving 1937 legislation was
out any tax stamps. So begins the enacted) titled: "New Billion
prohibition of hemp and marijuana. Dollar Crop."

20. Hemp History
1941 Legalize
December issue of Popular Mechanics d again!
features a story on Henry Ford, showing
a picture of the car he "grew from the
soil." The automobile's "plastic panels 1942
with impact strength 10 times greater U.S. government overrides its own ban
than steel were made from flax, wheat, on hemp and distributes 400,000
hemp, and spruce pulp." The auto pounds of hemp seed to U.S farmers
weighed 1/3 less than its 100% steel who produce 42,000 tons of hemp fiber
contemporaries.
annually to support the war effort until
1946. U.S. farmers, are inundated by
"Uncle Sam" with incentives to grow
hemp. The U.S.D.A. makes it
mandatory for farmers to attend
showings of the "Hemp For Victory"
film. Farmers and their sons who agree
to grow hemp are exempt from military
service, even though America is at war.

21. Hemp History
Banned Again!
1955 1975
Both hemp and Marijuana are Researchers at the Medical College of
once again banned and declared Virginia discover that cannabis is incredibly
illegal. This time the government successful for reducing the size of many
concluded that smoking types of tumors, both benign and
Marijuana would make you a big cancerous.
lazy pacifist. The alleged point
was, enemy would use it against 1993
the US fighting troops to England eases restriction on
hemp farming. News media
supposedly drop their fighting
declare hemp clothes and
morale. The government now is cannabis leaf logo hottest new
illegalizing hemp for the opposite fashion.
reasons why they banned it first
in 1937.

22. Hemp History
1998
1994 The Canadian
Under the CNCA, one license was government
granted to a Canadian company, legalizes the
Hempline Inc., to grow hemp commercial
experimentally in Canada under growth of
the strict supervision of the industrial hemp.
authorities. To infinity, and beyond…
1996
The Canadian federal government
passed Bill C8 stating that mature
hemp stalks are exempted from the
list of controlled substances.

23. Hemp & The Future
 Global warming has already shown its effects. Polar caps are melting and sea level are
rising
 Earth’s fossil fuel supply is nearing depletion.
 Landfills are filled to the brim.
 Pollution rates are rising. Pollution causing up-trends are not going to stop.
 Hemp has always been the answer, but facts was swindled by greedy corporations.
 Scientist concluded, after an extensive research on global warming, as of 2011, human
only have a decade to reverse the damages, or it will be a one way ticket to a
guaranteed Armageddon.
 Educate ourselves & apply changes in our life.

24. Blog
 The Hemperor’s New Clothes
Thehemperorsnewclothes.blogspot.com

25. "When people fear their government, there is
tyranny; when the government fears the people,
there is liberty"
- Thomas Jefferson
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