Hempsters: Plant the Seed (2010)
finigan1 0 points 5 years ago.

Much has changed since this doc came out, but still much remains the same. The legalization of medical and recreational weed in a handful of states and just 3 months ago nationwide here in Canada is a great thing for everyone.The legalization of hemp though would take a lot of money out of billionaires pockets, petroleum and forestry especially.It would also change the power certain institution not agency’s have over people.The DEA and other law enforcement is probably as pissed as the cartels are that its been legalized, especially in the state of California.It is a harmless and very beneficial plant besides the money people make off of it illegally. I have been around it and have used and grown it for decades for my and others own personal use. I and some friends have not had to go to some dealer who only cares about profit and not add our money to the criminal aspect of it, it is quite expensive.But even though I have never done it for profit I could have still did time for it until 3 months ago.Hopefully in time the idiots running things(like they did here) will get that the benefits of legalization across the board would far,and I mean really far outweigh the negatives.Until then keep fighting and growing,but be very cautious like I was for almost 30 years. < Passes the peace pipe!

Krl246 1 points 5 years ago.

The thing with legalization is that it isn’t quite what is happening. The gov’t wants to be able to make money off a product that is inflated in value due to it’s black-market sales. So instead of freely growing and using it, you need gov’t consent to grow, market, and, sell. It will still be criminalized to sell or grow, in much the same way tobacco is, invariably leading to large companies and special interest groups spending millions to further regulate and control the flow of money to them. Without those restrictions in place the value of a weed that can grow almost anywhere would fall to zero.Even in my hometown they don’t even want to make concessions for medical needs patients to grow there own.