Remind Me Again Why The U.S. Made The Best Way To Build A House Illegal

If you don't really know much about hemp, now is your chance. Here are a few quick facts: 

1. Hemp is an incredibly strong, durable, fast-growing material that can be used to build houses and make fuel, fiber, paper, seed, food, oil, etc. 
2. Hemp is not the same as marijuana, and can't be smoked to get someone high. 
3. No one wants to legalize hemp to use it as a drug. 
4. The federal government needs to deregulate growing hemp pronto.

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If you don't really know much about hemp, now is your chance. Here are a few quick facts: 

1. Hemp is an incredibly strong, durable, fast-growing material that can be used to build houses and make fuel, fiber, paper, seed, food, oil, etc. 
2. Hemp is not the same as marijuana, and can't be smoked to get someone high. 
3. No one wants to legalize hemp to use it as a drug. 
4. The federal government needs to deregulate growing hemp pronto.

ORIGINAL: By Associated Press. Uploaded by YouTube user icimblind. Learn more about hemp right here at Hemp University.
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