Longhair 3,247 Posted November 14, 2015 What's up with this???! http://www.cbs58.com/story/30340225/menominee-tribes-hemp-crop-destroyed-by-dea-agents Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmor 727 Posted November 17, 2017 More "war on drugs" nonsense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Srgt. Hulka 3,468 Posted November 17, 2017 You know, last time I was up in Kansas, this hemp grew wild along the fence lines and river banks. I have a picture of me somewhere standing on a round hay bale and the plant was still 8-10 feet over my head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redbarron06 2,864 Posted November 17, 2017 “The hemp crop was intended to be a legal crop allowed by the Farm Bill, according to the statement. ” Well according to the sample taken it was not. It was therefor destroyed. More "war on drugs" nonsense. Yes keeping drugs out of the schools, is a terrible thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retcop 4,752 Posted November 17, 2017 From Obama in 2015 ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joel74 3,699 Posted November 17, 2017 From Obama in 2015 ? Yeah the OP was for 2015. This one was resurrected from the dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retcop 4,752 Posted November 17, 2017 So what kind of political payback was Obama engaged in with his henchman Holder ? Was the Tribe supporting Scott Walker, maybe ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomJefferson 2,806 Posted November 17, 2017 It was suppose to be Indian Hemp, the hemp used to make rope, but it wasn't. Once it was traffic then it was fair game. Now in all fairness to the Native Americans, they aren't the only ones to legalize rope hemp. Quite a few states have. It once was a major crop in this country and used for all kinds of rope from the rope used on ships to bailing hay. I grew up around hemp rope. There's no comparison in environmental impact over plastic or metal. Wild Indian Hemp or basically rope hemp, the THC is so low growing up in KY we called "Blue Grass, wouldn't get a fly high." I kid you not, you couldn't sell that crap if you wanted to. Might as well bag up oregano and cal it pot. Anyway the whole problem with with growing rope hemp is its a hell of a cover for illegal hemp. Though cultivation is radically different, they look pretty much the same and where rope hemp goes for pennies a pound, recreational hemp goes for hundreds. KY was one of those states rope hemp was a major cash crop and Indian Hemp a natural plant in the forest. When I was a kid, we use laugh at the drug enforcement guys getting their picture in the paper for this big pot bust knowing what they found was Indian Hemp. The laughing stopped when they started taking people's farms and the black helicopters started scaring the holy shat out of people. For all practical purposes, in the last 50 years we eradicated a plant that not only use to be a major commercial crop good the environment but a natural plant that use to grow on the side of the road. Whether you are a fan of recreational pot or not that was one hell of a damn feat. Imagine the manpower and resources say if you wanted to eradicate dandelions? That's about what happened in Appalachia. It was once that common. Tj Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
