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Originally Posted by DBS.US
Canada grows Industrial Hemp
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/econ9631
Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world. The species was banned in North America in late 1930s because its leaves and flowers contained a hallucinogenic drug known as delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). It was banned internationally in 1961 under the United Nations? Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Hemp does suffer from the ?snicker factor?, largely because of its hippy-dippy image and close association with marijuana, its conscious-altering cousin.
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they used to grow a lot of it around where i used to live for a few years but no one seems to grow it anymore. it just wasn't profitable because the US has such a fear of it and not enough canadian companies were using it to support the growth.