McConnell bill would legalize hemp as agricultural product

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If anybody was worried about land and water use, corn ethanol and soy diesel are prime culprits.

It looks like products and molecules derived from hemp have been proven useful, esp CBD

hemp has been around and useful a lot longer than emu oil and meat

I figure there's something rotten, corrupt, anti-progressive, as always, in McConnell's moves

eg, who's paying/hiriing McC to propose hemp legalization?

and/or hemp legalization will be attacked and blocked by law enforcement that depends on mj for arrest quotas, career advancement and pockets $Bs in civil forfeitures.

(fat, dumb cop: is this hemp or mj? if the suspect is black or brown, it must be mj, assume the position)

Typical liberal. SJW on every issue without thinking it through. Why wouldn't you rather put your effort into legalizing marijuana instead?

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I did not see it as a super power. Just a way to get something out of land. If it over grows or inhibits other important crops that already are fine, I'm good without it. Cotton has to be rotated quite a bit I was told. If hemp is a decent replacement at lower cost less water, etc.. usage why not for a year, as long as it is not real invasive. But if it is to kill to replace with another crop, that's a problem.... cost and possibly environmental problem.

And the problem is not necessarily less demanding. It may be as simple as it requires too much fertilizer that becomes runoff where a legume might work better for a period of time. Runoff from fields is a problem for water systems. You pick the lesser of the problems for that particular area.

Legumes use lots of fertilizer. Just not N.



Most rotation issues have to do with disease's or pests.

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Legumes use lots of fertilizer. Just not N.



Most rotation issues have to do with disease's or pests.

Yes. I know this. But it's an element issue as well. Nitrogen is usually the limiting element. Protein. And yes pests get established the longer you grow one species.


But it's still quite obvious we don't grow sugar beets in south Texas. Lots of cotton and maize in the coastal plains. There are clearly preferred crops for certain regions and certain soils. The climate is a major issue with the type of crops you grow. The market that has developed as well.



So you think there is really no market for hemp products in the US? We are back to the beginning of not understanding why Kentucky even bothered with this issue.

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Yes. I know this. But it's an element issue as well. Nitrogen is usually the limiting element. Protein. And yes pests get established the longer you grow one species.


But it's still quite obvious we don't grow sugar beets in south Texas. Lots of cotton and maize in the coastal plains. There are clearly preferred crops for certain regions and certain soils. The climate is a major issue with the type of crops you grow. The market that has developed as well.



So you think there is really no market for hemp products in the US? We are back to the beginning of not understanding why Kentucky even bothered with this issue.

What is the product that so desperately needs hemp as an ingredient? Rope? Hemp in consumer products is just a sales gimmick at this point.

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What is the product that so desperately needs hemp as an ingredient? Rope? Hemp in consumer products is just a sales gimmick at this point.

straw man

CBD oil is an important medicine

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straw man

CBD oil is an important medicine

You posted a chart that says CBD oil is only 19% share of hemp products. Sounds VERY important. Body wash and Jack off lotion have a bigger importance than medicine.

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You posted a chart that says CBD oil is only 19% share of hemp products. Sounds VERY important. Body wash and Jack off lotion have a bigger importance than medicine.

but CBD oil important as medicine to the people who need it. And due to limited legal supply, mostly from Canada, it's very expensive OTC.

I appreciate you efforts to piss on and shut down hemp in the USA. impressive.

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but CBD oil important as medicine to the people who need it. And due to limited legal supply, mostly from Canada, it's very expensive OTC.

I appreciate you efforts to piss on and shut down hemp in the USA. impressive.

Lolz. I have a record of voting for hemp twice on the state ballot. I think it's a joke but freedom to choose means better crop prices.

Marijuana contains this CBD oil. Why are your efforts not into legalizing recreational marijuana instead?

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What is the product that so desperately needs hemp as an ingredient? Rope? Hemp in consumer products is just a sales gimmick at this point.

I have no idea.

So what would Mitch McConnel of Kentucky say?
Thats where we started. Is he just trying to get publicity for being fluid in choosing a crop to grow that we don't really need?