Hemp grows with technological advances

Go and read the whole article about the growing hemp industry in Canada. Ever since we legalized industrial hemp in 1998, hemp production has been increasing.

I really liked this angle though:

Canadian nutritional hemp producers have enjoyed a competitive advantage.

Industrial hemp production is still illegal in the United States, where it's feared illicit drug dealers could hide plants high in THC, the psychoactive chemical found in hashish and marijuana, among the industrial plants, which have no psychoactive effect.

While U.S. producers work to change the law south of the border, Canada has had time to set up its own hemp industry just in time to capitalize on two worldwide changes: Exploration of alternatives to pricey and depleting petroleum, and development of crops with smaller ecological footprints.

Technological advances have allowed hemp to replace petroleum-based products for a variety of industrial uses.

So, legalizing hemp gives Canada a distinct advantage. Hopefully we will make so many bucketfuls of money that the Envious Americans will look north and realize that legalizing hemp will not make the sky fall in and they will follow our superior example. Money talks, right? But the War on Some Drugs is fought even more bitterly in America so I won't hold my breath.