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[Vieo]

Is it the plant marijuana comes from? I don't quite understand the definition below... I saw a hat made out of "hemp" on ebay. I wonder how sturdy the fiber is compared to cotton and if it's machine washable. I've never really heard about hemp clothes before. What types of people buy clothes made out of hemp?

hemp

common name for a tall annual herb (Cannabis sativa) of the family Cannabinaceae, native to Asia but now widespread because of its formerly large-scale cultivation for the bast fiber (also called hemp) and for the drugs it yields. Known and cultivated in ancient China, the plant was introduced into Europe before the Christian era. In the United States it was cultivated chiefly in the Midwest. The fiber, retted from the stem, was one of the most important for various kinds of cordage; it was also used in making paper, cloth (canvas and other kinds), oakum for calking ships, and other products. The male and female flowers are borne on separate plants. The chemical derived from the female flowering tops is used medicinally and is the source of marijuana and hashish. Hemp seed is used as bird food, and the oil from the seeds is used in the manufacture of paints, varnishes, and soap. The dried leaves are used in Asia for a beverage. The word hemp is used in combination for several other kinds of fiber plants, notably Manila hemp and sisal hemp. The true hemp plant is related to the hop, which is used in making beer. Hemp is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Urticales, family Cannabinaceae.

 

[Drozmight]

I'm guessing the female version of the plant is mary jane, and the male version doesn't do anything but make clothes and what not.

 

[Vieo]

I think I get it now. That pretty interesting, like how roosters don't lay eggs, but chickens do.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

I think I get it now. That pretty interesting, like how roosters don't lay eggs, but chickens do.

And now you know how babies are made.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I think I get it now. That pretty interesting, like how roosters don't lay eggs, but chickens do.

A rooster is a chicken. Hens lay eggs, but roosters don't. They're all chickens though.

"Somethings missing!"

 

[Sriram]

Hemp originates from the same plant as marijuana but selective breeding over the years has made them different to each other.

As far as I know, hemp is very strong and is banned from being used for paper and ropes for some lame reason to do with a rich tree paper manufacturer I think.
And I bought some hemp, nike dunks the other day.

 

[Vieo]

Hemp originates from the same plant as marijuana but selective breeding over the years has made them different to each other.

That makes even more sense... like the way they have black goldfish with giant bulb eyes and then goldfish that look like goldfish. They're both goldfish, but they've been bred over the years to look different.

 

[G4life98]

its a bummer that hemp has such a stigma and we still mow down forests for paper, when it would more sense to use hemp.

 

[iced lightning]

I have a hemp hat and I wear it about everyday. It's the most comfortable hat I've ever owned.

 

[Ecrofirt]

I thought hemp was made from the root of the plant.

It's supposed to be a more durable fiber than cotton, and it makes better paper than trees do, but it's banned in the US.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Hemp originates from the same plant as marijuana but selective breeding over the years has made them different to each other.

As far as I know, hemp is very strong and is banned from being used for paper and ropes for some lame reason to do with a rich tree paper manufacturer I think.
And I bought some hemp, nike dunks the other day.

That rich tree paper manufactuerer wasn't just any rich person, it was William Randolph Hearst. Since he owned a giant newpaper business, he decided to buy up the paper manufactoring as well to cut costs. During the 30s though, hemp paper was starting to encroch on his business, so he decided to ban hemp, and produced such propaganda as the classic Reefer Madness.

 

[Nikashi]

That rich tree paper manufactuerer wasn't just any rich person, it was William Randolph Hearst. Since he owned a giant newpaper business, he decided to buy up the paper manufactoring as well to cut costs. During the 30s though, hemp paper was starting to encroch on his business, so he decided to ban hemp, and produced such propaganda as the classic Reefer Madness.

There was some pressure from DuPont as well, but it was mostly good old Hearst.

 

[darscot]

Hemp and Mary Jane both come from the exact same plant. The only difference is you can get more hemp from taller male plants as it is made out of the stock. The shorter female plants produce the bud that you smoke. So typically hemp producers use the male plants. So in the end the girls make you feel good and the boys do the work some things never change.

 

[Koopa]

Marijuana is the flower off a female plant. The flowers themselves do not get you high, its the THC that is grown on the flowers as a protective agent is what causes the High, more crystals the higher the THC content, the more potant the weed is. Due to indoor cultivation and hightech breeding, they are able to produce plants with 50x the THC content that they had 20-30 years ago, Males also produce THC on the nuts to protect it. At certian points of the plants life cycle, mainly when the glands turn a light shade of amber, the flowers are picked an dried. Creating Marijuana

Hemp itself derives from the stock of the plant, and not the flowers grown on it. Male plants are predominatly used in this becuase they produce far less THC then females. Cannibus Sative is the more tall stalky version of the plant while Cannibus Indica is much more small tree style, usually producing more stalks of buds. Sativa is a more cerebral high while Indica is more of a physical high

Hash is just the THC resin, usually frozed off the flowers threw silkscreens and pressed into usually 3.5 gram balls/cubes. Kief is the same thing except the resin is sifted threw the silkscreens dry creating a powder of the resin