Source: huffingtonpost.com
With the economy in the toilet, it's no surprise to read that people are once again bartering for goods and services. As states desperately try to create jobs to replace those shipped overseas by outsourcing, no one should be the least bit surprised to learn that hemp is back in the news.
State Senator Mark Leno recently introduced a bill in Sacramento that would allow hemp farming for products such as hemp milk and food products as well as rope, cloth, canvas, and paper derived from hemp. As reported in the San Francisco Chronicle,some misinformed law enforcement officers still insist that it is impossible to tell the difference between hemp plants (which are tall, skinny, and planted close together) and marijuana plants (which are more stocky, dense, and planted at least four feet apart).
When a lobbyist working for the California Police Chiefs Association and the California Narcotics Officers' Association insisted that "You cannot visually tell the difference. It means in every major trafficking prosecution, defense counsel will begin with the argument 'That is not marijuana, it's hemp -- prove it!" he was met with a less than sympathetic response. Leno wryly noted that "Anyone with the gift of sight can tell the difference between hemp and marijuana."
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