



Let them eat hemp

Protein source: humble hemp seeds won't make you stoned.











In other words, eating hemp seed won’t get you stoned. 






25 comments so far

  • Paula has hit the nail on the head. While there are hypocritical regulations that allow "junk" foods such as soft drink to be hawked to the masses so they can get ill and healthy sources of protein and omega 3s such as hemp are banned, I will quite happily eat hemp seed till the cows come home. For god sake, even the US home of the "failed war on drugs" can get past the fact that hemp is not an illegal drug. Do regulators and politicians think people are so stupid as to confuse two different things? Just goes to show how corrupt our society is that harmful food like I alluded to and things like cigarettes are legal to buy while amazing plant foods like this are not.

    Ben Garden
    Date and time
    April 14, 2014, 7:58AM
    • I am really looking forward to these countries evolving and progressing to more modern mentalities. It's great how these countries move ahead with these things, puts pressure on ours to become a bit more in line with how things just should be. Once our leader moves on the new leader will see tax benefits on medical marijuana just like America and UK. Not just the tax benefits and income stream but always for the purpose of medical reasons.

      The Other Guy1
      Date and time
      April 14, 2014, 11:08AM
  • Hemp is Cannabis sativa, but a different subspecies to the high THC subspecies and different again to the related Cannabis indica (another 'marijuana' strain).
    Another cousin to Cannabis sativa is the hop plant, the flowers of which are added to beer to provide bitterness, flavour and aroma. Hop flowers are also antimicrobial, making low strength beer a healthy drink than water for hundreds of years. Just like hemp now, hops were banned for a time in medieval Europe.

    Jon G
    Date and time
    April 14, 2014, 8:56AM
    • The way things are going in Australia at the moment,we may well be living in medieval times soon :/

      It's A Scam
      NSW North Coast
      Date and time
      April 14, 2014, 9:30AM
    • @ It's A Scam

      Atleast we will have Knights & Dames!!!

      Sir Bott
      Date and time
      April 14, 2014, 10:35AM
    • Hops were only banned in England, and were only banned for use by ale brewers, not beer brewers (beer and ale being different drinks at the time). This wasn't because hops were seen as narcotics, it was merely to enforce the distinction between the English unhopped, malted cereal beverage, ale, and the hopped malted cereal beverage from the German lowlands, beer.

      Date and time
      April 14, 2014, 12:00PM
  • Hemp is a miracle plant, it has so many uses and is incredibly underexploited. Paper from hemp can be harvested annually, trees take decades to become viable. And there are dozens more uses, and for nutrition is it very useful. Wake up Australia!

    Date and time
    April 14, 2014, 9:18AM
    • That's right borg! Hemp up until fairly recently was used for a great number of things. It produces a fibre that's more durable than cotton, and doesn't involve its delicate handling, chemical wastes, and pesticide treatment. It's fibre was used all over the world to make paper; the vast majority of books and documents, maps etc. were printed on hemp paper up until about the end of the 19th Century, and, naturally it's stronger and more durable than wood-chip based paper; it doesn't degrade nearly as quickly and can be recycled more. It was used to make, ropes, sails, and clothes. It has been used medically since ancient times in many cultures.

      It produces far more pulp per acre than trees, and can be harvested 2, perhaps 3 times a year. It can grow in many different climates. It burns hotter than coal and is viable as a bio-fuel.

      The benefits are so utterly undeniable, and the refusal to acknowledge them so detrimental, the current attitude amounts to a kind of psychosis, which when you think about it is rather, sadly, ironic.

      thrash jazz assassin
      Date and time
      April 14, 2014, 1:04PM
  • Poppy seeds when consumed, can be detected in the urine test as opiates.

    This little gem is why Human Consumption of hemp seeds will likely fail. Small traces of THC from seed may render the very lucrative 'criminal fines going into Government coffers'...impractical. ie. the roadside dope test.

    This is how screwed up our country has become.

    Date and time
    April 14, 2014, 9:35AM
    • Quite a few of the USA states are now legalizing WEED and are bring in huge amouts of tax revenue, and i bet ya there's no violence involved with the people using it.

      Reality Check
      Date and time
      April 14, 2014, 11:09AM

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