Can hemp really save the planet?

Hemp: The Plant That Can Save Mother Earth is the transcript of a remarkable commentary on the world’s premiere renewable natural resource, by journalist and commentator Hugh Downs speaking for ABC News radio out of New York in November, 1990.

It is hoped people will be motivated and inspired by this transcript, to understand how, since the mid-thirties, this society has been reduced to an infantile status in which the awareness has been lost of how exceedingly useful a natural resource the vegetable hemp is.

How simply changing the way we have been taught to think about this plant, will enable us to clear away the stagnant, constipated, tired and inappropriate thinking that has inhibited some of the very best qualities of human innovation, creativity, and resourcefulness for more than half a century.

Mr Downs offers a thought provoking view of hemp, with nine footnotes being added to provide people with a cross-section of the reference material substantiating the facts Mr. Downs articulates.

A great read for anyone interested in learning more about hemp and a must read for any hemp supporter.

Covered by Mr Downs are:

• Footnotes
• Hemp For Fuel
• New Billion-Dollar Crop
• Pinch Hitters For Defense
• Popular Mechanics
• Western States Legal Foundation
• Hemp For Victory
• Introduction
• References
• A Strategy To Deregulate American Hemp
• Campaign Summary