Hemp, the plant, is one of the world's most versatile crops, and has been used for centuries as a foodstuff, fabric, and fiber.
At the birth of, America, hemp was grown in colonial New England and Virginia.
Hemp is today cultivated in every industrialized nation in the world, except the United States.
While hemp seeds and oils can be safely consumed and hemp clothes can be bought and worn across the US, all hemp used to create these products must be imported from abroad.
American farmers have missed out on this growing market because, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has grouped all varieties of the Cannabis Sativa plant together in spite of the fact that industrial hemp contains only trace amounts of psychotropic THC--a fraction of what's present in it's cousin, marijuana.
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