Legalize Hemp

   Legalize hemp.
   Note, I did not say, legalize marijuana. I remain against that. But industrial hemp and marijuana, though cousins, should not be considered together. Hemp has uses ranging from rope to textiles and even as food. Marijuana is high in THC content, the ingredient that gets you high. Hemp is not. It has but 1 percent or less content of THC. If you smoke hemp, you don't get high, you get a headache.
   I would imagine they look much the same in plant form. Allow it to be legal for the sheriff to sample the crop, to ensure it is hemp being grown, not marijuana.
   Already, it is legal to buy and consume hemp, at least in Utah, and I would imagine in any state. I find it in health food stores I frequent here in the Salt Lake area.

http://www.hempseed.ca/is-hemp-legal.ihtml

http://www.infotrail.com/idaho2008/Pre_Legislative_Update/Hemp_Update/hemp_update.html

http://naihc.org/