According to most religious texts, God gave mankind dominion over all the plants of the earth. Cotton, wool and synthetic fibers are commonly used to make the clothes the entire planet wears.
Few trees are safe from being turned into paper or lumber.
Few plants in history have been as unfairly demonized as the cannabis plant, but Iowa legislators are taking the initiative to undo all this and bring hemp production back to America in time for the new millennium. This is a decision full of wisdom and could help Iowa farmers produce a crop the rest of the world has been happy to utilize fully for decades. Fear of marijuana has kept hemp down in this country for too long. No one will be getting high off hemp and our state legislators are willing to overcome that false perception. For that, they should be commended.