Over one half of all pesticides used are used on cotton plants. Hemp is also much cheaper than cotton. It does not take as much money to grow the plants in the first place, and more of the plant can be used, thus earning the farmer more money. In today s economy, most farmers are barely breaking even. With the introduction of marijuana as a cash crop, the almost nonexistent family farm will again flourish.
Hemp meets all standards developed for being considered a source of fuel.
Through the process of hydrolysis a plant s cellulose can be converted to ethyl alcohol, this is called ethanol. Corn and municipal waste are both currently being researched as a source for this ethanol, how- ever neither can come close to producing the eighty percent cellulose of hemp stalks. This solution could solve the entire worlds energy supply problem. When using various other legal substances as a precedent, marijuana is a very safe substance. According to a University of Michigan research paper, a regular marijuana smoker will smoke 2-4 marijuana cigarettes a day, whereas a typical tobacco user will smoke between 40 and 60 tobacco cigarettes in the same period of time.