Legalizing Marijuana Will Help the Environment

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=would-legalizing-pot-be-good-for-environment

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Hemp is actually the most important and potentially disruptive element of cannabis legalization. Hemp can provide equivalent or superior alternatives to a wide variety of materials including cotton, lumber, fiberglass insulation, nylon, petroleum, and pharmaceuticals. That is, of course, a very wide range of industries who have significant investments in their current processes and are just as pleased maintaining the status quo. Not coincidentally, hemp is the least discussed angle of cannabis legalization in the US.

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When all the hackers and ninjas in Silicon Valley start smoking weed en-masse, you're going to see this place explode into a new cultural revolution.

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Yes, then there will only be meth labs, illegal airstrips for cocaine/heroin flights, etc. in backwoods locations, not outdoor pot farms.