American Hemp

If there ever was a time to build an American hemp industry, the time is now.

In Jesse Ventura’s Marijuana Manifesto, former Minnesota Governor teamed up with Jen Hobbs to explain why it’s time to fully legalize cannabis and end the War on Drugs. Through their research, it became clear that hemp needed its own manifesto. Jen Hobbs takes up this torch in American Hemp.

The movement to legalize marijuana has always treated hemp as an afterthought or a separate battle, even though both plants are indiscriminately listed as schedule 1 narcotics under the Controlled Substance Act. American Hemp asks what’s stopping America from saving the planet, bringing new jobs to a stagnant economy, and making everyone healthier? Why don’t most Americans know that hemp absorbs carcinogens, heavy metals, lead, and nuclear waste from the soil and water? Why does there seem to be less enthusiasm for an all-American hemp industry than for marijuana?

This book examines where we are as a nation on the fight to legalize hemp, which countries have a viable hemp industry, what hemp can be used for, what makes it a superior product, why it was made illegal in the first place, and the many health benefits of hemp (from CBD to healthy hemp seeds packed with Omega 3). American Hemp connects the dots between hemp's ability to absorb toxins and the scientific studies that show the irreversible damage from these toxins if they are not removed from the environment. If we sow hemp everywhere, we could grow a better future and save the planet in the process.