which throws up 1 article in a search for "hemp". a search on greenpeace is similarly depressing. www.foe.co.uk is a little better. it seems there's more in the mainstream. eg. www.theecologist.org
it has been suppressed since about 1937 when the likes of dupont & william randolph hearst did their best to demonise it for their own selfish ends. you see, it threatened the heavy chemical use in competing industries such as cotton, paper & plastic. it also gave people control of their energy supply. mr diesel, the inventor of the diesel engine first ran it on peanut oil and hemp works just as well.
check out the free book at www.jackherer.com
http://www.jackherer.com/chapters.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp
http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=175
http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=420
http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=190
as a side issue LETS can help us too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Exchange_Trading_Systems
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