Before you say "because it's weed," hemp and the chronic are two different things.
THC:
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Due to the way hemp is grown and its separation from marijuana, hemp has a much lower THC content. Usually hemp's' THC content is about 0.01-0.03%. This makes it worthless for getting high.
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Ganja
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It takes at least 3% THC in order to get high and higher quality marijuana (used for drug consumption) will have 10-15% THC.
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Growth:
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Hemp is grown in rows one to two inches apart. The plants are grown very close together and shoot up toward the sky till they are taller then full grown men. They have a woody core and are stiff and hard to walk through.
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Marijuana on the other hand is grown with lots of room to bush out. You want 18" or more worth of space between the marijuana bushes. You want them to have lots of low branches (something that doesn't happen on hemp), leaves, and soft flexible stems. These growing methods encourage THC development making it better for use as a drug.
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Growing them together:
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Growing hemp and marijuana isn't an option. By doing that you get cross pollination which leaves both plants infertile. When they cross pollinate you loose the buds of the flowers and the seeds.
With hemp these parts are very useful for a wide variety of uses (oil, food, seed for the following year). With marijuana the bud is the part of the plant that has the most THC, if this doesn't fully develop due to cross pollination then you loose a lot of the material that can be smoked.
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The difference in THC levels make hemp and marijuana a lot different. There are thousands of products that can be made from hemp, but it must be set aside that hemp and marijuana are the same thing. It must be understood that hemp can not be smoked for a high, marijuana can not be grown in place of hemp and fool authorities, and marijuana and hemp can not be grown together (or even with in a mile radius of one another).
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Where I got all that from.
Anyway, I heard a speech today on hemp, which is why I'm asking. With all of hemp's uses, over 20,000, I heard that it could potentially put a lot of industries out of business. You can eat it, make clothes with it, turn into oil, etc.
Look at all of hemp's uses. 
Is that the reason why, or do they fear it'll get people high (even tho it can't)?
Let's discuss.
