However, there is a problem: hemp is illegal in many countries of the world-
This plant, so useful for fibre, rope, oil, fuel and textiles, is a species of cannabis.
related to the plant from which marijuana is produced. In the late 1930s, a
movement to ban the drug marijuana began to gather force, resulting in the
eventual banning of the cultivation not only of the plant used to produce the drug,
but also of the commercial fibre-producing hemp plant. Although both George
Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp in large quantities on their own land,
any American growing the plant today would soon find himself in prison ~- despite
the fact that marijuana cannot be produced from the hemp plant, since it contains
almost no THC (the active ingredient in the drug).