YOU COULD BE SITTING ON IT RIGHT NOW, AND YOU MIGHT EVEN BE WEARING IT. IT’S HEMP. STATE SENATOR CISCO MCSORLEY IS PROPOSING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD LET NEW MEXICANS GROW THE CROP FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. HE SAYS MUCH OF THE FABRICS IN YOUR AUTOMOBILE AND IN CLOTHES ARE MADE OF HEMP, BUT THE CROP IS MOSTLY STILL GROWN OVERSEAS.
MCSORLEY SAYS NEW MEXICO WOULD PROVIDE IDEAL GROWING CONDITIONS AS THE PLANT WOULDN’T NEED IRRIGATION, SURVIVING ON RAINFALL.
MCSORLEY SAYS HEMP HAS BEEN RESTRICTED DUE IT’S RELATIONSHIP WITH MARIJUANA DESPITE THE FACT THAT HEMP DOESN’T HAVE THE HALLUCINOGENIC PROPERTIES CANNABIS DOES.
