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Hemp Development for Paper
From A to Z has been at the forefront of the Hemp industry since 2008 when research began into this cash crop for the use in paper production.
It took a while to figure out the difference between marijuana and Hemp as information remained scarce, and with the Patriot Act in place Big Brother could have been watching.
In this last decade there have been major developments in the Hemp industry, none greater than Trump signing a bill to make Hemp federally legal in December 2018.
Now in the summer of 2019, there looks to be a bumper crop on the horizon, and hopes of record sales for Hemp in the United States.
Only the majority of sales in this emerging market deal in CBD. The FDA stands firm that CBD remains illegal when added to food or dietary supplements for sale to the public. This legal stance ignored by companies rushing to gain popularity for the $22 billion in projected sales of CDB products. Even the Governor of Ohio has declared CBD legal in that state to help companies gain ground in offering this ingredient to the mainstream.
There’s also a major clinical study being done by a Canadian Hemp company and the UFC to prove that CBD works. And with one drug for epilepsy already approved by the FDA chances are good that CBD can get approval to be added to foods available at your local grocery store.
So this final FDA decision will be a major game changer to Hemp stocks if approved because it will see the industry welcomed into Corporate America.
Yet the possibility remains that CBD will not be approved, thus devastating the majority of existing Hemp companies operating in the United States. This bipolar future weighs heavily on companies trying to turn a profit on Hemp.
So what is CBD? CBD from Hemp differs from THC found in marijuana in that it doesn’t get a person high. For the most part the medical marijuana benefits for patients using THC, match the medical benefits of CBD.
And while CBD remains the hot topic, and the most likely way for the Hemp industry to be accepted by the masses, it only accounts for 1 application of the Hemp plant out of 25,000 different uses.
From A to Z wants to use Hemp for paper production, and urges companies like Amazon to use Hemp paper for paperback publications.
Using trees for paper can no longer support global demand without exposing humanity to the risk of major catastrophes like wild fires, deforestation, drought, and famine.
Hemp paper production can be managed more appropriately on Hemp farms where the stocks grow from seed to maturity faster and can be replanted again and again on the same land. All the while pulling CO2 from the atmosphere while leaving what’s left of natural forests on Earth intact for future generations.
For the time being though, it looks as if From A to Z and the rest of the world will have to wait for the FDA’s decision on CBD in order for the money needed to expand the Hemp market to flow into other verticals of this amazing plant.
Thank you,
From A to Z
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