Is Hemp Seed Oil a Good Health and Beauty Supplement? Dr. Weil Thinks So
Published Dec. 4, 2008 at 1:34 p.m.
Textile hemp plant photo by Eric Martinez @ flickr.Quick, what do you picture when you see the word "hemp" - old-fashioned hippies in rope sandals and scratchy shirts? Or do you go right to the 'evil weed' cannabis-hemp connection? Whatever you imagine, you are probably not alone, influenced by decades of government's viewpoint equating the industrial hemp plant with its close cannabis-genus cousin marijuana (the U.S. forbids domestic hemp crops, though two North Dakota farmers are fighting in court for the right to do so). But the sturdy, fast-growing and pesticide-resistant hemp plant