Environmental Costs of Hemp Prohibition in the United States

Autor:	Skaidra Smith-Heisters
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Government Natural resource economics Production (economics) Context (language use) Business Agronomy and Crop Science
Zdroj:	Journal of Industrial Hemp. 13:157-170
ISSN:	1537-789X 1537-7881
DOI:	10.1080/15377880802391308
Popis:	This article seeks to add to the discussion about hemp prohibition in the United States by comparing the environmental performance of industrial hemp relative to its substitutes in a few key industrial applications. The life cycle environmental performance of industrial hemp products is of particular interest because environmental inefficiencies often impose costs on society as a whole, and additionally, the government has initiated a large number of programs intended both to reduce pollution and to increase production of bio-based industrial feedstocks. The positive attributes of industrial hemp are considered here in the context of countervailing attributes.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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