Can the hemp used to make rope and clothing be smoked like marijuana?
You can smoke hemp fiber but you wont get high from it. Strains of Cannabis approved for industrial hemp production produce only minute amounts of THC, not enough for any physical or psychological effects. Typically, raw unprocessed hemp contains below 0.3% THC. While the end product contains almost unreadable amounts after manufacturing. Hemp fiber/bast is a soft, durable fiber that is cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus. bast, refers to the fibers that grow on the outside of the woody interior of the plant’s stalk, and under the outer most part (the bark). Bast fibers give the plants strength. Hemp fibers can be 0.91 m (3 ft) to 4.6 m (15 ft) long, running the length of the plant. Almost all hemp is made from the Cannabis “Sativa” strain as the “Indica” strain generally has poor fiber quality. The cannabis plant is harvested before the reproduction cycle starts. The marijuana that people smoke is a female plant after the light cycle changes to 12 hours of light. The light cy
