My FIL grew industrial hemp as part of the war effort during WW2. His son and grandson still farm the land and industrial hemp still grows wild in many of the fields. It looks just like recreational weed, except the stalks are much, much thicker, the leaves are not quite as thick and the buds are much smaller with almost no smell. We host a party out at the farm and there are always people enamored with the weed until they try some. Nasty, nasty, nasty and no buzz. The fiber from industrial hemp rivals cotton in strength, durability and flexibility of use.
My degree is in agriculture and for a while, our plan was that as soon as Minn made medicinal weed legal, I was going to grow it. Unfortunately, by the time it is legal here, the only people that will make money will be big industrial operations, like in England.
The US is a land of contradictions. We profess to want freedom, yet allow the government to make it illegal to use a drug that is less harmful than alcohol and probably tobacco. If weed were legal, the costs to society would be miniscule compared to the costs of alcohol and tobacco to society.