Cannabis: A Sustainable Alternative

English 112 O5PGrattin Cox, Charles Kong, Tiffany Wang

Hemp For Hope

Who are we?

Charles Kong

Tiffany Wang

Grattin Cox

What are we about?

Sustainability Decreasing CO2 emissions

Industrial Capability/ Profitability of Cannabis Commercial Hemp Medicinal Marijuana

Abusing Non-Renewable /

Inefficient Resources

Carbon dioxide is the second most abundant greenhouse gas

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Effects of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Climate Change / Global Warming

Rising Sea Level / Hurricane Intensification

Population Decline

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Climate change & global warming…

Rising Sea Level

Flooding / Property DamageHurricane-Induced Economic Damages

Population Decline

Negative Health Impacts Eating disorders, heat

stroke, spread of virus

Caused by high-income countries, detrimental to low-income

Animals

1.Advertise & Educate

2.Mobilize & Demonstrate

3.Globalize

PHASE 1Advertise &

Educate Spreading Hope

Endorse / PromoteHempology 101 Compassion Club Cannabis Culture Green Cross BCMP

Advertise

Educate: Workshops, Classes, Seminars

What is Cannabis?

Marijuana:

Sativa, Indica, Ruderalis

TetrahydrocannibinalFemale

Hemp:No THCCannabis sativa-LMale

Cannabis Is An Alternate Resource

Lynn Osburn (biomass energy expert) estimates that 1.5-3.6 million acres of hemp can replace all of Canada’s fossil fuel demands

Cultivation – Efficient, Renewable, Abundant

Versatility allows minimal herbicides / pesticides and actually increases soil quality

Decreases CO2 emissions (carbon sinks)

=Sustainable

Cannabis is A Medicine

Cancer, HIV/AIDS, Mental IllnessesPain Relief and ParesthesiaPharmaceuticals are expensive and have too

many side-effects!

Cannabis is Economy

Poverty & Rising Food Prices Inexpensive Health Care Commercial Hemp = Beneficial for

impoverishedCombined approach

Generates sustainable development

CANNABIS IS

ILLEGAL!Legalities

(permit)RCMP

agreementMedicinal license

• Stigma

Illegal Drug Market

Under the table economy

Money flow concentrated prohibition (police) & non-renewable energy sources

Waste of inevitable economy

Rather… Instead invest

money into research, legalization, manufacturing and taxation

less police, less drug dealers / gang violence

massive tax revenues

Phase 2

Mobilize & Demonstrate

Invest:RecruitRaw Products Tools & Factory

Grow, research and innovate

Where?BC UBC farm “Sustainable land management and food production practices with basic and applied research, innovation, education and community outreach”

Farm LocationWhere: Armstrong, BC

Size: 50+ Acres$1,000,000

When? Schedule:

Spring planting season Summer growing season Fall harvesting season Winter advertising season

How?

Harvesting: trim the plants, trim leaves by cutting. (Can be mechanized)

Manicuring: scissors, automatic trimmer or machine. "The Twister”

Drying and Curing

.

Product Distribution

Sell raw hemp at ‘compassionate’ rate (ie. ecosource paper inc, biohemp, clothing

companies, fuel companies) Financial support to promote

Donate medicinal marijuana to dispensaries

Phase 3Globalize - Lobby

Gain institutional supportBy demonstrating potential /

successFund related researchScholarshipsMedia, government, universities

“Make the most you can of the hemp seed and sow it everywhere” – George Washington

GLOBAL

IMPACT

Money Distribution

Farm: $3.4 mil Employment (workers ~50):

$ 3 mil Endorsement (Promotion/

Lobbying $ 2 mil, Support $2.5 mil, Future research $1 mil): $ 5.5 mil

Excess (lawyers if needed): $ 8.1 mil

Budget

FarmEm-ploy-mentEn-dorse-mentExcess

In Depth Farm Expenses

$ 1 mil

$ 250,000 $ 1.2 mil$ 400,000

$ 20,000 $ 500,000

Farm ExpensesBuying LandRaw Ma-terialsFactory/StorageMachineryLicense/PermitProperty Tax

Future ResearchCritical Attitudes

Lack of knowledge/ stigma Surveys

Cannabis genetic engineering How to manufacture hemp Seed Yield

Rates of CO2 emissions / depletion

Conclusion

SustainableIndustrially PowerfulEconomically ProsperousMedically Beneficial