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From the mid-1700s until the 1970s, industrial hemp was an important agricultural component of the commonwealth&#8217;s economy. It helped to win World War II!Pennsylvania Reps. Russ Diamond, R-Annville, and Marty Flynn, D-Scranton, have introduced legislation, House Bill 967, that would help to allow Pennsylvania farmers to again cultivate industrial hemp.Industrial hemp is one of world&#8217;s most durable fibers. I have seen miraculous recoveries of sick people who started to consume legal hemp oil from Canada! Pennsylvanians are missing out on economic benefits, while we continue to import products containing industrial hemp from Canada.Industrial hemp is not marijuana.If you really care about the world&#8217;s environment, consider that paper made from hemp creates one-quarter the pollution as paper made from wood pulp. As compared to erosion-producing, tilled crops such as corn, the raising of hemp will reduce silt runoff into our rivers and the ocean.Please ask your state representatives to support House Bill 967.Joseph DuPontGillette

Letter to the Editor: Allow Pennsylvania farmers to grow industrial hemp