D, in my reading, I've come across several articles talking about the reasons that the hemp industry was killed in North America ... because the soybean industry paid for the process ... because people were harming their health by smoking pot and getting high, even tho we're talking about the early part of the century.
I am not a pot smoker ... I've never signed a petition for legalizing pot.
I think Rick Simpson's story probably shows the REAL reason why marijuana was illegalized.
MH, in Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill Udo Erasmus talks about regular unrefined, cold-pressed hemp oil. He even recommends it as the best oil for those in dire need of omegas; it has the highest ratios of properly balanced omega 3-6-9 omegas of any plant that he studied.
Omegas are very important to the body for transport of fat soluble vitamins, and have many functions in the body. We are all deficient in omegas from the denaturing of the grocery store oils consumed in SAD diet.
Now Simpson is solvet-extracting what he's doing, not at all the same thing. Would the omegas help a body, probably. Would the solvents cause problems later, probably, and especially if taking this product on a regular basis. A good process of extracting the oils would probably be life saving.