# Can smoking a hemp necklace get you stoned? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 27, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161 "2004-07-27T21:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bummerboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bummerboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bummerboy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/1 "2004-07-27T21:49:55Z")
I’ve always wondered that… ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/2 "2004-07-27T22:48:06Z")
Depends on the plant it came from, but **probably not**. Generally, in breeding plants, you can work on improving a single characteristic at a time. More than one trait at once is pretty hard. Hemp plants for years have been cross-bred to encourage tall stems, with long fibers that make good ropes. Anything else was not important to the farmer raising these. But modern hemp plants intended to produce pot are bred to produce higher levels of THC concentrated in the leaves. Long, tall stems aren’t important. (In fact, they are a disadvantage – they make the plants easier to spot growing in a field.) So if it came from an older hemp plant, they concentrated on growing long stems, rather than potentency. And if it’s a newer plant, they concentrated on potent leaves – but your necklace is probably not made out of hemp stems, not leaves. So neither one is likely to get you high. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/3 "2004-07-27T23:35:47Z")
In a word, No. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/4 "2004-07-27T23:58:54Z")
Well, there’s always the placebo effect. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Cooper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@Agent\_Cooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Cooper)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/5 "2004-07-28T01:11:26Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Well, there’s always the placebo effect. Don’t forget the effect of inhaling just about any kind of smoke. Lack of oxygen gets you high! You could get a buzz smoking potato chips if you want, you’d just have to smoke a really awful amount. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/6 "2004-07-28T01:21:26Z")
> [@Agent Cooper](#): > > Don’t forget the effect of inhaling just about any kind of smoke. Lack of oxygen gets you high! You could get a buzz smoking potato chips if you want, you’d just have to smoke a really awful amount. Sheesh! Don’t give 'em ideas. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/7 "2004-07-28T01:36:46Z")
> [@Agent Cooper](#): > > Don’t forget the effect of inhaling just about any kind of smoke. Lack of oxygen gets you high! You could get a buzz smoking potato chips if you want, you’d just have to smoke a really awful amount. > [@samclem](#): > > Sheesh! Don’t give 'em ideas. 😃 Don’t forget the green tinged potato chips…they’re the best! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninja_Pizza_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/8 "2004-07-28T05:15:08Z")
Not only will smoking fiber hemp **not** get you high/stoned, I discovered last year while doing research for a school project that fiber hemp contains CBD (whatever that stands for [ah-hah! my google-fu is strong tonight. CBD = Cannabidiol, according to [this](http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/indust/PHARMAfiber.html) link]), an “anti-psychoactive” ingredient. Info [here](http://www.votehemp.com/mythfact.html). Rather defeats the purpose of A: buying hemp jewelry and B: trying to get stoned. Bummer, dude. ---
**Author:** ![PaulFitzroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/9 "2004-07-28T05:30:47Z")
Is it that hard to find real marijuana that you have to resort to buying hemp necklaces? Where are you living, in John Ashcroft’s closet? ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/10 "2004-07-28T06:59:42Z")
I was under the impression that hemp and marijuana are two different plants from the same family. I was also under the impression that selling products which contain any THC at all (even trace amounts) is illegal. (I remember a news story about an elderly lady selling hemp seeds and being arrested due to THC content.) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/11 "2004-07-28T08:28:58Z")
> [@xgxlx](#): > > I was under the impression that hemp and marijuana are two different plants from the same family. No, both are common names for the plant named _cannabis sativa_. Though hemp is most commonly used to refer to the stalk or stem of the plant, or rope made from that, while marijuana usually refers to the flowers, buds, or leaves. (Though in the days of sailing ships, hemp was also used as a generic term for for several similar plants that were used to make ‘hemp’ rope. > [@xgxlx](#): > > I was also under the impression that selling products which contain any THC at all (even trace amounts) is illegal. (I remember a news story about an elderly lady selling hemp seeds and being arrested due to THC content.) No, only possession of marijuana (the flowers, buds, or leaves of the hemp plant) is illegal. Also, hemp seeds normally don’t have any significant amount of THC in them – only the most minute trace amount. You’d need a really sensitive test to show any THC in hemp seeds. Almost any defense lawyer could weaken this charge by questioning the lab tech about how carefully he washes his hands after testing the previous batch of marijuana, since you could easily have more THC left on your fingertips than is contained in a hemp seed. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-smoking-a-hemp-necklace-get-you-stoned/257161/12 "2004-07-28T15:01:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Can smoking a hemp necklace get you stoned? Only in the Middle East. It’ll get you caned in Malaysia, arrested in the U.S., and laughed at in Amsterdam. 😃