Abstract
The impacts on domestic industries and the quality of the environment of permitting industrial hemp production in the United States are explored. These impacts are modelled in three States of the World, that reflect alternative assumptions about technology. A linear programming model of domestic textile fibre, oil seed, pulp logs, pulp and paper industries is employed. The objective of the model is total land use minimisation. The impact on domestic industries of permitting industrial hemp production are substantial in each State of the World. Economic efficiency is measured in terms of total direct land use required to produce a desired level of physical output. There appears to be a double dividend associated with allowing industrial hemp production in each State of the World: land use decreases and environmental quality improves. This can be interpreted as a decrease in the ecological footprint of production.
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