Hemp milk is somewhat similar to soy milk. It is made from the seeds of the industrial hemp plant, the cousin to the illegal or unlawful psychoactive plants known as marijuana (cannabis sativa and cannabis indica), that folks smoke to get high. Industrial hemp contains such minutely low levels of THC and other cannabinoids, the substances in marijuana that get you buzzed, that it has basically no psychoactive effect on consumers. In Canada hemp farming is legal, as are products made from industrial hemp. Interestingly enough the US is the only industrialized country where hemp is illegal to grow, although some products made from it are legal.

Some of the benefits of Hemp milk are: it is high in protein and is a good source of balanced omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, and has lots of vitamins and minerals like vitamin E, thiamin, folic acid, niacin, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, and iron. It is the only product made from seeds that contains gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), a controversial substance that may help fight cancer, treat problems with inflammation, and auto-immune diseases. It does not contain trypsin inhibitors (trypsin is an enzyme essential to nutrition) or phytic acid which is a strong chelator of important minerals like calcium, magnesium, iron, and zinc and can therefore contribute to mineral deficiencies (although research shows that phytic acid may prevent colon cancer.)

I live in the U.S.A and have never seen hemp seed milk. The only places you can find any hemp food products is in natural food stores. In my opinion hemp seeds are much more nutrient dense than Flax seed but Flax seed products can be found every.

"Interestingly enough the US is the only industrialized country where hemp is illegal to grow, although some products made from it are legal." I won't get political here but look at this book for all the reasons that industrial hemp is illegal to grow. It just breaks my heart that can't utilize this resource.

heres the link to the book The Emperor Wears No Clotheshttp://www.jackherer.com/chapters.html