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DID YOU KNOW...
Cannabis and hemp are the same. Marijuana was the Mexican name given to cannabis.
Cannabis was 1st cultivated in China around 4000 B.C.
The original drafts of the Declaration of Independence were writen on hemp paper.
One acre of hemp will produce as much paper as four acres of trees.
Hemp is a source of fiber for cloth and cordage for rope. Hemp fiber is located inside the long stem of the plant.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp. Washington declared.. "Make the most of the hemp seed, sow it everywhere."
Hemp is nature's perfect food. The oil from hempseeds has the highest percentage of essential fatty acids and the lowest percentage of saturated fats.
Sterilized hemp seed is often sold as bird seed.
In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act prohibited the use, sale and cultivation of hemp/marijuana in the U.S.
Five years later, during World War II, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the film "Hemp for Victory" which encouraged American farmers to grow hemp for the war effort.
Cannabis is classified as a schedule 1 drug by the Food and Drug Administration. Designed as a narcotic, it cannot be prescribed to a patient by a physician.
In 1988, the DEA's own administrative law judge concluded that "marijuana is one of the safest, theraputically active substances known to man."
Cannabis can be used as a medicine to treat nausea, pain and muscle spasms. It alleviates symptoms of glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, migraines and other debilitating ailments.
More than 400,000 Americans are arrested each year on marujuana charges.
More than 400,000 Americans die from diseases related to cigarette smoking each year.
More than 150,000 Americans die from alcohol abuse each year, but in 10,000 years of usage, no one has ever died from marijuana.
