THE FACTS; - Cannabis and hemp are the same. "Marijuana" was the Mexican name given to cannabis.
- Cannabis was first cultivated in china around 4000 B.C.
- The original drafts of the Declaration of independence were written on hemp paper.
- One acre of hemp will produce as much paper as four acres of trees.
- Hemp is the source of fiber for cloth and cordage for rope. The fiber is located inside the long stem of the plant.
- George Washington and Thomas jefferson grew hemp. Washington, America's first president, declared, "Make the most of hemp seed. Sow it everywhere".
- Hemp seed is nature's perfect food. The oil from hemp seeds has the highest percentage of essential fatty acids and the lowest percentage of saturated fats.
- Sterilized hemp seed is commonly sold as bird seed. Rolling papers, like Bambu, are made form hemp paper.
- In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act prohibited the use, sale and cultivation of hemp/marijuana in the United states.
- 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.
- Hemp is cultivated all over the world. Today, China, Korea, Italy, Hungary, Russia , and
- France are among the countries that grow hemp for fiber and other products.
- Cannabis is classified as a schedule 1 drug by the Food and Administration.
- In 1988, the DEA's own administrative law concluded that "marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically 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 aliments.
- Thirty-five states in America have passed legislation permitting medical use of marijuana.
- Twelve Americans receive prescribed marijuana from the U.S. government.
- More than 400,000 Americans are arrested each year on marijana charges.
- More than 400,000 Americans die from diseases related to cigarettes smoking each year. More than 150,000 Americans die of alcohol abuse each year. But in 10,000 years of usage, no one has ever died form marijuana.
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