Tuesday, Sep 4, 2007
1. Cannabis and hemp are the same.
"Marijuana" was the Mexican name given to cannabis.
2. cannabis was first cultivated in China around 4000 B.C.
3. The Original drafts of the Declaration of independence were written on hemp paper.
4.One acre of hemp will produce as much paper as four acres of trees.
5. Hemp is a source of fiber for cloth and cordage for rope.
The hemp fiber is located inside the long stem of the plant.
6. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp. Washington, our first president, declared,
"Make the most of the hemp seed. Sow it everywhere"
7. 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.
8. Sterilized hemp seed is commonly sold as bird seed.
9. Rolling paper, like Bambu, are made from hemp paper.
10. In 193, the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act prohibited the use, sale and cultivation of
hemp/marijuana in the United States.
11. 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.
12.Hemp is cultivated all over the world.
Today,china, Korea, Hungary, Russia and France are among
the countries that grow hemp for fiber, paper and other products.
13. Cannabis is ****fied as a schedule 1 drug by the Food and Drug Administration.
14. In 1988, the DEA's own administrative law judge concluded that
"marijuana is one of the safest, therapeutically active substances known to man".
15. Cannabis can be used as a medicine to threat nausea, pain and muscle spasm.
It alleviates symptoms of of glaucoma, multiple sclerosis,
AIDS, migraines and other debilitating ailments.
16. Thirty-five states have passed legislation permitting medical use of marijuana.
17. Twelve Americans receive prescribed marijuana from the U.S. government.
18. More than 400, 000 Americans are arrested each year on marijuana charges.
19. More than 400, 000 Americans die from diseases related to cigarette smoking each year.
But in 10,000 years of usage, no one has ever died from marijuana.
"Marijuana" was the Mexican name given to cannabis.
2. cannabis was first cultivated in China around 4000 B.C.
3. The Original drafts of the Declaration of independence were written on hemp paper.
4.One acre of hemp will produce as much paper as four acres of trees.
5. Hemp is a source of fiber for cloth and cordage for rope.
The hemp fiber is located inside the long stem of the plant.
6. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp. Washington, our first president, declared,
"Make the most of the hemp seed. Sow it everywhere"
7. 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.
8. Sterilized hemp seed is commonly sold as bird seed.
9. Rolling paper, like Bambu, are made from hemp paper.
10. In 193, the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act prohibited the use, sale and cultivation of
hemp/marijuana in the United States.
11. 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.
12.Hemp is cultivated all over the world.
Today,china, Korea, Hungary, Russia and France are among
the countries that grow hemp for fiber, paper and other products.
13. Cannabis is ****fied as a schedule 1 drug by the Food and Drug Administration.
14. In 1988, the DEA's own administrative law judge concluded that
"marijuana is one of the safest, therapeutically active substances known to man".
15. Cannabis can be used as a medicine to threat nausea, pain and muscle spasm.
It alleviates symptoms of of glaucoma, multiple sclerosis,
AIDS, migraines and other debilitating ailments.
16. Thirty-five states have passed legislation permitting medical use of marijuana.
17. Twelve Americans receive prescribed marijuana from the U.S. government.
18. More than 400, 000 Americans are arrested each year on marijuana charges.
19. More than 400, 000 Americans die from diseases related to cigarette smoking each year.
But in 10,000 years of usage, no one has ever died from marijuana.
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