Facts on Marijuana
1. Cannabis and hemp are the same. "Marijuana" was the Mexican name given to cannibus.
2. Cannibus was first cultivated in China around 4000 B.C.
3. The original drafts of the Declaration of Independance 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 locates 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 the hemp seed 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 papers, like Bambu, are made from hemp paper.
10. In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act prohibited the use, sale, and cultivation of hemp/marijuana in the United States.
11. Five years later, during WWII, 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, Italy, Russia, France, and Hungary are among the countries that grow hemp for fiber, paper and other products.
13. Cannabis is classified as a schedule 1 drug by the FDA. Designated as a narcotic, it cannot be prescribed by physicians to patients.
14. In 1988, the DEA's own administrative law judge concluded that "marijuana is one of the safest, therpeutically active substances known to man."
15. Cannabis can be used as a medicine to treat nausea, pain, and muscle spasms. It alleviates the symptoms of glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, migranes, and other debilitating ailments.
16. 35 states have passes legislation permitting medical use of marijuana.
17. 12 Americans receive perscribed 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 died from diseases related to cigarette 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 from marijuana
