For most of human history, marijuana has been completely legal. Its neither a recently discovered plant, nor is it a long-standing law. Marijuana has been illegal for less than 1% of the time that its been in use from arond 3000 BC, to as recently as the early 20th century. So whats the whole excitement over its ban? Well to understand that, one must know that marijuana hasn't always been used for recreation.
The Cannabis or hemp plant, of course has an incredible number of uses. The first time man covered himself, it was cloth from the same plant that they got high from, and over the centuries, it was used for food, incense, cloth, rope, and much more. Hemp is the natural, durable soft fiber from the stalk of the cannabis sativa plants. These plants are different from the ones that get you high as they normally have a very low concentration of THC, and grow up to 2 storeys high. Hemp seeds are also quite valuable as they are rich in essential fatty and amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Hemp milk extracted from the stalk is both dairy and gluten free, and is a much better alternative to the expensive soy milks sold around the world.
Compared to cotton, the most commonly used material to make cloths, hemp cloth is better in strength and last quite a bit longer. In fact the hemp fibers are so strong that they had been used as industrial strength ropes, and didn't break quite as easily as the coconut plant ropes being used in modern times. Research has shown that hemp can be used for 25,000 very durable textile products, ranging from paper and clothing to bio fuels, medicines and construction material. Cultures around the world embraced this miracle plant, and Virginia, George Washington's home state, even had a law making it an offence for farmers to not grow the cash crop. The first president himself was a weed farmer, and smoked them at his farm at Mt. Vermont.
Sadly these properties of the marijuana plant were the reasons it got banned, as greedy capitalists wanted to sell inferior quality goods and materials, which would not have been needed if hemp was still being produced.
The Cannabis or hemp plant, of course has an incredible number of uses. The first time man covered himself, it was cloth from the same plant that they got high from, and over the centuries, it was used for food, incense, cloth, rope, and much more. Hemp is the natural, durable soft fiber from the stalk of the cannabis sativa plants. These plants are different from the ones that get you high as they normally have a very low concentration of THC, and grow up to 2 storeys high. Hemp seeds are also quite valuable as they are rich in essential fatty and amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Hemp milk extracted from the stalk is both dairy and gluten free, and is a much better alternative to the expensive soy milks sold around the world.
Compared to cotton, the most commonly used material to make cloths, hemp cloth is better in strength and last quite a bit longer. In fact the hemp fibers are so strong that they had been used as industrial strength ropes, and didn't break quite as easily as the coconut plant ropes being used in modern times. Research has shown that hemp can be used for 25,000 very durable textile products, ranging from paper and clothing to bio fuels, medicines and construction material. Cultures around the world embraced this miracle plant, and Virginia, George Washington's home state, even had a law making it an offence for farmers to not grow the cash crop. The first president himself was a weed farmer, and smoked them at his farm at Mt. Vermont.
Sadly these properties of the marijuana plant were the reasons it got banned, as greedy capitalists wanted to sell inferior quality goods and materials, which would not have been needed if hemp was still being produced.
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