Text: 1 Cannabis and hemp are the same "Marijuana" was the Mexican name give to cannabis. 2 Cannabis 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 apaper 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 esssential 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 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, Italy, Hungary, Russia and France are among the countries that grow hemp for fiber, paper, and other products. 13 Cannabis is classified as a schedule 1 drug by the Food and Drug Administration. 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 safests, therapeutically active substances known to man." 15 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. 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. 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. -Quoted from inside cover of the album "Black Sunday" by Cypress Hill

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