Cannabis and its Uses
Canvas
is derived from "cannabis", the Latin word for "marijuana."
Indian Hemp
was properly christened by Linnaeus, in 1753, as Cannabis sativa, which remains the botanical name for the plant species.
Benjamin Franklin
started one of America's first paper mills with cannabis, allowing a colonial press free from English control.
The U.S. Government
distributed 400,000 pounds of cannabis seeds to American farmers in 1942 to aid the war effort.
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Archaeologists agree that cannabis was among the first crops purposely cultivated by human beings at least over 6,000 years ago, and perhaps more than 12,000 years ago.
"Make the most you can of the hemp seed & sow it everywhere." - George Washington
The most resourceful crop on earth, cannabis yields industrial hemp for canvas, oil, fiber, and paper among other things; a harmless medicine for gravely ill individuals; and a source of recreation for millions of people around the world.
Hemp prohibition is the result of propaganda by the petrochemical, cotton, and wood-based paper industries, who foresaw competition from hemp. Virtually anything that can be made from petroleum can be made from hempseed and other vegetable oils at a much lesser cost, and hemp fiber is many times more durable and resourceful than cotton or wood-based paper. Let's restore our right to grow this resourceful crop!
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