the world. Cannabis can also be hemp which is the most durable‚ robust‚ natural soft fiber on the face of the planet. It had thousands of use‚ the majority of fabric‚ lighting fuel‚ medicines‚ paper and fiber came from hemp.(Procon) The 1st marijuana law to exist in the United States was a law ordering farmers to grow hemp. Benjamin Franklin used it to start one of America’s 1st paper mills. The 1st 2 copies of the declaration of independence were written on hemp paper. Up until the 1800s most of
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Wears No Clothes‚ the acts bringing about the demise of hemp were part of a large conspiracy involving DuPont‚ Harry J. Anslinger‚ commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN)‚ and many other influential industrial leaders such as William Randolph Hearst and Andrew Mellon. Herer notes that the Marijuana Tax Act‚ which passed in 1937‚ coincidentally occurred just as the decoricator machine was invented. With this invention‚ hemp would have been able to take over competing industries almost
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Administrative Law Judge‚ Francis L. Young‚ stated this in the matter of Marijuana Medical Rescheduling Petition‚ in 1988 when attempting to list marijuana as a Schedule II drug (Keene 93). Marijuana‚ or “weed‚” is made from the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant cannabis sativa. In 1937‚ cannabis was made illegal with the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act. Since it was criminalized‚ billions of dollars have been spent in marijuana –related incarcerations. Marijuana consumption should be decriminalized
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Kyle Batchelder R-Researcher Ms. Schneider A-Teacher/Government English 1 A‚ Period F-Essay format 6 November 2013 T-Effects of legalization of marijuana in the U.S. If the U.S. Legalized Marijuana Although marijuana has not one reported death in history the government can still find ways to convince the American people that it is deadlier than alcohol which kills 75‚000 U.S. citizens per year. The government made the medicine illegal after they found out the plant
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Persuasive Essay Final Paper December 11‚ 2010 Persuasive Essay Final Paper The economic woes that plague the United States will be invigorated through the Legalization of Marijuana. Embracing cannabis for personal‚ medical‚ and industrial use will encourage economic growth and stability. The war on drugs in America consumes millions of dollars annually. Associating taxes in conjunction with eliminating risk of illegal activity will increase consumer confidence whereas the ease of growing
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The origin of marijuana‚ cannabus satiba‚ came from Eastern Europe‚ India and Iran. Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants‚ leafy annual plants with parts that are used for as herbs‚ animal food‚ medicine and as hemp for rope-making. The flowers have psychoactive and physiologically active chemical mixtures called cannabinoids that are used for recreational‚ medicinal‚ and spiritual purposes. The drug is commonly used because of the main chemical Tetrahydrocannabinol
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Hillmont Talada 1 Danielle Cook English 1010 February 22‚ 2010 Why marijuana should be legal Some people ask why marijuana should be legalized. But‚ perhaps‚ we should ask why marijuana is illegal? Contrary to public opinion and current law there are more reasons for marijuana to be legalized than for it to remain illegal. Marijuana cost taxpayers billions of dollars‚ it is less harmful than other pharmaceutical
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has been the topic of much debate throughout the history of this country. It was actually originally the work of the cotton industry who put big money behind illegalization for the plant ’s mind altering effects. The cotton industry was afraid that hemp‚ a product of the cannabis plant‚ would soon overpower the strong hold of cotton since it was a more durable textile that required less work‚ less ground depletion‚ and could be grown almost anywhere. Since the time when cannabis first became illegal
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totally legal. Hemp‚ which comes from the same plant as marijuana‚ was a very common crop and in the early 1900’s was well on its way to becoming one of the most profitable crops America had ever seen (Marijuana). Hemp was used to make paper‚ fiber‚ clothing‚ food‚ rope‚ birdseed‚ oil‚ medicine‚ plastics‚ and fuel (Is Cannabis). As hemp kept growing more and more into the lives of American people‚ the amount of enemies the plant had grew as well‚ such as the timber industry who knew hemp would rival
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world‚ is illegal. Up until 1883‚ cannabis hemp was the most widely cultivated crop in the world. Most fabrics‚ paper‚ lighting oils and other fibres were derived from cannabis hemp. The first paper mills in the United States turned out hemp paper. As a matter of fact the United States Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. The first “marijuana laws” in the United States actually ordered farmers to grow cannabis hemp. Present day hemp has countless uses and applications‚ it’s broad
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