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Hemp: A Help or a Hindrance?
Hemp, also known as Cannabis sativa, marijuana, grass, and by many other names,
has not been a legal commercial crop in the United States for almost sixty years.
As common two centuries ago as cotton is today, hemp is not seen on the market.
As many groups fight for hemp to become legalized as a drug, many people are
battling for the plant to become legalized for its industrial and medical uses.
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.... Thomas Jefferson's draft of
the Declaration of Independence, released by the Continental Congress on July 4,
1776, was written on paper made from hemp (Whole Earth Review 46). And the
49ers washed gold from California creeks in Levi's made from hemp. In 1937, the
United States government passed the Marijuana Tax Act which prohibited the use
of marijuana as an intoxicant and regulated its use as a medicine.
Although there are hundreds of ingredients in mariju ....
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