Hemp can help us slow global warming. ... A few reasons this is true are because hemp has a high rate of weed suppression.Also the soil gets loosened by the large hemp root system and the crop has a positive effect on soil tilth, so it is great to plant before winter cereals.With all its many great environmentally friendly uses and benefits aren't you wondering why it is still illegal to grow in this country even though we are faced with global warming? ... It can also help farming but more importantly it can help us lessen the hold that these huge corporations have on us and not to m...

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Commonly known as marijuana, Cannabis Sativa, a natural herb, is also known as ganja, Mary Jane and hemp and a wide variety of slang words. The herb can be grown and cultivated in two forms; hemp (industrial) and marijuana (psychoactive drug THC). Cannabis has endured a long controversial history ranging from the first attempts by state and federal governments to limit the access to marijuana in the early 1900's to the complete criminalization of Cannabis Sativa, labeling the herb a Schedule I drug in compliance with the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. The U.S. Federal Government is in...

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Commonly known as marijuana, Cannabis Sativa, a natural herb, is also known as ganja, Mary Jane and hemp and a wide variety of slang words. The herb can be grown and cultivated in two forms; hemp (industrial) and marijuana (psychoactive drug THC). Cannabis has endured a long controversial history ranging from the first attempts by state and federal governments to limit the access to marijuana in the early 1900's to the complete criminalization of Cannabis Sativa, labeling the herb a Schedule I drug in compliance with the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. The U.S. Federal Government is in...

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Californians are taking the initiative to pursue the legalization of cannabis by the end of 2014 despite copious Americans' pessimistic beliefs against it. To legalize and unleash the United States' third most consumed drug behind alcohol and cigarettes seems ludicrous to most Americans yet more tha...

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For many years, the United States government has prohibited drugs such as marijuana from sale in the marketplace. With prohibition, marijuana use has decreased only minimally. Because of prohibition, the media has publicized only the bad aspects of marijuana use. What many people do not realize are the many positive aspects of marijuana legalization, including new medical cures, cleaner and more efficient industry, and reduced marijuana usage. Marijuana, as most people commonly know it, is really a plant called hemp, or "cannabis sativa". ...

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