Cannabis is one of the oldest plant know to man. It was used for fiber, food, and medicine for thousands of years. Then, it came under fire when used it for the solepurpose of "getting high." Now, this versatile importrtant paln is illegal to grow in the uniedid stat cannabis shouldbe a legal crop. The frost use for cannabis was probably for food. It grows in temperate Asia form the Caucasus Mountains to East Asia. Hemp fabric has been found near Ankara, turkey dated in the 8TH century b.c. the olddis evident is 6000 years old and it was fund in Asia. Hemp has been used to make ropes, fishing net, and paper. It us to be name among the five major grains along with millet, rice, barley, and soybeans. In the 6TH century oil was extracted form the hemp plant too. Some medical uses included blood clearing, lowering tiperature, relieving rheumatism, and discharging puss form sores. Today, it is considered to be a strong pain reliever. It is one of the few treatments today for glaucoma. It controls vomiting for patients in chemotherapy. The problem with cannabis plan is its association with marijuana. Studies, however, show that industrial hemp does not have the same content of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC for short. Marijuana cantinas twenty percent THC and that is sufficient to make s person high. Hemp, on the ether hand contains only 0.1 to 0.4 percent THC, and that is not enough to mane anyone highto day merchandise such a clothes, jewelry, backpske, skatebosrds, snide snack food re made from hemp. It has been used to make flour, oil-bast pant, soap, inks, as well as all the ancient uses already mentioned. In addition, it is economical to grow and there's no need for herbicides. The reason is that only the stalk and seeds are used. You can make ten times more products with one acre of hemp than you can ten acres of trees (pearson99).
Cannabis was brought to America during the early colonial period. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were hemp farmers.
