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Hemp in Early American History
In the early 1600's hemp was considered such a vital resource that laws were passed ordering farmers to grow it. Cannabis hemp was legal tender in most of the Americas for a period of two hundred years, beginning in the early 1600's. You could even pay your taxes with hemp!
The United States Cenus of 1850 counted 8,327 hemp plantations growing cannabis hemp for cloth, canvas and other necessities. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew canabis hemp on their plantations!
Hemp Paper Can Save the Forests!
One acre of cannabis hemp, in annual rotation over a twenty year period would produce as much pulp for paper as 4.1 acres of trees being cut down over the same twenty year period. And while hemp reaches full growth and can be harvested every year, the trees which are cut down take hundreds of years to return. The process of making paper from hemp uses only 1/5 to 1/7 as much polluting, sulfur-based chemicals and does not require the use of any chlorine bleach.
Hemp as an Ecological, Renewable Fuel Source
Hemp can also produce 10 times more methanol than corn, the second best living fuel source. Hemp as fuel is renewable whereas oil is not.
Hemp as fuel is environmentally beneficial: It enriches and prevents erosion; it burns clean and sulfur-free while oils sulfur content causes acid rain.
Hemp as fuel would yeild a balanced Oxygen/CO2 cycle while oil releases only CO2, thereby increasing global warming.
Using hemp as fuel would create energy independence (and employment) for our country. Dependence on fossil fuel has yeilded only tradegy--disastrous oil spills , fires, and war!
Hemp as Strong, Natural Medicine
Cannabis extracts served as the second and third most prescribed medicines in the U.S. from 1842 until the 1890's. These medicines were produced by Eli Lily, parke-Davis, Tilden's, Brothers Smith, Squib, and other British and American companies. During this entire period of time, there was not one reported death from cannabis extract medicines.
Hemp extracts can be used to treat a variety of physical and mental ailments which include tuberculosis, glaucoma, depression, and the side effects of cancer therapy. Prior to this century cannabis extracts were the most commonly used medicines throughout the world.