Medically: marijuana is used to decrease pressure behind the eyes for people suffering from glaucoma.
marijuana is used to increase appetite and decrease queasiness for people undergoing chemotherapy.
marijuana is currently being tested and showing signs to combat the effects of herpes.
Agriculturally and practical uses: marijuana seeds provide more digestable protein (per weight) than soy beans.
hemp paper is easier to produce and causes less pollution during the processing than producing paper from trees... and it only takes months for a crop of hemp to mature where it takes years for trees. (according to the U.S. Ag Dept. you can make approximately 4x as much paper from an acre of hemp than you can from an acre of trees)
Rope and clothing made from hemp is actually easier to produce and more durable than current fibers used...
during WWII, George Bush I (mr. drugwar) bailed out of a plane with a hemp-made parachute on his back.
For a short period during WWII, although it was already illegal, farmers were ordered to grow hemp to help with the war effort.
levi's jeans, american flags, early drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, Guttenberg and King James Bibles... all have been made from or written on hemp.
before the 20th century, the marijuana plant provided almost all the world's paper, all the world's clothing and textiles, and almost all the world's rope.
Need more facts, Fucker?
[ September 24, 2003, 11:14 PM: Message edited by: StabMaster Arson ]
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