2.   Cannabis was first cultivated in China around around 4000 B.C.

3.   The original drafts of the Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper.

4.   One acre of hemp will produce as much paper as four acres of trees.

5.   Hemp is a source of fiber for cloth and cordage for rope.The hemp fiber is located inside the long stem of the plant.

6.   George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp. Washington, our first president, declared, “Make the most of the hemp seed. Sow it everwhere.”

7.   Hemp seed is natures perfect food. The oil from hemp seeds has the highest percentage of essential fatty acids and the lowest percentage of saturated fats.

8.   Sterilized hemp seed is commonly sold as bird seed.

9.   Rolling papers, like Bambu, are commonly made from hemp seed.

10.   In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act prohibited the use, sale and cultivation of hemp/marijuana in the United States.

11.   Five years later, during WW2, the US Department of Agriculture released the film, “Hemp For Victory”, which encouraged American farmers to grow hemp for the war effort.

12.   Hemp is cultivated all over the world. Today, China, Korea, Italy, Hungary, Russia and France are among the countries that grow hemp for their fiber, paper and other products.

13.   Cannabis is classified as a schedule 1 drug by the Food and Drug Administation. Designated as a narcotic, it can not be perscribed by physicians to patients.

14.   In 1988, the DEA’s own administrative law judge concluded that “marijuana is one ofthe safest, therapeutically active substances known to man”.

15.   Cannabis can be used as medicine to treat nausea, pain and muscle spasms. It alleviates symptoms of glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, migranes and other debilitating ailments.

16.   More than 400, 000 Americans are arrested each year on marijuana charges.