Essay Archive - Marijuana Should Be Legalized
Marijuana Should Be Legalized
The original drafts of the Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper.
One acre of hemp will produce as much paper as ten acres of trees.
Hemp is a source of fiber for cloth and cordage for rope.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp. Washington, our first president, declared, "make the most of the hemp seed. Sow it Everywhere."
In 1988 the DEA's own administrative law judge concluded, "marijuana is one of the safest, therapeutically active substances known to man."
Cannabis and hemp are the same.
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