... dollars a year. Marijuana however, has not always been an illegal drug. At various times in history, marijuana usage and growth was not such a bad thing as it is viewed today. Marijuana was first used to make oil, rope, paper, boat sails, and clothes. Actually, one of the marijuana ... to grow the plant in the state of Virginia, even though president Thomas Jefferson grew the plant. So when did this plant become bad. It became bad when the Mexicans introduced it to America as an intoxicant at the recreational level in the 1920's. It was then that marijuana became a ... , "marijuana is d...

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... hemp. It's a comfortable material that's safe for the environment, and is economically available; it's softer than wool and cotton, and also warmer than cotton. Cannabis-hemp takes up much less land than cotton plants do, and needs no fertilizer. Cotton on the other hand, needs large amounts of fertilizer to grow well. Over one half of all environmentally harmful pesticides are ... used against the legalization of marijuana are myths. It is often said that the marijuana grown today is much more potent than that of the past. This is a result of bad data. These claims were based upon mari...

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