flip mill presents 9 facts about marijuana number one: marijuana and hemp look alikeand both come from the cannabis family, but there is one main difference. hemp doesn't have the same effect on the bodyas marijuana - in fact, it doesn't make you high at all. hemp is useful in a number of ways and thereare a range of products which have hemp as an ingredient. it is illegal to smoke both hemp and marijuana,despite the fundamental difference between them.
marijuana has a high thc content whereas hemphas a very low one. it is the thc that produces the feeling ofbeing high. the legislation dates back to 1970 when thedrug abuse prevention and control act ruled that there was to be no differentiation betweenmarijuana and hemp. number two: in the 1600s, farmers in americahad no choice but to produce the plants which hemp comes from; it was actually the law. a number of products use hemp including thingslike rope, clothes and sails. presidents washington and jefferson were amongstthe many hemp farmers in the usa. the role hemp played in the us during thistime can be demonstrated with these two interesting
facts. paper made from hemp was jefferson's notebookof choice when he drafted the declaration of independence and when the stars and stripesneeded fixing, hemp was used. number three: hemp was seen to be so usefulthat america made a film about it! the ww2 video 'hemp for victory' outlinesall the different things that can be made from hemp and persuades wartime farmers toplant it. the video was hidden by the government afterwardsbut pro-marijuana campaigner, jack herror, gave his copy to the library of congress in1989. number four: the healing potential of marijuanawas talked about as far back at 2737 bc!
ancient chinese emperor, shen nung, compileda document identifying herbs that could be used in medicine and marijuana was on it. this is the oldest written acknowledgementof the plant that we know of. the chinese were using it for a range of purposesfrom 6000 bc. known locally as ma, it was used for food,clothes, fuel and medicine. the plant was even used as an anaestheticin 2 ad. mixed with red wine, it was given to surgicalpatients to aid pain relief. number five: a report compiled by ucsf withthe university of alabama discovered that marijuana smokers have a greater lung capacity,and therefore a stronger outward blow, than
people who don't partake in the weed. 5000 users took part in the experiment whichwas conducted on people who consume a couple of marijuana cigarettes over a week. fernando de la rocque has put this discoveryto good use and creates artwork from exhaled marijuana smoke. ucla composed a study in 2005 which suggestedthat whilst it is proven that cigarettes cause lung cancer, smoking marijuana may preventit. the difference is in the chemical makeup - tobaccois nicotine, a carcinogen, whereas marijuana is cannabinoids and thc.
these properties appear to fight potentialcancer cells. number six: bhang is the indian party drinkmade from nuts, milk and cannabis. in ancient india it was used to de-stressas well as being part of religious ceremonies. the british government in india were waryof the party drink and conducted a study because of worries that the indian people who partookof the drug would go mad because of it. the 1894 report found that in fact, it wasnot harmful. number seven: there are some contentious statisticswhen it comes to cannabis studies in america. there have been suggestions that the americanmarijuana crop is worth $2.1 billion however another source puts it as high as $35.8 billion.
during a four week period in 2007, it wasthought that more than 14 million people in the us used marijuana. south america is where most of the world'smarijuana is produced, specifically mexico and then paraguay, and north america is wheremost is used. just over 40% of american people have smokeda joint, even barack obama. number eight: the name marijuana is said tobe a mixture of maria and juana, colloquialisms for ladies of the night. at the turn of the twentieth century it wasknown as canibus. when marijuana use was given a bad press duringthe 30s and 40s, it started to be assimilated
with 'reefer madness'. throughout time it has been called all sortsof slang terms such as weed, pot, grass and kush. number nine: cannabis plants help to regeneratethe earth and that's not the only positive thing about it. bmcgill university, canada, surmised in areport that it would take between 1.5 and 3.5 million acres of hemp farming to produceenough oil for the world's requirements. fuel is produced from hemp seeds. using marijuana as a recreational drug isreally only a tiny part of its use.
if hemp and marijuana farming were to be legalised,jobs would be created, world hunger could be tackled and greenhouse gases would be decreased. growth of the plants to make into fuel orfood is already allowed in iran, india, peru and uruguay. marijuana can also be used as a painkillerfor conditions such as cancer, aids and glaucoma. thanks for watching! for more videos please subscribe
