Legalization of marijuana has been a long issue standing in The US for hundreds of years. The origin of marijuana can date back as far as 6500 years ago. Marijuana is a plant, also known as cannabis, when it’s grown, it produces butt that create a substance known as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Cannabis can also be hemp. So what is hemp? A hemp is the most durable natural soft fiber on the face of this plant. Hemp can be used to produce a rope that is one of the strongest known ropes to the mankind, and can also produce paper. Marijuana has been a huge part of our history, it was used by Chinese for its healing proprieties, and in American history. In 1611 Jamestown settler brought the plant to North America, and the first marijuana law U.S
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Benjamin Franklin used it to start one of America first paper mills, the first two copies of the declaration of independence were written on cannabis hemp paper. Cannabis and hemp were one of the first plants grown in agriculture. 50% of the medical market in the last half of the 19th century were made from cannabis. In fact, growing marijuana was not only legal, it just happens to be one of the largest agriculture crops in the world. Including United States. In 1937, congressman passed the marijuana tax act effectively criminalizing marijuana throughout the US. The history of marijuana and all its illegality has always been for the wrong reasons. In the early 20th century government climbed down after the political evil in Mexico led to waive of immigrants. Police officers in Texas said that the traditional means in use of intoxication for these immigrant smoking marijuana led to violent crime. Antidrug campaign spook of marijuana menace. So one way to stop Mexican from immigrant was to illegalize the marijuana. When it comes to marijuana people always ask why marijuana should be legalized; but why marijuana should be illegal in first …show more content…
However, in the past few years the medical marijuana movement has picked up speed, supported by scientific research, providing the positive health impact of the plant. We are looking at an unexcelled wonder plant, an herbal medicine that has no comparison. Cannabis has long been known as a medicinal plant. The conventional wisdom which goes into the oral history of china is that the emperor Shen Nung wrote first Chinese material medica and that it contained cannabis. Cannabis is found in every major material medical that has ever been written and it was included in the United States for pharmacopeia. When cannabis came to the U.S.A, most of the major drug companies, were producing cannabis medicine to treat many disease. However when the controlled substances act (CSA) was passed by the 91st United States Congress as Title II of the comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and signed into law by president Nixon. This act created five schedules, with varying qualifications for a substance to be included in each. Marijuana was put under schedule I. Schedule I was used for drugs that are considered very dangerous with high potential for abuse with no medical value. So why marijuana should be
Benjamin Franklin used it to start one of America first paper mills, the first two copies of the declaration of independence were written on cannabis hemp paper. Cannabis and hemp were one of the first plants grown in agriculture. 50% of the medical market in the last half of the 19th century were made from cannabis. In fact, growing marijuana was not only legal, it just happens to be one of the largest agriculture crops in the world. Including United States. In 1937, congressman passed the marijuana tax act effectively criminalizing marijuana throughout the US. The history of marijuana and all its illegality has always been for the wrong reasons. In the early 20th century government climbed down after the political evil in Mexico led to waive of immigrants. Police officers in Texas said that the traditional means in use of intoxication for these immigrant smoking marijuana led to violent crime. Antidrug campaign spook of marijuana menace. So one way to stop Mexican from immigrant was to illegalize the marijuana. When it comes to marijuana people always ask why marijuana should be legalized; but why marijuana should be illegal in first …show more content…
However, in the past few years the medical marijuana movement has picked up speed, supported by scientific research, providing the positive health impact of the plant. We are looking at an unexcelled wonder plant, an herbal medicine that has no comparison. Cannabis has long been known as a medicinal plant. The conventional wisdom which goes into the oral history of china is that the emperor Shen Nung wrote first Chinese material medica and that it contained cannabis. Cannabis is found in every major material medical that has ever been written and it was included in the United States for pharmacopeia. When cannabis came to the U.S.A, most of the major drug companies, were producing cannabis medicine to treat many disease. However when the controlled substances act (CSA) was passed by the 91st United States Congress as Title II of the comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and signed into law by president Nixon. This act created five schedules, with varying qualifications for a substance to be included in each. Marijuana was put under schedule I. Schedule I was used for drugs that are considered very dangerous with high potential for abuse with no medical value. So why marijuana should be