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Throughout the ages, there has never before been a more important relationship between plants and humans than that of ours with cannabis. It has been a source of food, fuel and medicine for millennia. The writings of Confucius, The Dead Sea scrolls and the American declaration of independence were written on hemp paper and are still in existence today. The early explorers sailed on ships outfitted with over (4) tons of hemp each. Sails, ropes and rigging, oakum and sailor's uniforms were made of hemp as it was the only material resistant to salt, sun, wind and rain. Though you will never read it in the history books, many wars were initiated because of hemp-trade interruptions. Great Britain entered WWII because Nazi Germany cut off the English Navy's supply of Russian hemp.

Cannabis resins have been found in incense bowls uncovered from the Great Pyramids, Mayan and Aztec ruins and in a pipe in the Iceman's poke. Prior to modern medicine, a cannabis tincture was the base material for over half of all medicines available to doctors and dentists.

The American Dental Association lobbied to keep cannabis legal in 1935 as it was the best substance known to stop the interfering of saliva production (cottonmouth) during procedures. Since the practice of medicine has become the business of medicine, it is now by pharmaceutical industry greed resulting in lower levels of people care.

A pharmaceutical company cannot patent a plant, as it is not responsible for the plant's creation and manufacture, therefore its medical benefits are ignored due to lack of profit potential. It should be intuitively obvious to the casual observer (meaning any idiot can figure it out) if government and industry cared about its people / workers then laws would change yesterday.

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