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In a 1997 study of marijuana cam to the conclusion that medical marijuana can be used to help people with anti-nausea, glaucoma, cancer, appetite, and multiple sclerosis. You have to ask yourself is there one drug besides marijuana that can be used to help so many illnesses?

Henry Ford built his first car using plastic made from industrial hemp.
It was also powered by hemp diesel.

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In 2005, the federal government spent $12.2 billion on the Office of National Drug Control Policy alone (ONDCP, 1) while federal, state, and local governments combined spending exceeded $30 billion (National Research Counsel, 1).  Much of this money is spent to incarcerate marijuana users due to the existing laws and the existence of mandatory minimums.  Since the war on drugs began, ten million Americans have been arrested for marijuana offenses, around 250,000 have been convicted of marijuana felonies and been sent to prison for at least a year.  In 2001 alone, 724,000 individuals were arrested for violating marijuana laws and 90% of these arrests were for simple possession of marijuana.  This is a costly endeavor as it costs between $20,000 and $30,000 to keep a prisoner behind bars for one year.

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George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew Hemp. Benjamin Franklin owned a mill that produced Hemp paper! The Declaration of Independence is made of Hemp!

I think these people are considered our founding Fathers!

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Marijuana and Its own uses are known to have gone back to before7,000 b.c and was legal as recently as when Ronald Reagan was a kid!

1930s, By The. "Why Is Marijuana Illegal?" Drug WarRant. Web. 04 Oct. 2010. <http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal/>.