ngs and less people dying in the war against marijuana?
             Marijuana cultivation in the United States can be traced back 400 years, when our farmers grew hemp for its fiber content. Cannabis was first cultivated in China around 4000 B.C. The original drafts of the Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson cultivated marijuana and advocated a hemp-based economy. In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act prohibited the use, sale and cultivation of hemp in the United States. In 1942 the US Department of Agriculture released a film stating "Hemp For Victory," which made farmers grow hemp for various usage. The farmers registered 375,000 acres of hemp for the war. One acre of hemp will produce as much paper as four acres of trees. In 1951 and onwards hemp was outlawed through out America and labeled as a "drug." People are always complaining about our rainforests being cut down for the use of pap
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