Hemp History
Fact or Cap: George Washington and other founding fathers grew hemp as part of there yearly crop.
What is a fact?
Hemp was one of the first plants to be spun into fiber over how many years ago.
What is 50,000 years ago?
Three examples of how marijuana is used
What is Smoking, Vaping / Dabbing, Orally / Edibles, Sprays, Topically / Lotion, Tinctures?
The majority of people who use marijuana don't go on to use other "harder" drugs… this disproves the theory of marijuana being this type of drug.
What is a gateway drug?
Fact or Cap: police arrested 545,602 people for cannabis related crimes in 2019.
What is "BIG FACTS"?
This years Farm bill removed hemp as a Schedule 1 drug and made it a agricultural commodity.
What is 2018?
This combination of lime and hemp fiber has potential to be a sustainable structural component and insulator.
What is hempcrete?
Hashish (a purified form of cannabis smoked with a pipe) was widely used throughout these TWO geographical regions after 800 AD. Its rise in popularity corresponded with the spread of Islam in the region
What is Middle East and China?
Fact or Cap: Around 41,415 deaths are recorded every year for smoking Jane.
What is "I smell Cap"?
This phrase is used to refer to a government led initiative that aims to stop illegal drug use, and presidents such as Reagan, Nixon and George H. W. Bush used this term.
What is "The war on drugs"?
In 1937, this Tax Act was passed, which destroyed the U.S. hemp industry.
What is Marihuana Tax Act?
Hemp paper can be recycled this many times, compared to wood pulps 3 times.
This holy book forbids the use of alcohol, and some other intoxicating substances, but did not specifically prohibit cannabis.
What is The Quran / Koran?
Marijuana can be detected in this type of test for up to 90 days after usage.
What is a hair follicle test?
Name 5 states that have legalized marijuana for adults over the age of 21.
What is ___ ? (Grace has a list!)
The Du Pont family supported the Tax Act that destroyed the hemp industry in the U.S. It is believed they were trying to protect there production of this synthetic fiber.
What is nylon?
Fact or Cap: Hemp and Marijuana come from the same species plant, Cannabis sativa, the only difference is the concentration of THC.
What is a fact?
In the U.S, marijuana wasn’t widely used for recreational purposes until the early 1900s. Immigrants from THIS COUNTRY to the United States introduced the recreational practice of smoking marijuana to American culture.
What is Mexico?
This #1 country that uses marijuana: about 18.3% of the population uses it. This is a European country located between North America and mainland Europe.
What is Iceland?
In June of what year did the Global Commission on Drug Policy release a critical report declaring that the war on drugs had failed.
What is 2011?
As stated in the Farm Bill, hemp is defined as having a THC concentration not more than what percent on a dry weight basis.
What is 0.3?
Hemp can be used as a natural herbicide by outcompeting unwanted plants and weeds which is called this.
What is a smother crop?
Historically, cannabis plants were used for these main two purposes.
What is ritual (religious/spiritual) and medicinal?
There are this many active ingredients in marijuana, and 70 or so are cannabinoids that are unique to the plant.
What is 500 active ingredients?
Statistics from 1998 show that nationwide African-Americans were this many times more likely to be sent to state prisons than any other race.
What is 13 times?