02/07/2019
Informative H**p info 🙂.
THE HISTORY OF THE H**P PLANT
8,000 B.C. H**p became the first agricultural crop. Farmers recognized the benefits of h**p cultivation for their fields: fallen leaves created fertilized and replenished the nitrogen, nutrients and oxygen, allowing farmers to rotate other crops. H**p was utilized for tool-making, equipment and harvested for fiber.
6,000 B.C. Chinese used the h**p stalks for building materials, clothing, shoes and food, discovering that h**p seed is high in protein, vitamins, and essential fatty and amino acids.
100 B.C. H**p was used to create paper in China. H**p paper was found to be more durable than papyrus.
100 AD: Descriptions found in the world’s oldest pharmacopoeia “Pen Ts'ao Ching” recognize the healing qualities of h**p, using h**p seed oil to treat pain, skin irritation, rheumatic pain, intestinal constipation, disorders of the female reproductive system, and malaria.
1500: H**p was being cultivated in England. King Henry VIII fined his constituents if they did not grow h**p. H**p became the primary source of clothing material.
1616: H**p was cultivated by North American settlers in Jamestown, for clothing, building materials, sails, and weapons.
1619: The Virginia Assembly required all citizens to grow h**p.
1800: Most of the newly formed United States were cultivating industrial h**p on large scales. American society became aware of the industrial and medicinal uses of h**p.
1851: The United States Dispensatory, a less restrictive medical guide that included drugs not recognized in the pharmacopoeia, included h**p extract and medical cannabis.
1930: The Federal Bureau of Narcotics was created and Henry Anslinger was appointed to lead the department.
1937: The Ma*****na Tax Act federally outlawed the use and non-industrial cultivation of the cannabis plant in America, without deferentially the clear differences between h**p and ma*****na.
1942: The United States Department of Agriculture encouraged American farmers to plant cannabis for h**p cultivation for the war effort. The government distributed seeds and offered draft deferments to farmers who produced the crops. By 1943 farmers had cultivated nearly 400,000 acres of h**p.
1970: The industrial cultivation of h**p was banned under the Controlled Substances Act as a Schedule I drug.
2014: President Obama signed the U.S. Farm Bill into law allowing for the cultivation of h**p. The Bill allows state departments of agriculture and institutions of higher education to introduce industrial h**p cultivation programs.
Present:
Legislation is constantly being introduced in various states to allow and promote the cultivation of industrial h**p.