Benjamin Franklin
started one of
America's first paper
mills with cannabis,
allowing a colonial press
free from English control.



Hemp is Legal
in many countries
throughout Europe
and Asia, including the
United Kingdom, the
Netherlands, and China.



Hemp is of
first necessity to
the wealth & protection
of the country.
Thomas Jefferson



Indian Hemp
was properly christened
by Linnaeus, in 1753,
as Cannabis sativa,
which remains the
botanical name for the
plant species.



The U.S. Government
distributed 400,000 pounds of cannabis seeds to American farmers in 1942 to aid the war effort.