For thousands of years the plant cannabis sativa, otherwise known as hemp or marijuana, has been harvested by people and utilized in many different ways. It has been grown to provide food for villages and towns, and used for clothes, rope, and sails on early ships. The Bible was written on hemp paper, as well as the first draft of the US Constitution. Marijuana has been utilized for its medicinal value since four to five …showed first 75 words of 1497 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1497 total…These minor problems pale in comparison to the dangers of legal drugs like tobacco and alcohol. When marijuana is legalized, an inexpensive medicine will be available to the millions who can benefit from the plants healing properties, as well as a nutritional food source that can supply enough food to feed starving people throughout the nation. Marijuana needs to be legalized to re-establish a national product that will positively change many aspects of our lives.