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Cannabis (/ˈkænəbɪs/) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: Cannabis sativa, C. indica, and C. ruderalis. Alternatively, C. ruderalis may be included within C. sativa, all three may be treated as subspecies of C. sativa, or C. sativa may be accepted as a single undivided species. The genus is widely accepted as being indigenous to and originating from Asia.

The plant is also known as hemp, although this term is often used to refer only to varieties of Cannabis cultivated for non-drug use. Cannabis has long been used for hemp fibre, hemp seeds and their oils, hemp leaves for use as vegetables and as juice, medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug. Industrial hemp products are made from cannabis plants selected to produce an abundance of fibre. Various cannabis strains have been bred, often selectively to produce high or low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabinoid and the plant's principal psychoactive constituent. Compounds such as hashish and hash oil are extracted from the plant. (Full article...)

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Cannabis buds, Blue dream strain

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Image 1Hulled hemp seeds (from Hemp)
Image 2Cannabis ruderalis (from Cannabis strain)
Image 3American medical hashish (from Medical cannabis)
Image 4The use of cannabis, at least as fiber, has been shown to go back at least 10,000 years in Taiwan. "Dà má" (Pinyin pronunciation) is the Chinese expression for cannabis, the first character meaning "big" and the second character meaning "hemp". (from Medical cannabis)
Image 5Cannabis sativa from Vienna Dioscurides, 512 AD (from Hemp)
Image 6White Widow (from Cannabis strain)
Image 7Japanese Shinto shrine with rope made of hemp (from Hemp)
Image 8Sour Diesel (from Cannabis strain)
Image 9The variety of appearances for cannabis. Only C. sativa (left) is suited for industrial hemp, but it also has medicinal varieties. (from Hemp)
Image 10Cannabis ruderalis (from Cannabis)
Image 11An advertisement for cannabis americana distributed by a pharmacist in New York in 1917 (from Medical cannabis)
Image 12Hemp seed (from Hemp)
Image 13Whole hemp seeds (from Hemp)
Image 14Cannabis growing as weeds at the foot of Dhaulagiri, Nepal (from Cannabis)
Image 15Hemp being grown in Oregon in 2020 (from Hemp)
Image 16Top of Cannabis plant in vegetative growth stage (from Cannabis)
Image 17The number of publications about marijuana/cannabis according to Web of Science (from History of cannabis)
Image 18Underside of Cannabis sativa leaf, showing diagnostic venation (from Cannabis)
Image 19Hemp rope (from Hemp)
Image 20A thicket of wild cannabis in Islamabad, Pakistan (from Cannabis)
Image 21Male Cannabis flower buds (from Cannabis)
Image 22Relative size of cannabis types (from Cannabis strain)
Image 23Cannabis indica fluid extract, American Druggists Syndicate, pre-1937 (from Medical cannabis)
Image 24Harvesting hemp in the USSR, 1956 (from Hemp)
Image 25Cannabis Museum in Amsterdam (from Cannabis)
Image 26Hemp straw animal bedding (from Hemp)
Image 27Legal status of (whole-plant) medical cannabis worldwide----
Legal as authorized by a physician
Legal for any use (no prescription required)
----See also countries that have decriminalized or where enforcement is limited. (from Medical cannabis)
Image 28Hemp and bead jewelry (from Hemp)
Image 29Medical marijuana dispensary in Denver, Colorado (from Medical cannabis)
Image 30Cannabis sativa (from Cannabis strain)
Image 31Dense raceme of female flowers typical of drug-type varieties of Cannabis (from Cannabis)
Image 32Cannabis sativa from Vienna Dioscurides, AD 512 (from History of cannabis)
Image 33Biodiesel sample (from Hemp)
Image 34The Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BCE) from Ancient Egypt has a prescription for medical marijuana applied directly for inflammation. (from Medical cannabis)
Image 35Cannabis indica (from Cannabis strain)
Image 36Bhang eaters from India c. 1790. Bhang is an edible preparation of cannabis native to the Indian subcontinent. It has been used in food and drink as early as 1000 BC by Hindus in ancient India. (from History of cannabis)
Image 37Cannabis leaf pictured in the coat of arms of Kanepi Parish (from Cannabis)
Image 38Illustrating various forms of medicinal cannabis (from Medical cannabis)
Image 39A macro image of hemp seeds (from Hemp)
Image 40A hemp field in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France, which is Europe's largest hemp producer as of 2022 (from Hemp)
Image 41Cannabis female flower with visible trichomes (from Cannabis)
Image 42Dried hemp stalks displayed at the International Hemp Fair in Vienna (from Hemp)
Image 43Relative size of varieties of Cannabis (from Cannabis)
Image 44The Chinese character for hemp (麻 or má) depicts two plants under a shelter. Notably, the same character also means "numb". Cannabis cultivation dates back at least 3000 years in Taiwan. (from History of cannabis)
Image 45A dried bud, typical of what is sold for recreational use
Image 46Blue Dream (from Cannabis strain)
Image 47Cannabis sativa stem longitudinal section (from Cannabis)
Image 48Cannabis as illustrated in Köhler's Book of Medicinal Plants, 1897 (from Medical cannabis)
Image 49Cannabis indica fluid extract, American Druggists Syndicate, pre-1937 (from History of cannabis)
Image 50Comparison of physical harm and dependence regarding various drugs (from Cannabis)
Image 51A flowering cannabis plant (from Cannabis strain)
Image 52A male hemp plant (from Cannabis)
Image 53Evolution of cultivated cannabis strains. The cultivar, Cannabis ruderalis, still grows wild today. (from Medical cannabis)

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... that the passage of the A.B. 390 by California's Public Safety Committee marked the first time in United States history that a bill legalizing marijuana passed a legislative committee?
... that the American television program Cannabis Planet features horticulturist and author Ed Rosenthal as a cannabis "expert"?

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Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?

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— Henry Ford

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