1) The first two drafts of the Declaration of Independence were printed on hemp paper

2) The American Ban on cannabis was based on racism and purposeful misinformation

3) A 1937 movie, Reefer Madness, actually depicted high school students trying marijuana for the first time and they become involved in a hit and run, manslaughter, suicide, attempted rape, and a descent into madness.

4) A six year old child who had 300 seizures a week was given cannabis oil and the seizures fell to 2-3 seizures a month

5) In a 1994 study as mentioned clearly in CleanRemedies.com, Marijuana was found to have only a 9% occurrence of dependence while alcohol receives 15% and nicotine 32%

Sources:

1) http://www.neatorama.com/2013/07/04/Was-the-Declaration-of-Independence-Written-on-Hemp/#!uLcCS

2) http://www.alternet.org/story/77339/debunking_the_hemp_conspiracy_theory

3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness

4) http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/health/charlotte-child-medical-marijuana/

5) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-truth-about-pot/

• the study: http://www.umbrellasociety.ca/web/files/u1/Comp_epidemiology_addiction.pdf