KNYSNA NEWS - Approximately 9% of people who try dagga become addicted to it, compared to 15% of people who try cocaine, and 24 % of those who try heroin.
The word "canvas" is related to the word "cannabis." Historically, canvases were made of hemp.
Since 2015, dagga has become the fastest growing industry in the US. If it becomes legal in all 50 states, the industry will become larger than the organic food market.
The first item sold over the internet was a bag of weed over 40 years ago when Stanford (US) students used Arapnet (an early form of the internet) to buy weed from their counterparts at MIT.
According to the UN, 158.8-million people around the world use weed, which is over 3.8% of the world's population.
Several studies indicate that both alcohol and smoking are more harmful than dagga.
After alcohol, cannabis is the most popular drug worldwide.
The first recorded use of dagga as a medicinal drug occurred in 2737 BC by Chinese emperor Shen Nung, who emperor documented the drug's effectiveness in treating the pains of rheumatism and gout.
Common terms for marijuana include reefer, pot, herb, ganja, grass, old man, blanch, weed, sinsemilla and bhang.
Someone would have to smoke over about 680kg dagga within about 15 minutes to die of a lethal overdose.
The first two drafts of the United States Declaration of Independence were written on paper made from hemp.
Spiders high on marijuana built messy webs, were easily distracted, and gave up easily. Spiders high on LSD, on the other hand, spun highly geometric webs, even more so than when they were sober.
Article: www.factretriever.com/marijuana-facts
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