Its only drawback is that the fun presentation style preaches to the converted rather than to the sceptical scholar. The useful Hemp Resource Guide in the back of the book lists over 100 hemp organizations, magazines, museums, and companies with contact information. CSP Entheogen Chrestomathy Entry Back Cover Hemp is of first necessity to the walth and protection of the country. The original drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written on hemp paper. Hemp was used for money in the Americas until the early 1800s.
Hemp seed is nature's perfect food, packed with protein and essential fatty acids.
Over 100 medicines are made from hemp. Henry Ford built and powered a car with hemp. Hemp, Cannabis sativa , has been called man's greatest plant ally. It has been worshipped as a source of spiritual enlightenment and a sustainer of human life, but until recently hemp's amazing past was virtually forgotten. Once at the foundation of civilization's economy, it was not until the twentieth century that hemp was outlawed.