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HEMP FOR HEALTH
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Compiled by the Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp (BACH)
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HEMP HAS A LONG, PROUD HISTORY OF MEDICAL USE AND HUNDREDS OF
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THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS.
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For more than 3,500 years, Hemp has been (depending on the
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culture or nation) either the most used or one of the most widely
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used plants for medicines. This includes: China, India, the Middle
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and Near East, Africa and Europe. From 1850 to 1937, Hemp was
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America's prime medicine for more than 100 separate illnesses or
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diseases.
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Research by Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, etc. indicates that when
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Cannabis Hemp is legally available, it will directly replace some
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10%-20% of all prescription pharmaceutical drugs and that probably
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40%-50% of all medicines could use derivatives of the cannabis
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plant.
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HEMP FOR HEALTH-Medical uses of Hemp include treating back pain,
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asthma, glaucoma, epilepsy, cancer, muscle spasms, migraines,
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tumors, stress, depression and anorexia. It is an antibiotic and
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expectorant, useful in muscle ointments and to treat arthritis and
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rheumatism. Hundreds of other therapeutic uses are likely, but
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hard-to-get permits are required to use it, and the federal
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government banned research into medical use of Hemp, so millions of
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people continue to suffer needlessly, and a valuable herbal
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medicine with minimal side-effects is held hostage by out-of-date-
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laws.
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Cannabis users statistically live one or two years longer than
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non-users. Hemp offers affordable health care for America.
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HEMP HELPS ASTHMA-Medicines based on hemp would be most beneficial
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to young people, bringing a lifetime of relief and adding years to
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their lives. Asthma symptoms could be permanently reduced. Hemp
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eases the symptoms of epilepsy and prevents glaucoma from
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developing, bringing effective relief to those unfortunate enough
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to suffer from these illnesses.
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HEMP FOR CANCER-Hemp reduces the nausea suffered by chemotherapy
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patients. This same characteristic has also recently been utilized
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by AIDS patients and is sometimes indicated for motion sickness
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(sea sickness.)
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HEMP SAVES EYES- Medical Hemp would benefit some 90% of victims of
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glaucoma, a blinding disease. Cannabis does not cure it or reverse
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the loss of vision, but can halt the glaucoma sufferer's
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progressive deterioration of eyesight.
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HEMP FOR ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATISM-A traditional treatment for these
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ailments is to soak cannabis in alcohol and apply it locally in a
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poultice.
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HEMP RELIEVES STRESS-Cannabis reduces mental agitation and ulcers.
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One out of two American marriages end in divorce and domestic
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violence is on the increase. Studies indicate that these problems
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often result from the stress and depressed sex drive associated
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with the fast pace of modern life. Hemp is well known for its
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ability to reduce stress and promote relaxation, and has long been
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regarded as an aphrodisiac, yet it is not available on the open
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market.
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CANNABIS WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC in 1938 against the
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advice of the medical community. Hemp was moved from the Class 2
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schedule of drugs (having demonstrated medical value) and listed as
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Class 1 (dangerous substance with no known medical value) by the
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Nixon administration in 1970-despite all evidence to the contrary-
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and was retained as Class 1 by the Bush administration in 1989.
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In 1972 the Nixon-appointed Shafer Commission urged that
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cannabis be re-legalized, which was not done. Still, medical
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research continued--often with remarkable results. Cannabis was
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shown to help treat numerous health problems with very few side
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effects.
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Eleven states went on to adopt laws authorizing prescription
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use of medical marijuana.
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MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED--At the 1975 National Institute of Drug
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Abuse (NIDA) Asilomar Conference, participants were amazed at the
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documented results of marijuana research and agreed that a massive
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national research project was in order. Instead, all federal
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research grants were terminated in 1976 and subsequent private
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research has been heavily restricted.
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By late 1983 the Reagan/Bush administration had destroyed
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large amounts of data compiled in government sponsored marijuana
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research and put out a feeler to private and state universities to
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destroy their own records. Most refused to do so.
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In September, 1988, DEA Administrative Judge Francis Young
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concluded that cannabis should be rescheduled as Class 2 and made
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available for medical use. It has not been. Write to your
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representatives and ask that Hemp be re-legalized for use in
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America.
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There are thousands of other uses for Hemp: textiles, paper,
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fiber, food, fuel, medicine and more.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION we recommend that you read "The Emperor Wears
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No Clothes," by Jack Herer and "The Medical Marijuana Papers" by
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Dr. Tod Mikurya. For more information on hemp or to support the re-
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legalization of hemp/marijuana, send $1 + SASE to:Business Alliance
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for Commerce in Hemp (BACH) P.O.Box 71093, L.A. CA 90071-0093. THE
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EMPEROR is available at HEMP etc. 1090 S Wadsworth, Unit D,
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Lakewood. They also have a nice line of legal non-smoking Hemp
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products such as clothing, hemp-oil, hemp based foods, etc.
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For More Information Call 303/470-1100.
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