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What is , and how has it effected us all? As we all may, or may not know, use is on a constant rise in the United States. is and has long been the most widely used illegal drug in the United States. It is used here more frequently than all other illegal drugs ....

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.... Although it is thought that cannabis most likely came from the steppes of central Asia, it now grows in almost any climate, spreading like milkweed of thistle, crowding out neighboring grasses and reaching heights of three to twenty feet at full growth. has been cultivated for at least 5,000 years; it is one of the oldest agricultural commodities not grown for food. The stalks of the plant contain fibers that have been woven for years to make rope, canvas, and paper. Cannabis is dioecious, spawning male and female plants at an equal rate. The flowering buds of the female secrete a sticky yellow resin rich with cannabinoids, the more than ....