- Scientists have discovered over 130 cannabinoids in cannabis plants, yet we barely know the potential health benefits of 10 of them.
- Cannabinol (CBN) was discovered before CBD in 1940, however, it wasn’t until 1963 that it was successfully identified.
- It wasn’t until 1978, when New Mexico passed the 1978 Controlled Substance Therapeutic Research Act, which legally recognized the medicinal value of cannabis.
- Although she didn’t know anything about CBD specifically, in as early as 1901, Queen Victoria was known to use cannabis and hemp to alleviate the pains caused by menstrual cramps
- Of the five main cannabinoids, THC, CBD, CBG, CBC & CBN, only two have active psychoactive properties.
- The hemp plant is a part of the cannabis family just like marijuana. Most often, the marijuana plant is high in THC and low in CBD, while the industrial hemp plant is high in CBD and very low in THC.
- For now, all CBD sold over the counter in the United States must legally come from the industrial hemp plant, which is a strain of the cannabis sativa plant.
- The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
- Hemp is used to make a variety of commercial and industrial products, including rope, textiles, clothing, shoes, food, paper, bioplastics, insulation, and biofuel.
- Seven former US presidents grew cannabis as one of their crops, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
- In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, vertically destroyed the hemp industry in the US.
- The passing of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was largely enacted from influences from Randolph Hearst, Andrew Mellon and the Dupont Family, although they disputed the claims.
- The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was lifted during WWII. Hemp was necessary for uniforms, canvas and rope, that came from over 36,000 acres of hemp farms during the war.
