This Essay Is about the Illegal Prohibition of Marijuana

The Scandalum Magnatum Of Marijuana
In the first 12,000 years, Marihuana has benefited civilizations across the globe. Chinese people used the plant's hemp fibers for making clothes, shoes, weapons, writing paper, and its intoxicating properties when conducting surgeries. The Japanese use it in many religious events and celebrations. By law, early American colonial farmers were ordered to grow hemp to be used as ropes and sails on ships.[1] In the 1700's, Hemp was the primary crop grown by George Washington at Mount Vernon, and a secondary crop grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. …