About
OTHERSIDE FARMS Information Center OTHERSIDE FARMS Medical Marijuana Information Center,
established December 2009, and not to be confused with
OTHERSIDE
FARMS Private Collective, established late August 2011, is a
place for education and awareness of all things medical
marijuana. We pride ourselves in educating others
about medical marijuana
facts, from it's history, to growing
safely for personal use, to being involved in several
Cannabis research programs. We also have experience in
developing superior plant genetics and are the
original creator of the
Olivia
Strain amongst others! It is through our
experience that we wish to help other patients grow safely for
themselves by sharing our knowledge through our
Cannabis grow workshops.
For patients who require additional assistance, OTHERSIDE
FARMS specializes in closed grow room environments and
offers
grow consultations
for qualified patients. OTHERSIDE FARMS also extends
consultation services nationwide to
States with legal active Medical Marijuana programs.
For local consultations, OTHERSIDE FARMS offers
consultations to patient's new or existing grow rooms
and will make recommendations to a plan that enables optimal
efficiency. OTHERSIDE FARMS has a superlative plan that
we know works, and we are
here to help patients succeed.
The first Bibles, maps,
charts, Betsy Ross's flag, the first
drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution were made from hemp.
Refusing to grow Hemp in
America during the 17th and 18th Centuries was against
the law. You could be jailed in Virginia for
refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769.
Rembrants, Gainsboroughs,
Van Goghs as well as most early canvas paintings
were principally painted on hemp linen.
In 1916, the U.S. Government Dept.
of Agriculture predicted that by the 1940s all paper
would come from hemp and that no more trees need to
be cut down.
For thousands of years, 90% of all
ships' sails and rope were made from hemp. The word
'canvas' is Dutch for cannabis.
The war on drugs costs the US
$10-14 Billion Annual Savings and Revenues, which is
not worth it given the current state of the economy.
There are better alternatives to fighting drug addition,
such as
drug rehabilitation.
For most of American
history, growing and using marijuana was legal under both federal law
and the laws of the individual states. By the 1840s, marijuana’s
therapeutic potential began to be recognized by some U.S. physicians.
From 1850 to 1941 cannabis was included in the United States
Pharmacopoeia as a recognized medicinal. By the end of 1936, however,
all 48 states had enacted laws to regulate marijuana. Its decline in
medicine was hastened by the development of aspirin, morphine, and then
other opium-derived drugs, all of which helped to replace marijuana in
the treatment of pain and other medical conditions in Western medicine.
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Cannabis in American History