Do you know that one can quit their cigarette smoking habit with hemp cigarettes? Hemp Cigarettes are made out of the same plant as marijuana. But unlike marijuana, hemp contains less than 1% of THC and has no psychoactive effects. And this means that they’re legal to smoke in many states! Overall there are many benefits to using hemp cigarettes, and it’s a great alternative to traditional tobacco.
Rediscovering hemp
Marijuana is the name given to a plant belonging to the hemp family, Cannabis sativa. The male, or seed-bearing, part of the plant, which grows to a height of two meters or more, is the part most commonly used for marijuana. It has also been used for making ropes, paper, and clothing, and as a wild plant, it has been used by people for both food and medicine. The name marijuana comes from two Greek words, ganjazein, meaning to grasp, and rose, meaning wild rose.
Marijuana, or more correctly, cannabis, has been used for medical purposes for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks, for example, used hemp seeds and marijuana to stimulate the appetite, relieve pain, and cure dysentery. In 1936, the United States Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act, which imposed a tax of $1 an ounce (24.5 grams) on marijuana. It maintained this tax until 1970, when President Nixon repealed it. Marijuana was also commonly known as Indian hemp, hemp, locoweed, reefer, and muggle weed.
Why are hemp cigarettes so controversial?
The question isn’t why hemp cigarettes are controversial; it’s why they haven’t been banned.
It’s not because hemp cigarettes are harmless. They are far more dangerous than ordinary cigarettes. The smoke has fewer poisons and particles. When the US Food and Drug Administration tried to ban cigarettes in 1964, Congress, terrified that the FDA was planning something even worse, passed a law prohibiting the FDA from considering banning cigarettes. The ban in 1964 was temporary, and it was made to restore confidence in the cigarette companies, who were facing bankruptcy. The companies were allowed to make and sell cigarettes for the next five years, as long as the products contained no poison that hadn’t been in tobacco before 1964.
In 1966, Congress passed another law legalizing the use of poisons in cigarettes. That law was permanent, and it has been expanded several times. Under these regulations, cigarettes are legal. But the ban in 1964, which protected the companies, was never repealed. The 1966 law, which legalized poisons, remains on the books, and companies are still free to put poisons in cigarettes.
The reason for all this is that tobacco companies were worried that if they could sell poison-free cigarettes, their customers would switch to them. Tobacco companies sell nicotine, not tobacco. Cigarettes have tobacco, but nicotine is in liquid form and can be sold unmixed, or in pills, or patches. If nicotine were in cigarettes, the tobacco companies would lose business.
So there are legal cigarettes, and there are widely adopted as an alternative to tobacco cigarettes. Next time one thinks they are helping themselves by smoking marijuana, think again. Hemp cigarettes are completely safe, and the smoke that comes out of them is mildly flavored. People who want to quit smoking should Buy Delta 8 THC Products.