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Term Paper Title	PREAMBLE
# of Words	2018
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	8.07

Hemp

Hemp

PREAMBLE
     As we enter a new millennium, we find ourselves reevaluating the paths
we've chosen and the decisions we've made.  Have we made the best with what
we've got or are we stumbling in the dark?  How many gaps riddle the blanket of
our knowledge?
     The problem lies in how we make sense of where we're heading.  Do we
choose the path of economics and progress or do we choose the path of
environmentalism and sustainability?  Is there a median available for us to take
where the greens of economy and environment are balanced or are we doomed to
blindly continue the path of short-term gain and comfort . . . living out a
flawed paradigm?
     Canada is a prime example of a country that is continually weighing its
power and influence on the natural and manmade worlds.  We've found ourselves
sitting on the global fence between our magliomaniacal brother to the south and
our staunch traditionalist motherland to the east.  From this division of powers
and alliances we find ourselves locked into a self-induced ignorance and
stifling conservatism.  It's ironic that we have the opportunity to solve most
of Canada's critical environmental issues in one fell swoop . . . with one
simple plant.  It is ignorance and the maintenance of the status quo that has
blinded and crippled our ability to realize this resource.

INTRODUCTION
     A plant exists that is so strong that it can be grown without requiring
chemicals in almost every part of  the world.  Many have touted this plant as a
possible way in which to wean society from its dependence on fossil fuels for
energy and the need to log forests for pulp, paper and wood.  It is even said
that this plant could adequately clothe and feed the world more efficiently and
cheaply than we can do now!
     Why is this miracle plant not used if all evidence points to its
versatility?  The answer is bogged down in a century of  law, sociology, the
corporate agenda and conspiracy theories.       Since the early part of the
century, hemp has been considered a drug, though it has no euphoric attributes.
Hemp: the wonder plant and possible solution to the bulk of our problems is
illegal only because it is seen as guilty by it's  association with marijuana.
     Hemp is a herbaceous plant called "cannabis sativa", which means `useful
(sativa) hemp (cannabis)'.  Fiber is the best known product, and the word `hemp'
can also mean the rope or twine which is made from the plant, as well as just
the stalk of the plant which produced it.
     History has ...

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