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Why do Americans always call it hemp or, more frequently, marijuana? It's cannabis.

• Rebelgecko 7y ago
  I think hemp and cannabis come from the same Old English root word. However hemp is normally used to refer to the industrial plants, as opposed to the higher THC ones with more recreational potential. Supposedly the term marijuana became popular back in the "reefer madness" days because it had more of a racial connotation, but I don't know how accurate that is.
• dragosmocrii 7y ago
  https://medium.com/cbd-origin/hemp-vs-marijuana-the-difference-explained-a837c51aa8f7 https://medium.com/cbd-origin/hemp-vs-marijuana-the-differen...
• jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  One is cannibis indica and the other sativa. Marijuana has THC and CBD. Only one kind of hemp is grown for CBD..no THC. The rest is called industrial hemp for paper/fiber etc.
  • derrasterpunkt 7y ago
    It is still the same plant. „Marijuana“ is made from both, India and Sativa, or from a hybrid of both. You can even buy hybrids that are made from indica, sativa and ruderalis. Also, in the EU, farmers have to buy their cannabis seed every year. It is not legal to use the seeds produced from the harvest of last year. Because over a few generations the THC content in the „hemp“ rises and to stay under 0.3% new seeds are required.
    • nugga 7y ago
      I wonder how legislating such low thc content affects the viability of (industrial) hemp because I seem to recall reading that for example higher thc may help protect the plant against pests and possibly affect other qualities of the product as well as having synergistic or other medical qualities when combined with cbd and other cannabinoids in oil or other forms. Are we gimping the potential of hemp by clinging to the war on drugs reefer madness mentality?