ORIGIN Hemp is sometimes confused with the cannabis plant marijuana. Hemp does contain a little bit of THC, the compound that produces psychoactive effects in humans but the seeds themselves are non-psychoactive, meaning that humans cannot get high by eating them. Hemp originated in Central Asia. Hemp was cultivated for fibre in China as early as 2800BC. There is even archaeological evidence that showed us using hemp as early as 8,000 BC. It made its way into the Mediterranean countries in the early Christian era and Middle Ages. It then made its way to North America in the 1600s. Hemp ...
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