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Fields of Green for ALL  •  Collectively Reforming South African Cannabis Laws



            1.1.7  Hemp (Industrial Cannabis) vs Cannabis Plants


            It is a common misconception that Hemp
            and Cannabis plants are two different species.
            This is not true, they are two different types
            of Cannabis, a type of flowering plant in the
            Cannabaceae family. In order to keep Cannabis
            containing THC illegal, prohibitionists  came
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            up with an arbitrary figure linked to the THC
            (tetrahydrocannabinol) content of the two
            types of plant. This is set by international
            conventions (see Section 2.4) and by individual
            countries, usually at 0.3% or less THC content
            by dry weight. This subject is discussed at
            greater length in Section 5.4.
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