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The Differences Between Hemp And Marijuana Hemp; has there ever been a plant so burdened with confusion and controversy? Why such confusion? The answer is, quite simply, Marijuana. To this day the United States drug enforcement agencies continue to call the hemp plant marijuana without any mention of the botanical distinctions between the two. The connotations of the word “marijuana” and the word “hemp” have placed a heavy burden on how society views each, and many still believe that if hemp was legalized they would in turn be legalizing marijuana. However, they do not realize that although the two plants have their similarities they are also very different. Perhaps the best way to describe the relationship between hemp and marijuana is to think of t