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There are two major movements for legalization of drugs have been gathering strength. One group of activists believes that ALL cannabis should be legal — both the hemp plant and the marijuana plant — and that the use of the drug marijuana should not be an offense. They argue that marijuana is not dangerous or addictive, and that it is used by large numbers of people who are not criminals but productive members of society. They also point out that marijuana is less toxic than alcohol or tobacco. The other legalization movement is concerned only with the hemp plant used to produce fibre; this group wants to make it legal to cultivate the plant and sell the fiber for paper and pulp production. This second group has had a major triumph recently: in 1997, Brazil legalized the farming of hemp for fiber. For the first time since 1938, hundreds of farmers are planting this crop, and soon we can expect to see pulp and paper produced from this new source.
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Firefighting was basically originated in ancient Rome by the Great Augustin emperor. At that time, during an event of fire outbreak, entire town used to ablaze in the mighty flames of fire. To curb the loss of life the emperor arranged a team of troops. Those watchmen of the city would pass buckets full of water from person to person when they heard a fire alarm. Extinguishing fire was a tedious task as it was often hard to reach out to the location of the fire – quickly and in time.
After the fall of the emperor, firefighting became privatized and a few businesses in the city were authorized to act in case of emergency. The businesses basically used hollow tree trunks to transport water to a location because plastic or iron was still in the primary stage of its development. Extinguishing fire quickly could not be still achieved due to trouble in transportation of heavy loads of wooden logs after they were filled with water.
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The anacondas are the largest snakes in the boa family. The reticulated pythons are considered as their cousins. The snake was first sighted or documented during the colonization of South America. The habitat and behaviours were to an extent were unknown to the mankind. In the past, elders used to tell stories of what they saw in the bushes. The traditional indigenous people tell chronicles of how the gods of the lake brought rain and food to the entire village. Some others even depict these giant snakes as a lake monsters that preys on anyone that commits a crime. The vile reputation made it a victim of so many grief tales. All in all, it is one of the rare prehistoric creatures that gives a glimpse of the historical relics.
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Naturalists estimate that every 24 hours about 100 to 200 species become extinct, totally wipe-out from the face of this planet. The shameful thing is that they get lost without even knowing that they were there! Tasmanian-devil, a wolf look-alike, got extinct recently from Tasmania, no one precisely knows when they vanished. The marvelous creature had stripes on its back to make it resemble a tiger from behind. They were previously native to the mainland Australia, and the island of Tasmania. After the arrival of the European settlers, their elusive presence survived only on the island of Tasmania. They were a shy and very elusive, but not much we knew about them.
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The year of 1890 is well known for a gold rush in the Yukon territory of Canadian North. The first discovery of gold was reported at a town of Deadhorse merely by an accident in an attempt to search for petroleum reserves. The news was spread like the wild fire, that brought thousands and thousands of migrants seeking work. The winter in the North-East Canada was so harsh and punishing that the temperatures reached an average of negative 50 degrees. And, there was no road to get to the town. Thus, only during the winter when arctic sea froze, people travelled on solid ice. The people used to transport on the sledges pulled by dogs to the location of the mine. Anyhow, the brave miners extracted gold that is worth today in millions of dollars.