Robert Kane

Months before Jade Goody's death from cancer, the tabloids pictured her tucking into a bag of marijuana seeds. Jade had heard that they had been used in ancient Chinese medicine as a cure for cancer and feeling that she had nothing to lose, decided to try munching hemp seeds in between her chemotherapy sessions. It's not just cancer that marijuana seeds have been known to cure. All the ailments below can be cured with hemp seeds and whilst most parts of the hemp flower have been used in medicine

When it comes to innovation, pot smokers can be right up there with Alexander Graham Bell after an evening on the weed. It's only a short step from bulldust to brilliance and many a great invention can evolve out of a hallucinogenic revelation. So, apart from the obvious, what alternative uses do you think a room full of chilled-out pot heads would come up with for their marijuana seeds?

Medical marijuana is now legal in fourteen US states and each one of these states has its own regime for distribution. If you want to start selling medical marijuana seeds in your own headshop or pharmacy you'll still need to abide by the state rules. It is still a federal offence to sell or buy marijuana in the US so make sure all the correct protocols are in place, and only sell to approved patients whatever state you happen to be in.

Cannabis features in many movies, be they action films or comedies. However, the most mishaps seem to happen when characters cross with those planting marijuana seeds. We take a look at those movies in which cannabis plants and fields come a cropper, or in which characters fall out with those who have planted them.

With their powerful little noses and waggly tails, they might look like any other dog, but sniffer dogs are trained to track down even marijuana seeds from a distance of 15 feet. With a sense of smell which is said to be 1,000 times more sensitive than that of humans (and capable of picking up scents at concentrations which are nearly 100 million times lower than those which can be detected by you or I), these little guys leave no place to hide.

There are few religions that are as misunderstood as the Rastafarian movement. Learn more about Rastafarians and their relationship with marijuana.

The sonnets and plays of William Shakespeare are arguably some of the most inspirational in the world, but when the Bard needed inspiration of his own he turned to marijuana seeds.

The effectiveness of marijuana as a medical drug has been a much-debated topic, and the prescriptive use of cannabis seeds is becoming increasingly popular. Marijuana as a medicine forms a strong argument in favour of making marijuana legal, particularly since recent research has shown its possible effectiveness in pandemic diseases such as swine flu.

It has been demonised in the media by pundits and politicians, but doctors have long been aware of the medical applications of marijuana. Will we soon see a future with universal access to medical marijuana?

You’re an intelligent, conscientious person. Before you buy marijuana seeds, you want to consider the full scope of the situation. You want to hear the pros and cons of a life coloured by the herb. You seek wisdom. Experience. The reassuring voice of generations past. The following quotes will, one way or another, tell you everything you need to know about marijuana. Read on, brave traveller.