This is a Tobacco Plant.. It looks very similar to the Lettuce Plant. According to the Dictionary found at dictionary. com, the definition of cigarette is: :a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper. And also the definition of 'cured' meat is : :meat which has been treated with salt and nitrate or nitrite And the 'curing of tobacco' is: It is necessary to cure tobacco after harvesting and before it can be consumed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing_of_tobacco And 'curing' also means: Curing (food preservation) Curing is any of various food preservation and flavoring processes of foods such as meat, fish and vegetables, by the addition of combinations of salt, nitrates, nitrites, or sugar, with the aim of drawing moisture out of the food by the process of osmosis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing_(food_preservation) Nitrates are: Nitrates are mainly produced for use as fertilizers in agriculture because of their high solubility and biodegradability. The main nitrate fertilizers are ammonium, sodium, potassium, and calcium salts. Several million kilograms are produced annually for this purpose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrate Nitrites are: Nitrate or nitrite (ingested) under conditions that result in endogenous nitrosation has been classified as "Probably carcinogenic to humans" (Group 2A) by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrite So basically what I think might be carcinogenic in 'tobacco' smoking is NOT the tobacco or cigarette itself but the Nitrates and Nitrites which might be used in curing the tobacco before it can be smoked. However if Nitrates and or Nitrites are used in the fertilizers on the soil while the tobacco plant is growing, why would any additional 'curing' with other ingredients be necessary after the tobacco plant has been harvested, before it can be packed and shipped to the retailers? In a statement: Can smoking lettuce grown in your backyard cause cancer? Can smoking tobacco grown in your backyard cause cancer? Is smoking marijuana grown in your backyard the same as smoking marijuana grown in a dispensary? Are any plants grown in Plant Nurseries the same as any plant grown in Natural Environments? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_nursery
Jan. 1, 2018 will see the very first day that residents of California will be able to purchase recreational marijuana in California... Of course, not all the Marijuana Plants are going to be grown in Natural Environments but most likely in some kind of Plant Nursery, such as the one above. The roll over time for seeding to harvesting to keep the supplies to recreational purchase(s) demands will have to be on a constant or else demand might become greater than supply. There are 'ingredients' which can assist in 'under development maturities', passable enough, to sell to the General Public. Besides naturally occurring THC, how might a person produce THC in a Chemist Lab? There are already Lab Produced 'nicotine' vials that any Vapor E-Cig store offers. Can a THC 'vial' also be possible? And what is more dangerous to the human? Smoking 'tobacco' or smoking a Lithium heated Vape E-Cig machine? Don't forget that Vapes and E-Cigs are 'rechargeable'. The machine is useless without it having any 'charge' to heat the liquid nicotine.
Those, plus the additives that cause one to become more heavily addicted and the additives which make the tobacco burn at a faster or slower rate. We can all have a toke instead of a smoke on coffee break. Unbelievable.
Where is ALL that smoke coming From??? See any similarity? Young adults, maybe even older adults, wanting to be within a 'group' of others who they can form 'bonds' with and to be in a group of others who they might be able to call reliable 'friends'. They might just be seeking 'reliable' 'dependable' friends to have be a part of their lives. Instead of asking, 'do you want to smoke some me-th', they might be asking, 'me-to'? These forms of 'ideas' of what the world says is needed today; having friends, being in a social circle, being able to call others and hang out with others, are only modern ideas and inventions of what and how society is as. . A large part in how these ideas are formed are Celebrity lifestyles which can be seen by any young pre-teen or teen aged person on T.V., movies, magazines and even other 'celebrity-like' figures in their neighborhoods. Having care or wanting to show care to these persons' emotions of lowness is to first have care or wanting to show care to them getting on the 'sound' emotional level where they can 'more clearly' see why they might be on the 'low' side of emotions. The only thing these 'drugs' will accomplish is to have them realize that they are incomplete somehow once the drugs opens up their inner emotions to them. What most drug users will run into is the fact that there is alot of pain and questions and feelings of neglect within them. However, no human person alive is 'complete' or 'does not have any pains' or 'not have questions' or 'not have some feeling(s) of neglect'. But some humans 'fight' and 'resist' against their own 'pains' by moving onward and upward to the better things in life which they can sit comfortably in. The result will be conclusive. Drugs will open up their inner emptiness.
Sexual Addiction can be seen in a similar light and can probably be explained Scientifically. Just as any 'drug' addiction needs it to be constantly 'kept alive', so also are sexual addictions. Without the 'keeping alive' of the addiction itself, the addiction will 'die'. There is also something known as, 'living addiction'. These persons are terribly afraid of, one day, falling asleep in The Lord, or, dying. And this could be a reason why many individuals bring curses and arguments towards God. How would God or how could God supply those things needed for a person to get 'addicted' and be 'addicted' to living? But remember once again that these forms of Celebrity, social Lifestyles desires are only very modern and current. When the world did not have so many 'offerings' of lifestyles, before the Industrial Revolution, not too many persons were coveting other kinds of lifestyles. There was NO SUCH thing as Manufactured Tobacco before the Industrial Revolution. How would or how could a person 'covet' another person's tobacco then? It was very unlikely. Some, today, covet other person's 'criminal lifestyle(s)'. But even crime was not around too prevalently before the Industrial Revolution. The expansion of the world, to what it is today, occurred because of those who were, in some way or another, considered 'criminals' of those days. The English Persons who were on the Mayflower were known to the British Crown and Monarchy as, separatists, or Anti-Government. And it were these 'separatists' that warred and fought against the 'loyalists', those that supported The British Crown, whose English settlements such as Jamestown, The British Crown supported and funded. And out of the wars and battles and arguments between British persons on the New FoundLand, one on the separtists' side and the other on the loyalists' side, came The Declaration of Independence which was an official written and agreed upon Statement of severance between The British Crown and its once citizens. Which began the formation of The United States. So yes.. The United States had its roots through those that chose to be, anti-British Monarchy. The ship, The Mayflower, was a Privately owned ship of a Privately Owned Business in Essex, England (?), run and operated by a Private Business man's personal source of Income which the 'Pilgrims' purchased their voyage upon. Travelling by ship was the only way of travelling across Seas back then. And why would the Private Business Owner refuse to 'sell' voyages if certain persons wanted to do some travelling? Even Mr. Thomas Jefferson had to travel via ship. Gourmet, scientist, traveler, farmer, diplomat: our third President was truly a Renaissance man. Biographers confirm Jefferson's love for native foods and passion for foreign fare. Jefferson's tables, both public and private, reflected his love for culinary adventure. "Many of [Jefferson's] innovations are today an accepted part of our national diet...[he had an] adventurous palate and active interest in a wide range of foods...In his four years in Paris he sampled widely French cuisine, making copious notes of dishes he liked so he could serve them back home...In Holland he sampled waffles for the first time and was so pleased he immedately bought a waffle iron...A particular tea in Amsterdam appealed to him; he bought some to take along. In Nancy it was chocolate that caught his fancy, and in southern France he made notes on the differences in oranges in various communities he visited...Notes made on a visit to Rozzano included details of butter- and Parmesan cheese-making. He tasted a frozen delicacy and observed that "snow vives the most delicate flavor to creams, but ice is the most powerful congealer and lasts longer." Like many a traveler returning home, Jefferson missed the dishes to which he had become accustomed. To his valet returning after him he sent a request for him to "bring a stock of macaroni, Parmesan cheese, figs of Marseilles...raisins, almonds, mustard...vinegar, oil and anchovies."...President Jefferson was particularly addicted to intricate dishes and brought back from Paris...His bouilli, daubes, ragouts, gateaux, souffles, ices, sauces, and wine cookery...Jefferson confessed a preference for French cooking "because the meats were more tender."...He as especially fond of fresh vegetables and kept a careful chart of the season when certain ones would be available in the local market...A gourmet...Jefferson ate lightly...He preferred vegetables to meats and was particularly fond of olives, figs, mulberries, crabs, shad, oysters, partridge, venison, pineapple, and light wines. He was a connoisseur [a]s well of delicate French pastries, souffles, light cakes...His table drinks were cider and malt drinks...his greatest field of expertise was wine...the president's favorite wine was Madeira..." http://www.foodtimeline.org/presidents.html#jefferson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5546348-thomas-jefferson-s-travels-in-europe-1784-1789
Not to get off Science, but how is it that a grade school child could have been the 'one' that sparked up the Syrian War into being formed? The Boy who started the Syrian War - Featured Documentary Al Jazeera English
THE GRAFFITI KIDS WHO SPARKED THE SYRIAN WAR It started as simple teenage rebellion but ended up tearing Syria apart, setting in motion events that continue to rock the Middle East — and the world. The boys behind the graffiti would become unlikely revolutionaries and reluctant refugees. Not all of them would survive the upheaval they helped unleash. This is their story https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-graffiti-kids-who-sparked-the-syrian-war/article33123646/ I read somewhere, maybe in another article, that one of the 'kids' who participated in this graffiti now lives in Texas, or somewhere around there.. "It was an incendiary political idea – suggesting that Syria’s Baathist 'dictatorship (?)' would be the next to fall after the Arab Spring revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, written by an apolitical teenage prankster." https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-graffiti-kids-who-sparked-the-syrian-war/article33123646/ Ba'ath Party The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb Al-Ba‘th Al-‘Arabī Al-Ishtirākī [ˈħɪzb alˈbaʕaθ alˈʕarabiː alˈʔɪʃtɪraːkiː]) was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espoused Ba'athism (from Arabic: البعث Al-Ba'ath or Ba'ath meaning "renaissance" or "resurrection"), which is an ideology mixing Arab nationalist, pan-Arabism, Arab socialist, and anti-imperialist interests. Ba'athism calls for unification of the Arab world into a single state. Its motto, "Unity, Liberty, Socialism", refers to Arab unity, and freedom from non-Arab control and interference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba'ath_Party Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction) The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (also spelled Baath, meaning "resurrection" or "renaissance"; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي Hizb Al-Ba'ath Al-'Arabi Al-Ishtiraki), also referred to as the pro-Syrian Ba'ath movement, is a neo-Ba'athist political party, with branches across the Arab world. The party emerged from a split in the Ba'ath Party in February 1966. The party leads the government in Syria. From 1970 until 2000, the party was led by the Syrian president Hafez al-Assad. As of 2000, leadership has been shared between his son Bashar al-Assad (head of the Syrian regional organization) and Abdullah al-Ahmar (head of the pan-Arab national organization). The Syrian branch of the party is the largest organisation within the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba'ath_Party_(Syrian-dominated_faction) List of Presidents of Syria [and their Political Party] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Syria dic·ta·tor·ship (dĭk-tā′tər-shĭp′, dĭk′tā′-) n. 1. The office or tenure of a dictator. 2. A state or government under dictatorial rule. 3. Absolute or despotic control or power. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/dictatorship Who else sees Syria as a Dictatorial Governed Country? The Loyalists verses the Separtists
