MarijuanaThe nation's third largest agricultural commodity and a ten billion dollar industry has nothing to do with the agriculture we are used to. This good is marijuana, an illegal drug. It is "the most used illicit drug in America" ​​n (Gold v). In Florida alone, marijuana sales are greater than those of all businesses except tourism (Gold v). What is marijuana? Marijuana, a plant known as Cannabis Sativa, so labeled by Carolus Linnaeus in 1753 (Grinspoon 1), is "one of nature's hardiest specimens" (Abel ix). It can survive in any possible climate condition and flourishes like weeds. Marijuana acts like a weed, stealing all the sunlight and nutrients around it. The soil needed to grow marijuana for its intoxication is dry, thin soil, along with horse or cow manure (Grinspoon 40). It can reach a height of three to twenty feet at maturity (Abel ix) and grows rapidly. Germination of plants occurs simultaneously. Life shows six days after planting and after two weeks strong, healthy leaves should have grown (Grinspoon 40). The marijuana plant is dioecious, meaning it grows separate male and female plants. The male plant is usually taller than the female plant and dies after the flowering cycle (Abel 4). The female plant is thicker and "secretes a resin that covers the flowering tops and nearby leaves" (Abel 5). This resin is secreted by glandular hairs found on the leaves and is used to protect the marijuana plant from water loss (Gol...