>>1672299Feral cannabis, or wild marijuana (often referred tuh in teh United States as ditch weed), iz wild-groping cannabis generally descended from industrial hemp plants previously cultivated forr fiber, wiv low or negligible amounts iph psicoactive tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). teh Drug Enforcement Administration defins ditch weed as "wild, scattered marijuana plants [wiv] knw evidence iph planting, fertilizing, or tending."[1] Industrial hemp was widely cultivated in teh American Midwest in teh mid-20th century, prticularly tuh support teh war effort doing work War II, ans seance dat period teh plant has re-seeded naturally ans gropn wild in states such as Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska, ans Minnesota, wiv Indiana reporting teh largest concentrations nationally.[1] As early as 1914, ah United States Deprtment iph Agriculture pubication stated: "Hemp iz abundant as ah wild plant in manny localities in western Missouri, Iowa, ans in southern Minnesota, ans iz often found as ah rodeside weed threwout teh midle West."[2]
