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Original Excerpt:
Arbor Day (or Arbour; from the Latin arbor, meaning tree) is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees.

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Arbor Day exists as a symbolic event where school children gather to participate in the planting of trees to celebrate the tree but also its role in the landscape. It is a catalyst for a community commitment to the environment, envisioned as a tool to encourage the revegetation of denuded landscapes but also to teach young generations the wisdom of tree planting.

Jones, David. “‘Plant Trees’: The Foundations of Arbor Day in Australia.” Academic Search Complete [EBSCO], 12 Mar. 2010, www.tandfonline.com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/doi/citedby/10.1080/14601170903010200?scroll=top&needAccess=true.

Original Excerpt:
The first American Arbor Day was originated in Nebraska City, Nebraska, U.S., by J. Sterling Morton.

Additional Source:
Arbor Day was first celebrated in Nebraska in 1872 as a way to encourage farmers and homesteaders to plant trees to provide shade, shelter, food, fuel and to beautify open areas. Reportedly, more than one million trees were planted on that first Arbor Day.

Morton, Sterling J. “Arbor Day.” Academic Search Complete [EBSCO], web.a.ebscohost.com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=3&sid=76ceb0ef-241c-4ad2-b751-470dfe0e13f4%40sessionmgr4007&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=59867534&db=a9h.

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Medical cannabis has played a large role in history. The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes ranges from treating hair loss to expelling tapeworms to relieving pain of child birth. [7][9][12] Laws were then later introduced that put specific limits and rules on cannabis usage. Uses for cannabis came as far as creating drinks that were cannabis-based. [19][25]This plant became so useful that the US starting synthetically making it, which did cause some unwanted side effects along with difficulties of measurement. [31]Even though there are difficulties, more states have recently been in support of prescribing medicinal cannabis for pain. On the other hand, opponents believe patients are faking this pain in order to get the cannabis.[36][37]