Marijuana is grown for its psychoactive and medicinal properties, while hemp is cultivated for fiber, seed, and other industrial products. Some classification systems list them as the same species, Cannabis sativa, though they have different morphologies and cannabinoid profiles. In the United States and Canada, hemp is legally defined as cannabis containing no more than 0.3 percent THC by dry weight.
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