If you ever have a week off that you would like to spend in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA and 1,250 USD burning a hole in your pocket, you can take the USDA tobacco grading course and get an idea of whether or not your home grown measures up.
Welcome from NC - again. Yes. There are many uses. A popular sport originated because of one of those uses. The government stole one of those uses after keeping it illegal for decades for a watered down version so they could tax it and regulate it in the name of the green religion. Some threw honey in it and successfully used it to help control coughs and remedy sore throats. Some.......... learned the correct dosage to control nap time for unruly grandkids