Marijuana was used thousands of years ago by the Chinese and Hindi......this is a stretch even for you bob.
BTW, the cherry tree story is a myth.
Is marijuana useage as American as George Washington's cherry tree?
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Mrs. maggot 2012/05/25 21:10:48
alot like dazed and confused but of a different era
Marihuana is more American that Washington.
Any uncontrolled enterprise makes 10 times as much as regulated products. However, marijuana should be controlled by the government because the criminal element would be removed.
- George Washington
"Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country."
- Thomas Jefferson
"We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption."
- John Adams
"Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?"
- Henry Ford
"Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn't the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural"
- Bill Hicks
"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this."
- Albert Einstein
BTW, the cherry tree story is a myth.
I think folks around the world have been ingesting, and inhaling mind altering substances from day one. Some will do it recreationally...some will abuse it, and ruin their lives. Laws mean little to the latter bunch...so why not save ourselves a lot of grief ...and legalize the junk.
Mason Locke Weems' Story: Truth of Fabrication?
It is generally believed today that the entire story was a fabrication by Weems."
http://suite101.com/article/w...
So if Marijuana useage is American as the proverbal cherry tree then it's use is a charming myth, not in agreement with reality.
"History of Marijuana Use - Marijuana has been used as an agent for achieving euphoria since ancient times; it was described in a Chinese medical compendium traditionally considered to date from 2737 B.C. Its use spread from China to India and then to N Africa and reached Europe at least as early as A.D. 500. A major crop in colonial North America, marijuana (hemp) was grown as a source of fiber. It was extensively cultivated during World War II, when Asian sources of hemp were cut off.
Marijuana was listed in the United States Pharmacopeia from 1850 until 1942 and was prescribed for various conditions including labor pains, nausea, and rheumatism. Its use as an intoxicant was also commonplace from the 1850s to the 1930s. A campaign conducted in the 1930s by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics (now the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs) sough...
Mason Locke Weems' Story: Truth of Fabrication?
It is generally believed today that the entire story was a fabrication by Weems."
http://suite101.com/article/w...
So if Marijuana useage is American as the proverbal cherry tree then it's use is a charming myth, not in agreement with reality.
"History of Marijuana Use - Marijuana has been used as an agent for achieving euphoria since ancient times; it was described in a Chinese medical compendium traditionally considered to date from 2737 B.C. Its use spread from China to India and then to N Africa and reached Europe at least as early as A.D. 500. A major crop in colonial North America, marijuana (hemp) was grown as a source of fiber. It was extensively cultivated during World War II, when Asian sources of hemp were cut off.
Marijuana was listed in the United States Pharmacopeia from 1850 until 1942 and was prescribed for various conditions including labor pains, nausea, and rheumatism. Its use as an intoxicant was also commonplace from the 1850s to the 1930s. A campaign conducted in the 1930s by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics (now the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs) sought to portray marijuana as a powerful, addicting substance that would lead users into narcotics addiction. It is still considered a “gateway” drug by some authorities. In the 1950s it was an accessory of the beat generation; in the 1960s it was used by college students and “hippies” and became a symbol of rebellion against authority.
The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 classified marijuana along with heroin and LSD as a Schedule I drug, i.e., having the relatively highest abuse potential and no accepted medical use...
Read more: marijuana: History of Marijuana Use — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ce6...