Did hemp arrived with the colonialist and help to built a American Republic?

by bob Posted 2012/06/21 13:45:44

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	Hemp did arrive with the colonialist and helped to built a American Republic	4 votes	15%
	Hemp did not arrive with the colonialist and helped to built a American Republic	2 votes	7%
	More than 120,000 pounds of hemp fiber was needed to rig the 44-gun USS Constitution, America’s oldest Navy ship affectionately called “Old Ironsides.”	1 vote	4%
	Ironically, the first drafts of the Declaration of Independence were penned on hemp paper.	1 vote	4%
	George Washington grew hemp and encouraged all citizens to sow hemp widely. Thomas Jefferson bred improved hemp varieties, and invented a special brake for crushing the plant’s stems during fiber processing.	2 votes	7%
	Big Chemical and Big tree paper forced the prohibition of marijuana on the United States	0 votes	0%
	George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and the other founding fathers support the end to the prohibition of marijuana	0 votes	0%
	Undecided	4 votes	15%
	All of the above	4 votes	15%
	None of the above	9 votes	33%

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wolf sloan 2012/06/21 14:05:06

None of the above

+4
Hemp was here before the colonists.
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Aahz_OneAndOnly 2012/06/24 00:16:43

All of the above

+1
Hemp was here already just turned into a crop by the founding fathers. Sailors used to carry seeds with them for sails, rope, oils and other by-products

http://coralrose.typepad.com/...

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aherbert 2012/06/21 18:42:07

Undecided

+1
Hemp is good and been around for a long time ....

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frank 2012/06/21 18:36:51

None of the above

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Just what did you think the Indains smoked in there peace pipe.

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Laura Lovegood 2012/06/21 18:28:46
Heavy 2012/06/21 17:53:17

Hemp did arrive with the colonialist and helped to built a American Republic

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Hemp was the main export of the americas to england before tobacco.

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Jeff Smith 2012/06/21 17:29:55

None of the above

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Who care's just smoke it and enjoy life for a change

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TuringsChild 2012/06/21 17:01:06

All of the above

But let's be honest here. Hemp wasn't grown so people could get high. It really WAS an agricultural product used by industry.

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Bob, the reasonable one 2012/06/21 16:06:04

All of the above

+2
It's been here since the beginning...

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CAPISCE 2012/06/21 15:45:54

Undecided

+1
Not sure but Marijuana should be legalized in my opinion. Tax it and we are out of the Red in no time not to mention all the jobs the pot industry would create.
Stop the funding of the drug cartels

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Z 2012/06/21 15:29:13

None of the above

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Grammar is clearly not your strength. I would, I guess, assume that question you were going for is "Did hemp arrive in the United States with the colonists, and did it help build the American Republic?" The correct answer is no and yes. It really didn't do much to build the American Republic, but it can be found on the back of $10 bills from before the 1920's.

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Christopher Kirchen 2012/06/21 15:02:08 (edited)

Undecided

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Hemp was grown by the Indians and other tribal cultures in the Americas they used it for fabrics and in its smokable form for ceremonies as well.

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bags the Indigenous Guru 2012/06/21 14:31:54

All of the above

+2
All of the above are true. Tell a big lie often enough and people will believe it - and Cannabis/Hemp is an outstanding example of how true that axiom is.

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Willy 2012/06/21 14:18:57

None of the above

What is your first language? We know it isn't English.

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Cuppajo 2012/06/21 14:14:33

None of the above

Is this really all you have to concern yourself with, bob?

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Schläue~© 2012/06/21 14:11:55

None of the above

So what's your point boob?

Douglas Fir and Hemlock Fir have an abundance of uses too, but I wouldn't suggest rolling up the pine needles and smoking them.

You may wind up like Euell Gibbons. "Ever eat a pine tree....? Many parts are edible."

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Z to Schläue~© 2012/06/21 15:30:18

To be fair, smoking hemp is dramatically less dangerous.

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Schläue~© to Z 2012/06/21 22:34:28

What... are you my designated troll for the day?

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Z to Schläue~© 2012/06/22 00:50:26

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No, I'm not. Hemp not only isn't close to as dangerous as smoking random crap, it is actually much less dangerous than smoke either cigarettes or drinking alcohol. It has a much lower percentage disease than either of the others.

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taco_conspiracy 2012/06/21 14:10:54

Hemp did arrive with the colonialist and helped to built a American Republic

+1
LEGALIZE MARIJUANA

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wolf sloan 2012/06/21 14:05:06

None of the above

+4
Hemp was here before the colonists.

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superangrymonkey 2012/06/21 13:50:27

None of the above

+3
Hemp is beyond useful. Not using it is stupid.

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