Newt Gingrich Tells New Hampshire: Jefferson And Washington Would Have Cracked Down On Pot

[Omnica]

You are correct. My bad.

Final version of Dec. of Inde. Was written on parchment.

The first drafts were all written on hemp paper.

 

[Omnica]

Many of the early colonies(not all) REQUIRED it to be grown, you did not have a choice as it was so important to the British Navy for ropes and rigging.

Taxes were largely paid in hemp during the early years as well.

This is all historical fact, there is no getting around it, no matter how much one "Gingrich's" history. I am not surprised he has a PhD, they seem to be a dime a dozen nowadays, and as I said in another post-people that I have met with letters before and after their names are some of the dumbest people I have ever met.

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Piled higher and Deeper = PhD

 

[Dartht33bagger]

The pure audacity of many of the statements Gingrich and Santorum make almost makes me think they just want to make people laugh.

Make they will have a future in comedy after they lose the GOP nomination!

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Many of the early colonies(not all) REQUIRED it to be grown, you did not have a choice as it was so important to the British Navy for ropes and rigging.

Taxes were largely paid in hemp during the early years as well.

This is all historical fact, there is no getting around it, no matter how much one "Gingrich's" history. I am not surprised he has a PhD, they seem to be a dime a dozen nowadays, and as I said in another post-people that I have met with letters before and after their names are some of the dumbest people I have ever met.

Yep. I know a quite incompetent organist who has a degree of some sort in music.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Yes, Monticello boasted a huge pharmacy section in the garden, many species of which are currently illegal to grow. Also, I remember a quote from a letter from Jefferson somewhere talking about smoking "sweet hemp," which AFAIK can only mean one thing.


ETA apparently this was Abraham Lincoln

That's right. The quote you're thinking of is "Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica." (I happen to know this because I play Hohner harmonicas myself )

 

[HigherVision]

lots of quotes to i am sure norml has the sources.

Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere!” – George Washington“We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption.” – John Adams“Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.” – Thomas Jefferson

“The artificial preparation of hemp, from Silesia, is really a curiosity.” – George Washington (referring to hashish, used only as a drug)
“…began to separate the male from the female (hemp) plants,” – George Washington’s farm diary (one reason to separate males from females to get more potent buds)


“Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere!” – George Washington
“We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption.” – John Adams
“Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Wow that's crazy about Washington seperating the male plants from the females. Sounds like he was cultivating sinsemilla buds way back then, as that's the only reason to do that. I don't think that was even common practice in America as recently as the 1960's-70's. George Washington rules!