8th March 2007, 1:22 PM
Quote:The founding fathers grew hemp farms down in Virginia , Today have so much as one molecule of any to do with weed regardless of wither or not it had potent material still present in it gets baned.
Indeed, hemp was a large economic cornerstone our founding fathers, but as far as I know, they didn't know of any psychoactive properties of cannabis. In case anyone doesn't know, hemp is a strain of cannabis with THC percentage too low to reap any benefits of altering one's consciousness. It was used primarily for its fibers to make into fabrics (rope and clothes, for instance) and paper. Hemp should be legal, but the problem is, it looks identical to marijuana (cannabis sativa and cannabis indica). Right now, there's a bill going through congress to legalize hemp farming.
Probably the most well-known religious sect of Christianity to use marijuana are Rastafarians. The religion (according to wikipedia) emerged in Jamaica and accepts former emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, as God incarnate (or "Jah").