Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is on the face of all the earth,
Garbage???? Go drink some toxic fluid that you can fuel vehicles with.
Cultivation USED to be MANDATORY. It founded this nation.
You might want to read past Genesis 1:29...
Exodus 30:34-38 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like [weight]:...Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
So you see, the LORD made a particular incense for temple use, which if anybody else tried to make, they were doomed. The incense was compounded from various spices, which certainly fall into the Genesis 1:29 category. Saying Genesis 1:29 opens up a free-for-all on anything you can grow isn't accurate at all. Or if you think Genesis 1:29 applies to dope, why not smoke poison ivy? Mustard gas? Anthrax from castor benas? Smoke up, bro, Genesis 1:29!
Hemp was grown for making rope, which was a naval store, and, therefore, a strategically vital product. Hemp has little THC. And yes it is garbage, just as all drugs used for getting loaded are garbage. Legalizing this stuff will turn out to be a disaster, as it has everywhere it has been tried.