[dread78645]

That could be, and I wouldn't doubt it. Note the difference between what you wrote ("hemp") vs. what the numbskull above wrote ("marijuana"). If I have to go back and explain the difference between the two to that guy, it'll be a sad day for FR and conservatism. :)

Please do. Hemp and marijuana are the same plant (Cannabis sativa).
Marijuana (illegal) is the leaves, flowers and bud of the plant. Hemp (legal) the stem & stalk and products thereof.
Since it's impossible to grow hemp without the unlawful flowers & buds, Hemp cultivation is currently prohibited in the US.

What passes for hemp now-days is Abaca (manila), Agave (sisal), and Jute. None of which could be cultivated in the temperate colonies.
So until the US developed trade with Spain, Mexico, and British-India :
Hemp == Marijuana

[waterstraat]

That could be, and I wouldn't doubt it. Note the difference between what you wrote ("hemp") vs. what the numbskull above wrote ("marijuana"). If I have to go back and explain the difference between the two to that guy, it'll be a sad day for FR and conservatism. :) Please do. Hemp and marijuana are the same plant (Cannabis sativa). Marijuana (illegal) is the leaves, flowers and bud of the plant. Hemp (legal) the stem & stalk and products thereof. Since it's impossible to grow hemp without the unlawful flowers & buds, Hemp cultivation is currently prohibited in the US. What passes for hemp now-days is Abaca (manila), Agave (sisal), and Jute. None of which could be cultivated in the temperate colonies. So until the US developed trade with Spain, Mexico, and British-India : Hemp == Marijuana

Thankyou for explaining it so well to the above numbskull . Aslo, it was not a comic book where I read that George Washington took opium(laudenum) daily.

The 82 year old woman is not very bright, she should admit to knowing about the drugs, plead guilty, and then take a life sentence in prison, where she and her family will save many thousands of dollars in nursing home expenses, to be paid by the taxpayers.

Anyone considering going into a nursing home, should think seriously of going out and getting some drugs, calling the police on yourself, and then living free with free medical care the rest of your life in prison, which is much better than most of the nursing homes I have seen, and its free!

[RightOnline]

See ya and raise ya:

"Botanically, the genus Cannabis is composed of several variants. Although there has been a long-standing debate among taxonomists about how to classify these variants into species, applied plant breeders generally embrace a biochemical method to classify variants along utilitarian lines. Cannabis is the only plant genus that contains the unique class of molecular compounds called cannabinoids. Many cannabinoids have been identified, but two preponderate: THC, which is the psychoactive ingredient of Cannabis, and CBD, which is an antipsychoactive ingredient. One type of Cannabis is high in the psychoactive cannabinoid, THC, and low in the antipsychoactive cannabinoid, CBD. This type is popularly known as marijuana. Another type is high in CBD and low in THC. Variants of this type are called industrial hemp."

[Hemp and Marijuana: Myths & Realities (Abstract Version); David P. West, Ph.D.]