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Re: Curious, if true
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Sun, 3 Mar 2002 10:41:20 GMT
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"Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> writes:

Today's newspaper had an interesting article about possible uses for
cannabis, besides the obvious "smoke it" one; one of the many uses
mentioned was paper, and as an example they mentioned the American
Declaration of Independance, along with Gutenberg's Bible. Is this
true?


When I visited Berlin in the mid-nineties, I bought half a kilo of hemp
seeds to bring home.  This was the non-THC variant.  It tastes good and
is very healthy.  I used it in my breakfast cereals!


When it comes to the American constitution, the quote is supposed to be:

    "Make the most you can out of the new Indian hemp seed, and sow it
    everywhere."


I don't know if it is true.  You can do a search on the internet for the
quote and see what you can find.


Fredrik



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  Re: Curious, if true
 
(...) Have you tried the tea? (...) I fear the results... :-D By the time the US constitution was written, the drug issue was still not a social problem: all drugs were smoked (as opposed to the current IV ones). So it is fair to think the general (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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Hi all, Today's newspaper had an interesting article about possible uses for cannabis, besides the obvious "smoke it" one; one of the many uses mentioned was paper, and as an example they mentioned the American Declaration of Independance, along (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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