Our Founding Fathers

Did America's Founding Father's smoke marijuana? Were they in essence just big pot heads. A discussion a few weeks ago here at Greensboring had one conservative member confused and bewildered after positively defending them as Christian leaders set forth to create a Christian country.

Today I found this:

REFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries WAS AGAINST THE LAW! You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769; Hemp in Colonial Virginia, G. M. Herdon.

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers GREW HEMP; Washington and Jefferson Diaries. Jefferson smuggled hemp seeds from China to France then to America.

Benjamin Franklin owned one of the first paper mills in America and it processed hemp. Also, the War of 1812 was fought over hemp. Napoleon wanted to cut off Moscow's export to England; Emperor Wears No Clothes, Jack Herer.

Even Bibles were printed on hemp, but of course none of this means they actually smoked it, right? By why wouldn't they? America's first president was known to document in his diary the separation of seeds by sex, and has several quotes attributed to him that alludes to the fact he was using marijuana in ways other then purely agricultural means.

Many of the founding fathers notated in letters their pleasure in smoking marijuana, Including Washington, Madison, Monroe, Jefferson & Andrew Jackson.

So if this is the case, then one can assume our country, the declaration of independence, the constitution, the whole idea of the way we live today was thought up during some drug induced delusion. It was only the need for the founding father to continually run out to the local colony store for nachos to cure the munchies that prevented things from happening quicker.

So is it really safe to say that our founding fathers, born hundreds of years ago were actually smarter than the politicians we have been forced with today?  People who had no computers, no television, news took weeks, sometimes months to arrive, knew the benefits that marijuana brings to man kind.  While we have the technology that we have today and people are stupid enough to believe the racial propaganda bullshit that was fed to us in the 30's.  If marijuana truly made a person insane killers, id be considered a serial killer today. 

Your main argument went from this to that and now centers on "Marijuana has no proven medical benefits".  Yea?  Did you miss the FACT that oil made from marijuana has cured CANCER in 80% of the people who have used it?  Did you miss the FACT that marijuana is indeed safer than alcohol? 

What about this "Medical marijuana already exists in the form of marinol".  In that case why not legalize the real damn thing?!

And which is it really?  Marijuana has no medical benefit, or medical marijuana already exists?  If it has no benefits why do we have marinol?  And how can you tell me I cannot smoke marijuana to relieve back pain while your growing marijuana and dispensing it to the few people that actually meet the guidelines of your medical marijuana program. 

Wait.......The US government has a medical marijuana program?  Yes they do!  And has for decades with a whopping 10 people who benefit from it.  SO I ask you again, IF.....strong IF....marijuana has no medical benefit what so ever why do you have that program?