The first draft was written on Dutch hemp paper on June 28, 1776; the second draft was written on hemp paper on July 2, 1776. This Fourth of July holiday weekend, consider these seven reasons that cannabis is patriotic af. In 2013, hemp flag was flown over the Capitol for the first time in more than 80 years on July 4. Patriotic American farmers responded by growing 375,000 acres of industrial hemp. In 1619, the Virginia Assembly passed legislation requiring every farmer in the state to grow hemp.
Cannabis is as American as apple pie and baseball.
No matter what people think or say about weed, it’s hard to deny that the herb has helped shape American culture and history. Don’t believe it? This Fourth of July holiday weekend, consider these seven reasons that cannabis is patriotic af. Happy Hemp Day!
Farmers required to grow hemp
Back before independence, the U.S. relied heavily on cannabis — not the psychoactive drug smoked today, but industrial hemp.
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