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Did the founding fathers get high on weed? Or did they actually use it as rope? Abe lincoln talks about smoking sweet hemp, and Jefferson kept journals on growing them? (lemmy.world)
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[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've heard this too but I don't know how thick the tinfoil hat is on that

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol at the lobbies opposed to legalization today and it's not that hard to believe. Lobbying Congress is cheap.

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

For real, I’ve seen some of the contributions being as low as like $500 to sell everyone out