User:Immortal420

Time Line

8000 BC The earliest known fabric is woven from hemp. 2737 BC Chinese treat arthritis, gout, and other ailments with hemp. 500 BC Scthians intoxicate themselves with leaves of the hemp plant. 1545 Spanish plant hemp in Chile.

1762 In Virginia you could be put in jail for not growing hemp.

1775 The first American flag is made from hemp by Betsy Ross. 1776 The Declaration of Independence is drafted on hemp paper.

1779 The Hemp Break, invented by Thomas Jefferson receives the first American patent. 1812 The War of 1812 is primarily about access to Russian Hemp.

1834 Young Abe Lincoln reads by hemp oil light. 1850 Extract of hemp becomes one of the most widely used medicines in the USA. 1858 Sixty tons of hemp sails, rigging, cable and caulk are carried on the USS Constitution.

1930 Henry Ford builds a car made from plant resin (including hemp) and powers it with hemp fuel. 1937 The Marijuana Tax Act is passed.

1944 The LaGuardia Report questions the Government's sanity.

1969 John Sinclair gets nine years for two joints.

1972 The Shafer Commission makes everyone think pot will soon be legal.

2000 Roughly one third of voting adults in the US have acknowledged smoking pot at some time during their lives. Presently, one person is arrested every 45 seconds for simple possession.