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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-08-07 02:53 PM
Response to Reply #11
18. This would make sense
John Adams was very active with the drafts and would have been very thrifty in its writing.
Hemp was cheaper than parchment (still is), being from plant sources instead of animal ones.
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  -Since the US Constitution was written on hemp paper does that mean it is invalid? Toots  Jul-08-07 11:04 AM   #0 
  - And the lamp light by which it was signed was filled with hemp oil.  Tellurian   Jul-08-07 11:11 AM   #1 
  - Absolutely! Legalizing hemp would help this country's economy in so many ways!  wildbilln864   Jul-08-07 11:16 AM   # 
  - Well Georgie thinks so....  wildbilln864   Jul-08-07 11:13 AM   #2 
  - true ... but you burn a piece of cloth ...  zbdent   Jul-08-07 11:43 AM   #14 
  - Hemp is like the miracle plant...  DearAbby   Jul-08-07 11:16 AM   #3 
  - Not a miracle ...  BearSquirrel2   Jul-08-07 12:42 PM   #17 
  - Actually, it wasn't written on hemp  melody   Jul-08-07 11:18 AM   #4 
  - I disagree!  wildbilln864   Jul-08-07 11:20 AM   #6 
     - Disagree all you like, it's a fact  melody   Jul-08-07 11:24 AM   #8 
     - well thank you melody....  wildbilln864   Jul-08-07 12:40 PM   #16 
     - From "The Hemp Campaign" - first *draft* written on hemp paper  Cerridwen   Jul-08-07 11:27 AM   #11 
        - thanks Cerridwen... eom  wildbilln864   Jul-08-07 12:38 PM   #15 
        - This would make sense  melody   Jul-08-07 02:53 PM   #18 
  - Henry ford built the bodys for his first autos from hemp!  wildbilln864   Jul-08-07 11:19 AM   #5 
  - No, it means that once they've finally gotten their dictatorship  Warpy   Jul-08-07 11:22 AM   #7 
  - It was written on sheepskin parchment  MonkeyFunk   Jul-08-07 11:24 AM   #9 
  - Actually, I wish it had been written on hemp  melody   Jul-08-07 11:26 AM   #10 
  - Here is a source:  EST   Jul-08-07 11:28 AM   #12 
  - There won't be any movement on this...  Wildewolfe   Jul-08-07 11:40 AM   #13 
  - The gist of illegal hemp  DemGa   Jul-08-07 03:00 PM   #19 
 

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