Today’s NYT covers a law suit that makes an intriguing claim:



It pointed out that ... Thomas Jefferson puffed it for his migraines. James Madison credited “sweet hemp” for giving him “insight to create a new and democratic nation,” the suit noted.



https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/nyregion/legalize-marijuana-lawsuit-rejected.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2Ftodays-new-york-times&action=click&contentCollection=todayspaper&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection



True?





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Terry L.. Meyers, Chancellor Professor of English, Emeritus, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg Virginia  23187



http://wmpeople.wm.edu/site/page/tlmeye/



http://www.ecologyfund.com/ecology/_ecology.html

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