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The Constitution is written on hemp. Truly, legal hemp is what The Framers intended.
by labster 9y ago
The Constitution is written on hemp. Truly, legal hemp is what The Framers intended.
- Zarath 9y agoSource for this? A little searching is telling me this is a myth.
- ConcernedCoder 9y agoHow about a source that disproves it entirely instead? https://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_q145.html https://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_q145.html
- chimeracoder 9y ago> How about a source that disproves it entirely instead? As pointed out in your link, the copy in the National Archives isn't written on hemp, but the first drafts of the Constitution - ie, as it was literally being written - likely were. OP misstated it slightly, or in a way that's a bit misleading, but it's not incorrect.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoMaybe the grand-parent meant the people who wrote the constitution were stoned.
- twright 9y agoIt's written on parchment[1], I've found mentions that the _drafts_ were on hemp paper but not a firm source on how we know this or where these drafts are now. [1] https://www.archives.gov/preservation/formats/paper-vellum.html https://www.archives.gov/preservation/formats/paper-vellum.h...