Did yu know that in colonial America hemp was grown by almost everyone in the original 13 colonies?

It's true. George Washington himself grew hemp. Hemp was useful in a variety of ways. They made clothing, ropes, paper and a variety of useful items from it. Tobacco was the number one cash crop however, hemp was number one in usefulness. Now having told you this it does seem reasonable to ume that someone figured out another use for hemp. In most of the artwork depicting life in that era many men in the paintings were shown holding or smoking a pipe. It also seems reasonable to ume that perhaps they were smoking hemp. There are historians that would agree. So, when our founding fathers were sitting in a pub/tavern/inn or around the old fireplace plotting treason against England and dreaming of a new nation its very possible our founding fathers were either drunk or stoned or maybe both. How's that for irony for a democracy?