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"Archaeological evidence suggests that indigenous peoples were cultivating and utilizing cannabis for medicinal, spiritual, and practical purposes long before European contact."
"In 1619, a Virginia law referred to two kinds of hemp – English and Indian – when mandating that all farmers grow hemp. The so-called “Indian” hemp was dogbane (formally, Apocynum cannabinum), which is distinct from the hemp that actually comes from India, cannabis indica. Native Americans had been using dogbane for thousands of years to make rope, and the plant is indigenous to North America."
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