Drugs having to do with History?

Question

is it true that george washington and many of our founding fathers were pot heads??

is it true that priests and popes of like a long time ago were a bunch of drunks?

Answer 1

No, Hemp was used for making Clothes and Rope. The strain that Washington was growing was not even good to smoke. He did like to drink though.

Yes many of the older Popes were drunks. and well not very Saintly. I suggest further study on

Pope Clement V and Pope Alexander VI

Answer 2

The first uses may have been in religious rites through the Ancient world when predictions were made and offerings to the gods as marijuana and other halluciants were used to bring up images of gods by the Ancient greeks.

Drugs have caused wars and feuds. The British in China and the Opium wars. Political leaders have been known to use drugs - Pope Alexander VI had a little box which he consulted daily of drugs.

U.S involvement in South America to help prevent drug lords in countries such as colombia from importing it into the U.S.
Drugs such as Hemp have been outlawed - even though they have a wide range of uses - apart from illegal.

Drug use has been behind many of our most creative moments by singers / song writers / bands. I am sure that the Beatles were on something when singing 'I am the walrus!
I doubt Pink Floyd were completely sober either.