U.S. Constitution hemp paper hoax

A hoax or urban legend states that the United States Constitution was originally written on hemp paper. According to National Constitution Center, this is not true, as the document was written on parchment.[1] Some sources say that drafts of the document were or may have been written on hemp paper,[2][3][lower-alpha 1] but this is also refuted by PolitiFact.[5]

Footnotes
  1. Attributed to Jack Herer's 1985 book The Emperor Wears No Clothes[4]

References
  1. Busting some myths about the Founding Fathers and marijuana, National Constitution Center, November 9, 2012, archived from the original on April 17, 2017
  2. Popovitch, Trish (November 24, 2015). "America's Long History of Hemp". Merry Jane.
  3. Gahlinger, Paul (2003). Illegal Drugs. Penguin. p. 33. ISBN 1440650241.
  4. Dufton, Emily (5 December 2017). "Introduction". Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-09617-6.
  5. Putterman, Samantha (March 13, 2019). "Claims about Thomas Jefferson and marijuana are mostly off". PolitiFact. Poynter Institute.
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