[ppaul]

And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.

He didn't say to smoke them, or use them to get stoned and turn your mind into silly putty.

[PaxMacian]

He didn't say hunt down all those that possess this flower and imprison them.

[PaxMacian]

I should also point out that "kaneh-bosm", in traditional Hebrew is kaneh or kannabus, mistranslated into the
septaugint as calamus, a common marsh plant with little value and none of the qualities ascribed to
kaneh-bosm. The root 'kan' means "reed" or "hemp", while bosm means "aromatic". This word appears five
times in the Old Testament each in a positive light; in the books of Exodus, the Song of Songs, Isaiah,
Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. None of these are negative toward use.