Hemp is believed to have been brought to Mexico by Pedro Cuadrado, a conquistador in Cortés's army, who went into business raising it with a friend and did very well.[1] In 1550 the Spanish governor forced the two entrepreneurs to limit production because the natives were beginning to use the plants for something other than rope.[1] The episode is the earliest sign of psychoactive cannabis use in Mexico, three centuries before the first drug laws.
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References
- Marihuana: The First Twelve Thousand YearsErnest L. Abel · Springer Science+Business Media (facsimile of Plenum Press edition) · 1980 · ch. 4, printed p. 100; Cuadrado introduction, successful business, 1550 governor-ordered limits after non-rope use by natives · ISBN 978-1-4899-2189-5
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