@hempy
The Haze Whisperer
Cannabis spread because of the trade roots shipping in short as they needed Sativas for rope sails so on and at the time it was the most important crop.The English called it Indian hemp you had the Dutch the French the Spanish and others opening up new trade and colonies.
When you read the ward hemp it did not mean industrial hemp that came in the mid 20th century because of prohibition hemp in the old world meant sativa and they were drug strains from India Africa so on.
The first fleet to Australia brought with them Cannabis again for rope Sail clothing Oil so on and of those seed ended up growing into wild populations of cannabis and they were found growing even in the 60s and 70s in many locations here still all documented.
When you read the ward hemp it did not mean industrial hemp that came in the mid 20th century because of prohibition hemp in the old world meant sativa and they were drug strains from India Africa so on.
The first fleet to Australia brought with them Cannabis again for rope Sail clothing Oil so on and of those seed ended up growing into wild populations of cannabis and they were found growing even in the 60s and 70s in many locations here still all documented.