Hey Mel, maybe I can clear things up a bit.
during alcohol prohibition you could drink alcohol if you had a prescription, and you went to the pharmacy and he gave you your whisky with the prescription stuck to it. You can find old prescription alcohol bottles on ebay.
You could also drink at church so church's were exempt from the prohibition law, the reason is that churches are autonomous and are not subject to the rules (except the bill of rights, i.e. your religion cant harm someone)
nowadays most churches are 501C-3 religious corporations and have given up their autonomy for government granted rights(goodbye Jesus' power)
the church is still the most powerful way for an individual to be free. I started one of the first marijuan churches in1996 so that I could be free. I made it public notice at the courthouse and put it in the paper.
http://www.marijuanaman.com/church
The thing about pot in the bible is from exodus 30:23 where they list the ingredients for the holy oil of moses, the oil which you have to be soaked in to be anointed, Jesus was anointed with this oil by John the baptist.
the ingredient in question is called calamus in the king james version, but in hebrew it is called Kaneh Bos (cannabis)
I have searched the entire bible using software search programs and the word kaneh appears in over 70 places and the translations range from paper to clothes to spears to holy oil.
Of course just claiming religion for marijuana, will get you no where. The courts are designed to force us into the jurisdiction of CAESAR. I have a website where I have put all the paperwork and instructions for people who want to claim religious use and deny the court the power over their beliefs.
http://www.brothersformercy.com
any questions?
Actually, my response had nothing to do with Kentucky ... it's just where I read your post. So sorry to hear about your blindness and I apologize for what appears to be an assumptions. I thought it was fairly common knowledge that all caps indicates screaming in internet lingo, so I was merely asking for clarification.
Wouldn't dream of trying to sidetrack someone from reading their state's laws with regard to marijuana ... God only knows how familiar I am with Colorado's. As I said, I've just been reading a lot on the list lately and seeing a lot of scriptural/Biblical/Word reference on here as well as Rev Mary, RightRevGreg, and Rev Duby.
Please forgive the hijacking ... just questions I've been wanting to ask for a week or so now. 
xxoo
Melissa
Yeah, I realize that it sounds like cannabis, but how do you know that qaneh bos was cannabis? It could be any number of things that flower ...
Believe me, I would LOVE to know, without a doubt, that cannabis is in the Bible, but I think this might be people stretching or twisting things to mean what they would like to see it mean ...
xoo
Melissa
EXCELLENT ANSWER REV. DUBY THANK YOU !
MELISSA,
MAYBE THIS WILL HELP CLARIFY THINGS EVEN MORE FOR YOU.
THE WORD MARIJUANA IS IN FACT FROM MEXICO. A LANGUAGE THAT EVOLVED VERY MUCH THE SAME WAY AS HEBREW, FROM SANSKRIT. YET, COMING FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE IN HISTORY AND SOUNDING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE HEBREW LANGUAGE.
REF. PAGE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_drug THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINS THIS AND SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE PLANT AND IT'S PROHIBITION
Description
This article is from the
Hemp / Cannabis / Marijuana FAQ, by Brian S. Julin
verdant@twain.ucs.umass.edu with numerous contributions by others.
03 Where did the word `marijuana' come from?
The word `marijuana' is a Mexican slang term which became
popular in the late 1930's in America, during a series of
media and government programs which we now refer to as the
`Reefer Madness Movement.' It refers specifically to the
medicine part of cannabis, which Mexican soldiers used to
smoke.
Today in the U.S., hemp (meaning the roots, stalk, and stems
of the cannabis plant) is legal to possess. No one can
arrest you for wearing a hemp shirt, or using hemp paper.
Marijuana (The flowers, buds, or leaves of the cannabis
plant) is not legal to possess, and there are stiff fines
and possible jail terms for having any marijuana in your
possession. The seeds are legal to possess and [size=100% ! important][color=darkgreen ! important]eat[/color][/size], but
only if they are sterilized (will not grow to maturity.)
Since it is not possible to grow the hemp plant without
being in possession of marijuana, the United States does not
produce any industrial hemp products, and must import them
or, more often, substitute others. (There is a way to grow
hemp legally, but it involves filing an application with the
Drug Enforcement Administration and the DEA very rarely ever
gives its permission.) This does not seem to have stopped
people from producing and using marijuana, though. In many
of the United States, marijuana is the number one cash crop,
mostly because it fetches a very high price on the black
market.
IT MAY ALSO HELP TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
IT WAS KNOWN AS THE CODE OF PRIEST OR HOLY TONGUE
REF. PAGE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language NOW ADD THIS TO THE FACT THAT THIS ONE PLANT PROVIDES ALL OUR NEEDS.
AS REV. DUBY ATTEMPTED TO POINT OUT.
FROM THE HIGHEST PROTEIN FOOD WITH ALL THE ALL THREE ALPHA & OMEGAS WITH-IN IT'S SEED, MILK, INCENSE, INK, PAPER, CLOTH, BUILDING MATERIALS, PLASTICS, PAINTS, CEMENT, FUEL, GASOLINE, OVER 100 USES, INCLUDING ONE OF THE BEST MEDICINES ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
THIS IS THE ONLY PLANT THAT NOT ONLY DOES ALL THIS IT CREATES A CLOSED CARBON CYCLE WHEN IT IS BURNED AS A FUEL.
IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE THEN YOU KNOW IT ACTUALLY RESTORES THE OZONE LAYER WHILE BEING UTILIZED AS FUEL.
IT ALSO PRODUCES MORE OXYGEN THAN ANY OTHER PLANT ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH WHILE BEING GROWN. AGAIN, RESTORING THE AIR AND OZONE.
WHILE IT FILTERS GROUND WATER AND RESTORES THE SOIL IN WHICH IT IS GROWN.
NOT TO MENTION IT PREVENTS AND STOPS EROSION OF TOP SOIL AND IS KNOW TO HELP PREVENT MUD SLIDES.
JACK HERER ONCE SAID THIS SINGLE PLANT COULD RESTORE AND SAVE THE WORLD WHILE HEALING AND FEEDING THE MASSES.
HE ALSO DOCUMENTED EVERYTHING I EXPLAINED TO YOU ABOVE AND THEN SOME. INCLUDING IT'S JEWISH ROOTS IN THE HEBREW WORD OF GOD. KNOWN TO MOST OF US TODAY AS THE BIBLE.
THEN HE OFFERED $100,000.00 TO ANYONE TO PROVE HIM WRONG.
AND NO ONE TO THIS DAY HAS EVER EVEN TRIED TO COLLECT THAT MONEY THAT I KNOW OF.
YOU MUST ASK YOURSELF ?
WHAT OTHER PLANT DOES ALL THESE THINGS ?
THE WORD IN ONE VERSE TELLS US KANAH BOSEM WAS GIVEN TO MAN TO SUPPLY ALL OF HIS NEEDS.
DO YOU KNOW OF ANOTHER PLANT THAT DOES THIS SO WELL ?
IN ANOTHER IT SAYS IT IS FOR THE ANOINTING OF THE PRIEST AND THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS
IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED BY ARCHEOLOGIST THAT THEY HAVE FOUND CANNABIS REMNANTS USED IN RELIGIOUS CEREMONY, HEALING, OILS, AS WELL AS OTHER USES SUCH AS REV. DUBY HAS ALREADY POINTED SOME OF THEM OUT.
MAYBE SOME HISTORY IN RELIGION AND HISTORY OF THE LAW FROM THAT REGION OF THE WORLD WILL CONVENIENCE YOU
WHERE DOES ISRAEL STAND ON CANNABIS IN HISTORY AND TODAY WITH THEIR LAWS ?
REF. PAGES
http://www.ukcia.org/research/potnight/pn4.htm http://www.e-stoned.com/rec/102-Cannabis-in-Israel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_spiritual_use_of_cannabis THE EARLIEST KNOWN DRUG PROHIBITION LAWS IN HISTORY, YET, MANY MUSLIMS STILL USE CANNABIS AS A SACRAMENT AND MEDICINE TODAY
The earliest known
prohibition of
illegal drugs occurred under Islamic law, which prohibited the use of
Hashish, a preparation of
cannabis, as a
recreational drug. Classical jurists in medieval Islamic jurisprudence, however, accepted the use of the Hashish
drug for medicinal and therapeutic purposes, and agreed that its "medical use, even if it leads to
mental derangement, remains exempt" from punishment. In the 14th century, the Islamic jurist Az-Zarkashi spoke of "the permissibility of its use for medical purposes if it is established that it is beneficial."
[43] According to Mary Lynn Mathre, with "this legal distinction between the
intoxicant and the medical uses of cannabis, medieval
Muslim theologians were far ahead of present-day American law."
[44] SURELY THERE IS A PREPONDERANCE OF OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT KANAH BOSEM COULD HAVE BEEN NO OTHER PLANT THAN CANNABIS.
SINCERELY,
MUCH PEACE & LOVE...
REV. MARY
