(03-24-2014, 12:54 PM)Naunet Wrote:(03-24-2014, 08:29 AM)Dogberry Wrote: Many people mention moko grass as a recreational drug similar to cannabis, myself included, because it's comparison of hemp. Although it's described as hemp, and used to make hempen yarn, the icon for the item itself is not the "hemp" part of the plant, but very closely resembles the bud, which is the part of the plant people smoke.
Hemp IRL typically refers to the Cannabis variety that isn't used as a drug (because it has very low THC content). I wouldn't be so sure about using moko grass as a drug for the same reason, unless there's some kind of lore confirmation.
The hemp plant contains two parts. The flower and the leaf. The leaf is what gets used to make rope and textiles, the flower is the part that people smoke. The all grow on the same plant, and all hemp plants contain some level of THC. Like any given cultivated plant, there is a wide variety of variations within the species grown for whatever use the grower desires. If the grower wants to make textiles, they're not growing sour deisel. If the grower wants to make half a million in San Antonio, they're not going to grow an industrial strain. But it is the same species of plant, and if we've used unnatural selection to make a plant that can clothe us and make us giggle at Yo Gabba Gabba, why didn't Eorzea?
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