Regarding the supposed use of cannabis, I, along with scores of Bible scholars do not believe that is the word used in Scripture.

In the Bible the herb is calamus and is "A sweet cane of Palestine - Song of Solomon 4:14; Ezekiel 27:19;
The claims that the King James translators mistranslated the Hebrew word "qaneh" (pronounced "Kaw-neh")is almost laughable to me. You don't have to be a scholar to understand the truth, all you need is the Holy Spirit of God (John 16:13). The claims refer to Exodus 30:23, that "calamus" was actually "kineboisin" --which is the Hebrew word for cannabis (hemp, or marijuana).