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How the Drug War Creates Collateral Damage
88-year-old Bob Wallace, and his 85-year-old girlfriend, Marjorie Ottenberg fell in love 35 years ago backpacking to the tops of the highest peaks in the world. Wallace is a Stanford educated engineer and Ottenberg is a former chemist and…
US President and Genius Quotes on Hemp
"Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica." "Prohibition. . . goes beyond the bound of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation…
Rise of Marijuana Dispensaries in Canada
The recent developments in legal mandates surrounding marijuana usage in Canada come from a history that depicts introduction, prohibition, and legalization. The current effort by the Canadian government to legalize medical and recreational…
1914 10 Dollar Bill was Printed on Hemp Paper and Portrays Farmers Plowing Hemp
Did you know that the 1914 10 Dollar Bill was printed on Hemp Paper and that the picture on the back displays farmers plowing hemp? This video highlights a 1914 series $10 bill of a hemp harvest that is printed 'right on the money.'…
The Marijuana Tax of 1937
The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 was primarily the unholy creation of Harry J. Anslinger, head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from 1930 to 1962. Anslinger had made his career enforcing alcohol prohibition, but when that was repealed in…
Christopher Columbus discovered America with Ships that used Hemp Sails
An early American explorer in 1524 described the American natives as using "threads of wild hemp." Christopher Columbus's ships each carried over 80 tons of hemp rigging and hemp canvas sails.\
Marijuana: Since 8000-5000 BC
Marijuana use can be traced as far back as the Neolithic era (8,000-5,000 BC), where charred remains of cannabis seeds have been unearthed in ancient braziers of present day Romania. Evidence of marijuana cultivation reaches back as…
The Declaration of Independence Drafts were written on Hemp
Many supporters of the legalization of marijuana often mistakenly say that the Declaration of Independence is written on hemp but they are only partially correct. The original drafts of The Declaration of Independence were written on…
The Eighth Wonder of the World, the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable was made of Hemp
Our country has a history of growth and progress, from Pony Express letter to the iPhone call. Through the agricultural age to the industrial and straight into the technological age. Our citizens changing over time as new discoveries about…