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Tag: marijuana history
George Washington: First US President, Face of the $1 Bill — and Hemp Grower
By Monterey Bud To celebrate Hemp History Week, Mount Vernon’s Pioneer Farm site in Virginia welcomed the plan…
4/20: The California Stoner Clique Behind Marijuana’s High Holiday
The half-hearted search for a secret patch of marijuana in 1971 at Point Reyes National Seashore spawned the code sti…
Pebbles Trippet’s Achievement is Legal Marijuana in California
By Fred Gardner On New Year’s Eve, NBC San Francisco will air a documentary that gives activist Pebbles Trippe…
‘Adam Ruins Everything,’ Even Marijuana Prohibition
By Monterey Bud The mood has turned noticeably ugly in the marijuana reform camp since the November 8 election…
Happy Colorado Day
By Paul Winter Celebrate natural beauty. Open spaces. Legal weed. On August 1, 1876, Ulysses S. Grant s…
Cannabis Ruderalis: Built for the Chill
By Paul Winter Cannabis Ruderalis could be considered a “dwarf” variety of cannabis plant that grows wild in M…
Cannabis Indica: The Indian Origins of Kush
By Paul Winter Cannabis Indica grows two to six feet tall, is bushy and has more densely packed foliage than S…
Marijuana and Music: Part 1 (1910-1945)
By Duke London “I don’t intend to ever stop smoking it, not as long as it grows. And there is no one on this e…
Cannabis Innovators and Activists: Dr. Raphael Mechoulam
By Paul Winter Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, Research Scientist and Godfather of THC In 1964, as a young researcher a…