Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • TEWNC

    Uploaded by

    VasanthKSpartan
    264 views112 pages
    This document provides a summary of the history of cannabis hemp use around the world. It discusses how cannabis hemp was a primary crop and industry until the late 1800s, used for textiles, paper, rope, food and more. It was legally grown in the United States from the 1600s until the early 1800s to encourage farmers. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis. It was also a primary medicine used in the United States until the 1890s. Great wars were sometimes fought over access to cannabis hemp supplies. The document lists many uses and reasons why cannabis hemp was so important historically.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    TEWNC.txt

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    TXT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    This document provides a summary of the history of cannabis hemp use around the world. It discusses how cannabis hemp was a primary crop and industry until the late 1800s, used for textiles, paper, rope, food and more. It was legally grown in the United States from the 1600s until the early 1800s to encourage farmers. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis. It was also a primary medicine used in the United States until the 1890s. Great wars were sometimes fought over access to cannabis hemp supplies. The document lists many uses and reasons why cannabis hemp was so important historically.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as TXT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    264 views112 pages

    TEWNC

    Uploaded by

    VasanthKSpartan
    This document provides a summary of the history of cannabis hemp use around the world. It discusses how cannabis hemp was a primary crop and industry until the late 1800s, used for textiles, paper, rope, food and more. It was legally grown in the United States from the 1600s until the early 1800s to encourage farmers. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis. It was also a primary medicine used in the United States until the 1890s. Great wars were sometimes fought over access to cannabis hemp supplies. The document lists many uses and reasons why cannabis hemp was so important historically.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as TXT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 112

    THEEMPERORWEARSNOCLOTHES byJackHerer Introduction Preface Foreword Prologue CHAP

    TORYOFCANNABISHEMP ExplanatoryNotes CannabisHemp WhatsinaName? AmericanHistoric


    ricalNotes GreatWarsWereFought WhyisHempSoImportant? Footnotes Peasantsharvestin
    UMMARYOFTHEUSESOFHEMP Ships&Sailors Textiles&Fabrics Paper Rope,Twine,&Cordag
    sh LightingOil BiomassEnergy Medicine FoodProtein BuildingMaterials&Housing Smoki
    eativity EconomicStability,Profitability,&FreeTrade PlantDiagram TheChallenge Foot
    empSavedBush ShipRigging TheGreenhouseEffectandtheBureaucrat Grming AppendixIn
    ts AppendixMedicinal Howdangerousismarijuana? AppendixHistorical ReeferMadness
    eAges AppendixLegal Seizure&ForfeitureLaws Initiatives textofCaliforniaCannabis
    ve textofProposition215(CompassionateUseInitiativeof1996) BonusSection storporati
    rssince thefirstpublicationoftheEmperor,thousandsmorefactshave surfaced,corrobor
    tionthatwasoriginallygathered, correctingsomeminordetails,andaddingsubstanceandf
    othehazierareasofmywork.Esotericdetailsofagreatconspiracy againsthumankindbega
    efillinginofa giantjigsawpuzzle.responsibilitiesasproductionmanageratamajorwee
    smanyotherresponsibilitiesfornumerousorganizationsand causes.hisworkhewas.Hecon
    rojectdayandnightuntilJanuary2,1990,whenhewas incarceratedinVenturaCounty,Cali
    ear. Hecontinuedtoactivelyeditthisbookfrombehindbars.Toanother oneofmygreata
    butingwriters,Lynns wife,JudyOsburn.Judyhas,outofnecessityandoutrage,becomea
    ronseizureandforfeiturelaw.Thenecessity arosefromthegovernmentsseizureoftheOs
    ncethentheyhaveworkedout,withme,aplantosavetheplanetfor ourchildren.Judyse
    ure,detailing herordealisnowoutofprintbutherotherbooksarelistedinthe backof
    lark,forhisactive participation:editing,cataloguing,inputting,andforpushingthis p
    wardwhenitorImightotherwisehavestalled.Tomy formerassistant,MariaFarrow,whoac
    ryof CongresstotheSmithsonianandtotheU.S.DepartmentofAgriculture, aswetracked
    nsofgovernmentofficialsabout hempandhunteddownhundredsofdocumentsaboutthecannab
    l,forallhisworkandresearchbrillianceinconnecting theDuPontDynastiesbyJerryColb
    he outlawingofhemp.ToJerryColby,forhisbraveingeniouswork,which awakenedustoth
    s.ToBenMasel,forhis hardcritiques,greatassistance,andresearchintothemoreesoter
    tivationworldwideandmore.ToJulie Kershenbaum,forherexcellenteditorialassistancea
    ToD.S.H.,forhiseditorialassistanceandmeticulousconcernfor accuracyandreadability.
    nbaumandDougMcVay,for proofreadingandeditorialcommentforthe1990edition.Andagain
    ncialassistancetoprintthe1990editionof Emperor.TandFredOerther,fortheir critiqu
    ns.ToLoeyGlover,officemanagerat nationalNORML,forherconstantsupportandwarmenco
    odGalbraithandMarkBrennamen,ofLexington,Kentucky,forall theirremarkableresearcho
    sandtheirfightfor Kentuckycitizensbirthrightsandpotential.ToBarryforhis extens
    emadeavailabletothehempmovement andultimatelytothisproject.Tomydearfriends,Ro
    eedCollectionsofAthens,Ohio,whoeloquentlytaught statesenatorsandrepresentativesan
    enshow ignorant(unlearned)theywereabouthempandmarijuana.RonandVicki arethetrue
    howithPaul,Kevin,andCliffand theOhioUniversityEcologyClubhaveeducatedthecitize
    tyinAmerica.OnNovember19,1989,Ronbeganatwoyear federalprisontermforimporting
    ipes(as hehadforthepast15yearswiththeapprovalofCustoms).At sentencing,thefed
    land HEMPsteadCounty,Arkansas HEMPstead,Texas HEMPhill,NorthCarolina HEMPfield,Pen
    hers,were namedaftercannabisgrowingregions,orafterfamilynamesderived fromhempgr
    storicalNotes In1619,America sfirstmarijuanalawwasenactedatJamestownColony, Virg
    "allfarmersto"maketryalof"(grow)Indian hempseed.Moremandatory(mustgrow)hempcu
    tedinMassachusettsin1631,inConnecticutin1632andinthe ChesapeakeColoniesintothe
    ,themuch soughtafterprizeoffullBritishcitizenshipwasbestowedbyadecree ofthe
    wcannabis,andfineswere oftenleviedagainstthosewhorefused.Cannabishempwaslegalt
    heAmericasfrom1631untiltheearly1800s.Why? ToencourageAmericanfarmerstogrowmor
    ithcannabishempthroughoutAmericaforover200years.2Youcould evenbejailedinAmeric
    sduringseveral periodsofshortage,e.g.,inVirginiabetween1763and1767. (Herndon,G.
    rginia,1963 TheChesapeake Colonies,1954 L.A.Times,August12,1981 etal.)GeorgeWash
    songrewcannabisontheirplantations.Jefferson,3 whileenvoytoFrance,wenttogreatex
    le risktohimselfandhissecretagentstoprocureparticularlygood hempseedssmuggled
    mChina.TheChinese Mandarins(politicalrulers)sovaluedtheirhempseedthattheymade
    aloffense.TheUnitedStatesCensusof1850 counted8,327hemp"plantations"*(minimum2,00
    g cannabishempforcloth,canvasandeventhecordageusedforbaling cotton.Mostofthe
    ntheSouthorinthe borderstates,primarilybecauseofthecheapslavelaboravailable p
    nsivehempindustry.(U.S.Census, 1850 Allen,JamesLane,TheReignofLaw,ATaleofthe
    lanCo.,NY,1900 Roffman,Roger,Ph.D.Marijuanaas

    Medicine,MendroneBooks,WA,1982.)*Thisfiguredoesnotincludethe tensofthousandsof
    nnabis,northehundreds ofthousandsifnotmillionsoffamilyhemppatchesinAmerica
    ntothiscentury80percentof America shempconsumptionfor200yearsstillhadtobeimpo
    y,CzechoslovakiaandPoland,etc.BenjaminFranklin startedoneofAmerica sfirstpapermi
    .Thisallowed Americatohaveafreecolonialpresswithouthavingtobegorjustify the
    nd.Inaddition,variousextractswerethefirst,secondorthirdmost prescribedmedicine
    842untilthe1890s. It smedicinalusecontinuedlegallythroughthe1930sforhumansand
    nentlyinAmericanandworldveterinary medicinesduringthistime.Cannabisextractmedicin
    dby EliLilly,ParkeDavis,Tildens,BrothersSmith(SmithBrothers), Squibbandmanyothe
    ancompaniesandapothecaries. Duringallthetimetherewasnotonereporteddeathfromcan
    nes,andvirtuallynoabuseormentaldisordersreported, exceptforfirsttimeornoviceus
    mingdisoriented oroverlyintroverted.(Mikuriya,Tod,M.D.,MarijuanaMedicalPapers, Med
    A Cohen,Sidney&Stillman,Richard,Therapeutic PotentialofMarijuana,PlenumPress,Ny,
    ricalNotes "Theearliestknownwovenfabricwasapparentlyofhemp,whichbeganto bework
    m(8,0007,000B.C.)"(TheColumbia HistoryoftheWorld,1981,page54.)Thebodyoflite
    nthropology,philology,economy,history)pertainingto hempisingeneralagreementthat,a
    rommorethan 1,000yearsbeforethetimeofChristuntil1883A.D.,cannabishemp indeed
    estagriculturalcropandmost importantindustry,involvingthousandsofproductsandenter
    ingtheoverallmajorityofEarth sfiber,fabric,lightingoil, paper,incenseandmedicine
    rimarysourceof essentialfoodoilandproteinforhumansandanimals.Accordingto virtua
    ogistanduniversityintheworld,marijuana wasalsousedinmostofourreligionsandcult
    elyusedmood,mind,orpainalteringdrugswhentakenas psychotropic,psychedelic(mind
    )sacraments. Almostwithoutexception,thesesacred(drug)experiencesinspiredour supers
    ulets,talismans,religions,prayers,andlanguage codes.(Seechapter10on"Religionsand
    ,R.,Gordon, Soma,DivineMushroomofImmortality Allegro,J.M.,SacredMushrooms& theC
    69 Pliny Josephus Herodotus DeadSea Scrolls GnosticGospels theBible GinsbergLegen
    ishMuseum Budge Ency.Britannica,, "PharmacologicalCults "Schultes&Wasson,Plantsof
    .Schultes,HarvardBotanicalDept. WmEmBoden,Cal StateU.,Northridge etal.) GreatWa
    ailabilityofHemp Forexample,theprimaryreasonfortheWarof1812(foughtbyAmerica a
    ccesstoRussiancannabishemp.Russian hempwasalsotheprincipalreasonthatNapoleon(o
    tinentalSystems"alliesinvadedRussiain1812.(SeeChapter

    12,"The(Hemp)Warof1812andNapoleanInvadesRussia.")In1942, aftertheJapaneseinvas
    toffthesupplyof Manila(Abaca)hemp,theU.S.Governmentdistributed400,000poundsof
    canfarmersfromWisconsintoKentucky,who produced42,000tonsofhempfiberannuallyunti
    d. WhyHasCannabisHemp/MarijuanaBeenSoImportantinHistory? Becausecannabishempis,
    est,mostdurable, longestlastingnaturalsoftfiberontheplanet.Itsleavesand flower
    ndingontheculturethefirst, secondorthirdmostimportantandmostusedmedicinesfor
    eforatleast3,000years,untiltheturnofthe century.Botanically,hempismemberofth
    nEarth.Itisadioecious(havingmale,femaleandsometimes hermaphroditicmaleandfem
    rbaceous annualthatusesthesunmoreefficientlythanvirtuallyanyother plantonourpl
    2to20feetormoreinone shortgrowingseason.Itcanbegrowninvirtuallyanyclimate
    nalones.Hempis,byfar,Earth s premier,renewablenaturalresource.Thisiswhyhempis
    ER2BRIEFSUMMARYOFTHEUSESOFHEMP OurChallengetotheWorld:TrytoProveUsWrong!
    s,aswellastreesforpaperandconstructionwere bannedinordertosavetheplanet,reve
    stopdeforestation Thenthereisonlyoneknownannualrenewable naturalresourcethatisc
    verallmajorityof theworld spaperandtextiles meetingalloftheworld s transportatio
    eenergyneeds simultaneously reducingpollution,rebuildingthesoil,andcleaningtheatm
    ametime...Andthatsubstanceisthesameonethatdid itallbeforeCannabisHemp...Ma
    typercent*ofallships sails(sincebeforethePhoenicians,from atleastthe5thCentury
    ventionand commercializationofsteamshipsmidtolate19thcentury)weremade fromhe
    axorminorfiberslike ramie,sisal,jute,abaca.(Abel,Ernest,Marijuana:TheFirst12,00
    s,1980 Herodotus,Histories,5thCenturyB.C. Frazier,Jack,TheMarijuanaFarmers,1972
    x, 19161982 USDAfilm,HempforVictory,1942.)Theword"canvas"isthe Dutchpronunciat
    enchandLatin)oftheGreek word"Kannabis."**Kannabisofthe(Hellenized)Mediterranea
    ,derivedfromthePersianandearlierNorthernSemitics (Quanuba,Kanabosm,Cana?,Kanah?)
    enowtracedback tothedawnofthe6,000yearoldIndoSemiticEuropeanlanguagefamily b
    ans.TheearlySumerian/Babylonian wordK(a)N(a)B(a),orQ(a)N(a)B(a)isoneofman slonge
    twords.1(KNmeanscaneandBmeanstwotworeedsortwosexes.) Inadditiontocanvassa
    fthe rigging,anchorropes,cargonets,fishingnets,flags,shrouds,and

    oakum(themainprotectionforshipsagainstsaltwater,usedasa sealantbetweenlooseor
    hestalkofthe marijuanaplant.Eventhesailors clothing,rightdowntothe stitchingin
    d(sometimes)"canvas"shoes, wascraftedfromcannabis.**Anaveragecargo,clipper,whale
    eline,inthe16th,17th,18th,or19thcenturies carried50to100tonsofcannabishempr
    ,nets,etc.,andneededitallreplacedeveryyearortwo,dueto saltrot.(AsktheU.S.
    nofthe USSConstitution,a.k.a."OldIronsides,"BostonHarbor.)(Abel, Ernest,Marijuana
    0Years,PlenumPress,1980 Ency. Brittanica Magoun,Alexander,TheFrigateConstitution,
    ictory,1942.)Additionally,theships charts,maps, logs,andBiblesweremadefrompaper
    erfromthe timeofColumbus(15thCentury)utiltheearly1900sintheWestern European/Am
    inesefromthe1stCenturyA.D. on.Hemppaperlasted50to100timeslongerthanmostprep
    dredtimeseasierandcheapertomake. Incredibly,itcostmoreforaship shempensails,r
    hewoodenparts.Norwashemprestrictedtothebriny deep... Textiles&Fabrics Untilthe
    lthe20thCenturyinmostofthe restoftheworld),80percentofalltextilesandfabrics
    etsandlinens,*rugs,drapes,quilts,towels, diapers,etc. andevenourflag,"OldGlor
    fromfibersofcannabis.Forhundreds,ifnotthousandsofyears(until the1830s),Ireland
    dItalymadetheworld s finestclothforclothingwithhemp.*The18931910editionsof E
    ndicateandin1938,PopularMechanics estimatedthatatleasthalfofallthematerial
    efromflax,butfromcannabis.Herodotus(c.450B. C.)describesthehempengarmentsmad
    eninfinenessandthat"nonebutaveryexperiencedpersoncould tellwhethertheywereof
    actshavebeen almostforgotten,ourforebearswerewellawarethathempissofter thancot
    ntthancotton,hasthreetimesthe tensilestrengthofcottonandismanytimesmoredurab
    epatriotic,reallife,1776mothersofourpresentday blueblood"DaughtersoftheAmerica
    oston andNewEnglandorganized"spinningbees"toclotheWashington s soldiers,themajori
    sspunfromhempfibers.Were itnotforthehistoricallyforgotten(orcensored)andcurre
    heContinentalArmywouldhavefrozento deathatValleyForge,Pennsylvania.Thecommonuse
    heearlyrepublicwasimportantenoughtooccupythetime andthoughtsofourfirstU.S.Tre
    erHamilton, whowroteinaTreasurynoticefromthe1790s,"FlaxandHemp: Manufacturerso
    chaffinitytoeachother, andtheyaresooftenblended,thattheymaywithadvantagebe c
    ilclothshouldhave10%duty..." (Herndon,G.M.,HempinColonialVirginia,1963 DARhistor
    juana,theFirst12,000Years alsoseethe1985film RevolutionwithAlPacino.)Thecovere
    ky, Indiana,Illinois,Oregon,andCalifornia*)coveredwithsturdyhemp

    canvastarpaulins,2whileshipssailedaroundthe"Horn"toSan Franciscoonhempsailsand
    avyduty,famous LevipantsweremadefortheCalifornia 49ersoutofhempensailcloth and
    swouldn tripwhenfilledwithgold pannedfromthesediment.3Homespunclothwasalmostal
    vertheworld,fromfibersgrowninthe"familyhemp patch."InAmerica,thistraditionlas
    s) untilhemp sprohibitioninthe1930s.**Inthe1930s,Congresswas toldbytheFederal
    yPolishAmericans stillgrewpotintheirbackyardstomaketheirwinter"longjohns"and
    heagentswithsshotgunsforstealingtheir nextyear sclothes.Theageanddensityofthe
    erquality.Ifafarmerwantedsoftlinenqualityfibershewould planthiscannabisclose
    uplantfor medicalorrecreationaluse,youplantoneseedperfivesquareyards. Whenpla
    tapart.(Univ.ofKentucky Agricultural.Ext.leaflet,March1943.) Onehundredtwenty
    othesquareyardare plantedforroughcordageorcoursecloth.Finestlinenorlaceis g
    dandharvestedbetween80to 100days.(FarmCropReports,USDAinternationalabstracts.C
    astellini,MilanItaly.)Bythelate1820s,the newAmericanhandcottongins(inventedbyE
    argelyreplacedbyEuropeanmade"industrial"loomsandcottongins ("gin"isshortforengi
    e sprimaryequipment machinerytechnology(toolanddiemaking)leadoverAmerica.Fifty
    lsusedinAmericanagriculturetodayareusedin cottongrowing.Hempneedsnochemicalsa
    iesexceptfortheU.S.governmentandtheDEA.Forthefirst time,lightcottonclothingc
    nhand retting(rotting)andhandseparatinghempfiberstobehandspunon spinningwheels
    ecauseofitsstrength, softness,warmthandlonglastingqualities,hempcontinuedtobeth
    uralfiber*untilthe1930s.*Incaseyou re wondering,thereisnoTHCor"high"inhempf
    keyourshirt!Infact,attemptingtosmokehempfabricor anyfabric,forthatmatter
    axlaw,newDuPont"plasticfibers,"underlicensesince1936fromthe GermancompanyI.G.Fa
    derswerepartofGermany s WorldWarIreparationpaymentstoAmerica),replacednaturalhe
    %ofI.G.Farben,underHitler,wasownedandfinanced byAmerica sDuPont.)DuPontalsoin
    din1935) tothemarketafterthey dpatenteditin1938.(Colby,Jerry,DuPont Dynasties,
    ally,itmustbenotedthat approximately50%ofallchemicalsusedinAmericanagriculture
    rowing.Hempneedsnochemicalsandhasfewweed orinsectenemiesexceptfortheU.S.go
    im,ProfessorofBotany,OhioUniversity,"Authorities ExaminePotClaims,"AthensNews,Nov
    ) Fiber&PulpPaper Until1883,from7590%ofallpaperintheworldwasmadewith canna
    ks,Bibles,maps,paper money,stocksandbonds,newspapers,etc.TheGutenbergBible(int
    ruelandtheHerbpantagruelion,Rabelais(16th

    Century) KingJamesBible(17thCentury) theworksofFitzHugh Ludlow,MarkTwain,Victor


    arroll s "AliceinWonderland"(19thCentury) andjustabouteverythingelse wasprintedo
    raftoftheDeclarationof Independence(June28,1776)waswrittenonDutch(hemp)paper,a
    pletedonJuly2,1776.Thiswasthedocument actuallyagreedtoonthatdayandannounced
    9,1776,CongressorderedtheDeclarationbecopiedand engrossedonparchment(aprepareda
    sthe documentactuallysignedbythedelegatesonAugust2,1776.Hemp paperlasted50to
    rationsofpapyrus, andwasahundredtimeseasierandcheapertomake.Whatwe(the coloni
    heworldusedtomakeallour paperfromwasthediscardedsailsandropesbyshipownersas
    herestofourpapercamefromourwornout clothes,sheets,diapers,curtainsandrags*sol
    arilyfromhempandsometimesflax.*Hencetheterm"ragpaper." Ourancestorsweretoothr
    way,so,until the1880s,anyremainingscrapsandclothesweremixedtogetherand recycled
    ontaininghempfiber,isthehighest qualityandlongestlastingpaperevermade.Itcanbe
    tsfullstrengthwhendry.Barringextremeconditions, ragpaperremainsstableforcenturi
    earout. ManyU.S.governmentpaperswerewritten,bylaw,onhempen"ragpaper" untilthe
    ievedbyscholarsthattheearly Chineseknowledge,orart,ofhemppapermaking(1stCentur
    mdiscoveredhow,and1,200to1,400yearsbefore Europe)wasoneofthetwochiefreasonst
    ciencewerevastlysuperiortothatoftheWestfor1,400years. Thus,theartoflonglasti
    heOrientals accumulatedknowledgetobepassedon,builtupon,investigated, refined,cha
    nged,forgenerationaftergeneration(in otherwords,cumulativeandcomprehensivescholars
    er reasonthatOrientalknowledgeandsciencesustainedsuperiorityto thatoftheWestfor
    omanCatholicChurch forbadereadingandwritingfor95%ofEurope speople inaddition, t
    ,orprohibitedallforeignordomesticbooks includingtheirownBible! forover1,200
    sedpunishmentofdeath.Hence,manyhistorianstermthis period"TheDarkAges"(476A.D.
    aissance).(SeeChapter10onSociology.) Rope,Twine&Cordage Virtuallyeverycityandt
    ntheworldhad anindustrymakinghemprope.6Russia,however,wastheworld slargest pro
    nufacturer,supplying80percentofthe Westernworld shempfrom1740until1940.ThomasPa
    sentialnaturalresourcesforthenewnationinCommonSense(1776) "cordage,iron,timber
    sewashempfor cordage.Hewrote,"Hempflourisheseventorankness,wedonotwant forc
    eressentialsnecessary forwarwiththeBritishnavy cannons,gunpowder,etc.From7090%
    agewasmadefromhempuntil1937.Itwas thenreplacedmostlybypetrochemicalfibers(own
    nderlicensefromGermany sI.G.Corporationpatents)andby Manila(Abaca)Hemp,withsteel
    twinedforstrength

    broughtinfromour"new"farwesternPacificPhilippinespossession, seizedfromSpainasr
    nishAmericanWarin1898. ArtCanvas Hempistheperfectarchivalmedium.7Thepaintings
    ,Rembrandt,etc.,wereprimarilypaintedonhempcanvas, aswerepracticallyallcanvaspai
    trousfiber, hempwithstandsheat,mildew,insectsandisnotdamagedbylight.Oil painti
    vashavestayedinfineconditionfor centuries. Paints&Varnishes Forthousandsofyears
    intsandvarnisheswere madewithhempseedoiland/orlinseedoil.Forinstance,in1935alo
    58,000)tons*)ofhempseedwereusedinAmerica justforpaintandvarnish.Thehempdrying
    allytoDuPontpetrochemicals.8*NationalInstituteofOilseed Productscongressionaltesti
    tthe1937MarijuanaTransfer TaxLaw.Asacomparison,considerthattheU.S.DrugEnforce
    EA),alongwithallAmerica sstateandlocalpolice agencies,claimtohaveseizedforall
    n grownmarijuana seed,plant,root,dirtclumandall.EventheDEA itselfadmitsthat
    pplantsthat havebeenseizedanddestroyedsincethe1960sweregrowingcompletely wilda
    edasmarijuana.Congressandthe TreasuryDepartmentwereassuredthroughsecrettestimony
    93537directlytoHermanOliphant,ChiefCounselforthe TreasuryDept.,thathempseedoil
    nthetic petrochemicaloilsmadeprincipallybyDuPont.Oliphantwassolely responsiblefor
    rijuanaTaxActthatwassubmittedto Congress.9(SeecompletestoryinChapter4,"TheLast
    ") LightingOil Untilabout1800,hempseedoilwasthemostconsumedlightingoilin Ameri
    tilthe1870s,itwasthesecond mostconsumedlightingoil,exceededonlybywhaleoil.Hem
    endaryAladdin,Abrahamtheprohet,andinreal life,AbrahamLincoln.Itwasthebrightest
    lampswasreplacedbypetroleum,kerosene,etc.,afterthe1859 Pennsylvaniaoildiscoverya
    er s1870onnational petroleumstewardship.(Seechapternineof"Economics.")Infact,th
    istLutherBurbankstated,"Theseed[ofcannabis]is prizedinothercountriesforitsoil,
    trates thesamewastefuluseofouragriculturalresources."(Burbank,Luther, HowPlantsA
    rMan,UsefulPlants,P.F.Collier& SonCo.,NY,Vol.6,pg.48.) BiomassEnergy Inthe
    ristic,organic, engineeringgeniusesrecognized(astheirintellectual,scientific heirss
    ay)animportantpointthatupto90percentofall fossilfuelusedintheworldtoday(co

    shouldlongagohavebeenreplacedwithbiomasssuchas:cornstalks, cannabis,wastepapera
    nbeconvertedto methane,methanolorgasolineatafractionofthecurrentcostofoil, c
    lywhenenvironmentalcostsare factoredinanditsmandatedusewouldendacidrain,end
    eGreenhouseEffectonourplanetright now!**Governmentandoilandcoalcompanies,etc
    omassfuelsisnobetterthanusingupourfossilfuel reserves,asfaraspollutiongoes b
    ecause,unlikefossilfuels,biomasscomesfromliving(notextinct) plantsthatcontinueto
    idepollutionfromour atmosphereastheygrow,throughphotosynthesis.Furthermore,biomas
    tainsulfur.Thiscanbeaccomplishedifhempisgrown forbiomassandthenconvertedthroug
    izing)or biochemicalcompostingintofuelstoreplacefossilfuelenergy products.**Rema
    ideredonaplanetwide,climate wide,soilwidebasis,cannabisisatleastfourandpossi
    stainable,renewablebiomass/cellulosepotentialthan itsnearestrivalsontheplanetcor
    ane,kenaftrees, ect.(SolarGas,1980 Omni,1983 CornellUniversity ScienceDigest, 1
    onomics."Oneproductof pyrolysis,methanol,isusedtodaybymostracecarsandwasusedb
    odriversroutinelywithpetroleum/methanol optionsstartinginthe1920s,throughthe1930s
    mid1940storuntensofthousandsofauto,farmandmilitaryvehicles untiltheendofWorl
    ertedtoa highoctaineleadfreegasolineusingacatalyticprocessdevelopedby GeorgiaT
    nctionwithMobilOilCorporation. Medicine From1842throughthe1890s,extremelystrongm
    ownas cannabisextractums)andhashishextracts,tincturesandelixirswere routinelythe
    stusedmedicinesinAmericafor humans(frombirth,throughchildhood,tooldage)andinv
    ilthe1920sandlonger.(SeeChapter6on"Medicine,"and Chapter13onthe"19thCentury.
    t 3,000years,priorto1842,widelyvaryingmarijuanaextracts(buds, leaves,roots,etc.)
    yusedandwidelyaccepted majorityofmankind sillnesses.However,inWesternEurope,the
    rchforbadeuseofcannabisoranymedicaltreatment, exceptforalcoholorbloodletting,f
    pter 10on"Sociology.")TheU.S.Pharmacopoeiaindicatedthatcannabis shouldbeusedfor
    ntsas:fatigue,fitsof coughing,rheumatism,asthma,deliriumtremens,migraineheadaches
    nddepressionsassociatedwithmenstruation.(Professor WilliamEmBoden,ProfessorofNarcoti
    y,CaliforniaState University,Northridge.)QueenVictoriausedcannabisresinsforher me
    sandPMS,andherreign(18371901)paralleledthe enormousgrowthoftheuseofIndiancan
    peakingworld.Inthiscentury,cannabisresearchhasdemonstrated therapeuticvalueandc
    atmentofmany healthproblemsincludingasthma,glaucoma,nausea,tumors,epilepsy, infect
    ,migraines,anorexia,depression,rheumatism, arthritisandpossibleherpes.(SeeChapter
    icUsesof Cannabis.")

    FoodOils&Protein Hempseedwasregularlyusedinporridge,soups,andgruelsbyvirtually
    dupuntilthiscentury.Monkswererequired toeathempseeeddishesthreetimesaday,to
    oprinttheirBiblesonpapermadewithitsfiber.(See Rubin,Dr.Vera,"ResearchInstitute
    OrthodoxChurch Cohen&Stillman,TherapeuticPotentialofMarijuana, PlenumPress,1976 A
    ana,TheFirst12,000Years, PlenumPress,NY,1980 EncyclopediaBrittanica.)Hempseedcan
    hlynutritiousvegetableoil,whichcontainsthe highestamountofessentialfattyacidsin
    ese essentialoilsareresponsibleforourimmuneresponsesandclearthe arteriesofchole
    ebyproductofpressingtheoil fromtheseedisthehighestqualityproteinseecake.Itc
    dandbakedintocakes,breadsand casseroles.Marijuanaseedproteinisoneofmankind sf
    vailabletothebodyvegetableproteins.Hempseedisthe mostcompletesinglefoodsourcef
    iscussion ofedistinsandessentialfattyacids,Chapter8.)Hempseedwasuntil the1937
    umberonebirdseed,forboth wildanddomesticbirds.Itwastheirfavorite*ofanyseedf
    dsofhempseedforsongbirdsweresoldat retailintheU.S.in1937.Birdswillpickhemps
    eofmixedseed.Birdsintheworldlivelongerand breedmorewithhempseedintheirdiet,
    dtheiroveralhealth.(MoreinChapter8,"HempasaBasic WorldFood.")*Congressionalt
    tsing withoutit,"thebirdfoodcompaniestoldCongress.Result sterilized cannabisse
    edintotheU.S.fromItaly,China andothercountries.Hempseedproducesnoobservablehigh
    ythemostminutetracesofTHCareintheseed.Hempseed isalsothefavoritefishbaitin
    datbaitstores,thenthrashingforthehempseedandarecaught byhook.Nootherbaitis
    erallythe mostdesirableandmostnutritiousfoodforhumans,birdsandfish. (JackHerer
    nEurope.)(Frazier,Jack,The MarijuanaFarmers,SolarAgePress,NewOrleans,LA,1972)
    using Becauseoneacreofhempproducesasmuchcellulosefiberpulpas4.1 acresoftrees,
    ltoreplacetreesfor pressedboard,particleboardandforconcreteconstructionmolds.*
    tin#404,UnitedStatesDept.ofAgriculture, 1916.Practical,inexpensivefireresistantc
    erial,with excellentthermalandsoundinsulatingqualities,ismadebyheating andcompre
    stocreatstrongconstructionpaneling, replacingdrywallandplywood.WilliamB.Conde
    r,Inc.nearEugene,Oregon,inconjunctionwithWashingtonState University(19911993),h
    uperiorstrength, flexibility,andeconomyofhempcompositebuildingmaterialscompared to
    enasbeams.Isochanvre,arediscoveredFrench buildingmaterialmadefromhemphurdsmixed
    petrifiesintoamineralstateandlastsformanycenturies. Archeologistshavefoundabrid
    ,fromthe Merovingianperiod(500751A.D.),builtwiththisprocess.(See

    ChenevottehabitatofRene,FranceinAppendixI.)Hemphasbeenused throughouthistoryfor
    berhaspotentialinthe manufactureofstrong,rotresistantcarpetingeliminatingthe p
    ngsyntheticmaterialsinahouseorcommercial fire,alongwithallergicreactionsassociat
    ic carpeting.Plasticplumbingpipe(PVCpipes)canbemanufacturedusing renewablehempce
    icalfeedstocks,replacingnon renewablecoalorpetroleumbasedchemicalfeedstocks.Sow
    fthefuturebuilt,plumbed,paintedandfurnished withtheworld snumberonerenewableres
    eisure&Creativity TheAmericanDeclarationofIndependencerecognizesthe"inalienable ri
    e,libertyandthepursuitofhappiness."Subseuqent courtdecisionshaveinferredtherigh
    efrom this,theU.S.ConstitutionanditsAmendments.Manyartistsand writershaveusedc
    imulationfromthewriters oftheworld sreligiousmasterpiecestoourmostirreverentsa
    deLewisCarrollandhishookahsmokingcaterpillarin AliceinWonderland,plusVictorHug
    azz greatsasLouisArmstrong,CabCalloway,DukeEllingtonandGeneKrupa andthepattern
    rndayartistsandmusicians suchastheBeatles,theRollingStones,theEagles,theDoobie
    effersonAirplane,WillieNelson,BuddyRIch, CountryJoe&theFish,JoeWalsh,DavidCarra
    gy Pop,LolaFalana,HunterS.Thompson,PeterTosh,theGratefulDead, CypressHill,Sinea
    wes,etc.Ofcourse,smoking marijuanaonlyenhancescreativityforsomeandnotforothers.
    ory,variousprohibitionand"temperance"groupshave attemptedandocasionalysuceededinb
    erredrelaxational substancesofothers,likealcohol,tobaccoorcannabis.Abraham Lincoln
    hiskindofrepressivementalityinDecember, 1840,whenhesaid:"Prohibition...goes
    tattemptstocontrolaman sappetitebylegislation andmakesacrimeoutofthingsthata
    ikesablowattheveryprinciplesuponwhichour governmentwasfounded. EconomicStabilit
    ebelievethatinacompetitivemarket,withallfactsknown,people willrushtobuylongl
    tTops"or"Mary Jeans,"etc.,madefromaplantwithoutpesticidesorherbicides.Some of
    aywiththeseproductsare Ecolution,Hempstead,MarieMills,OhioHempery,TwoStarDog, H
    ny,HanfHaus,etal.It stimeweputcapitalism tothetestandlettheunrestrictedmarket
    Green"ecologicallyconsciousnessdecidethefutureofthe planet.Acottonshirtin1776co
    mpshirt cost50centsto$1.Bythe1830s,cooler,lightercottonshirtswere onparinp
    enshirts,providinga competitivechoice.Peoplewereabletochoosetheirgarmentsbased
    ualitiestheywantedinafabric.Todaywehave nosuchchoice.Theroleofhempandother
    nedbythemarketofsupplyanddemandandpersonaltastesand values,notbytheundueinfl
    deral

    subsidiesandhugetariffsthatkeepthenaturalfabricsfromreplacing syntheticfibers.Si
    mentsuppressionofinformation hasresultedinvirtuallynopublicknowledgeoftheincredi
    hehempfiberoritsuses.Byusing100%hempormixing hempwithcotton,youwillbeablet
    lothingtoyourgrandchildren.Intelligentspendingcould essentiallyreplacetheuseofpe
    theticfiberssuchas nylonandpolyesterwithtougher,cheaper,cool,absorbent,breathing,
    le,naturalfibers.China,ItalyandEasternEuropean countriessuchasHungary,Romania,Cz
    oland,andRussia currentlymakemillionsofdollarsworthofsturdyhempandhemp/cotton t
    ngbillionsofdollarsworthannually. Thesecountriesbuildupontheirtraditionalfarmin
    ,whiletheU.S.triestoforcetheextinctionofthisplantto propupdestructivesyntheti
    abis/cottonblend textileswerestillnotclearedfordirectsaleintheU.S.until1991. T
    e,wereforcedbytacitagreementtosendus inferiorramie/cottons.(NationalImport/Export
    yof Shangai,Personalcommunicationwithauthor,AprilandMay,1983.)As the1990edition
    ss,garmentscontainingat least55percentcannabishemparrivedfromChinaandHungary.I
    anydifferentgradesof100percenthemp fabrichadarriveddirectlyfromChinaandHungary.
    cisinboomingdemandallovertheworld,arrivingfromRomania, Poland,Italy,Germany,et
    dasthehottest fabricofthe1990sbyRollingStone,Time,Newsweek,Paper,Detour, Detai
    ewYorkTimes,TheLosAngelesTimes,Der Spiegel,adinfinitum.Allhaverun,overandove
    ustrialandnutritionalhemp.Additionally,hempgrownfor biomasscouldfuelatrilliondol
    ndustry,while improvingairqualityanddistributingthewealthtoruralareasand theirs
    ities,andawayfromcentralizedpower monopolies.MorethananyotherplantonEarth,hemp
    ainableecologyandeconomy. InConclusion... Wemustreiterateouroriginalpremisew
    oproveuswrong:Ifallfossilfuelsandtheirderivatives,aswell astreesforpaperand
    ertosavethe planet,reversetheGreenhouseEffectandstopdeforestation Then thereis
    ewablenaturalresourcethatis capableofprovidingtheoverallmajorityoftheworld spap
    ngalloftheworld stransportation,industrialand homeenergyneeds,whilesimultaneously
    tion,rebuilding thesoil,andcleaningtheatmosphereallatthesametime.Andthat subst
    llbeforeCannabisHemp Marijuana! Footnotes: 1.OxfordEnglishDictionary Encyclopedia
    dition, 1910 U.S.D.A.film,HempforVictory,1942. 2.Ibid. 3.LeviStrauss&Companyo
    ersonal communicationwithGeneMcClaine,1985. 4.YeOldeSpinningJennysandWheelswere
    rfiber

    inthisorder:cannabishemp,flax,wool,cotton,andsoforth. 5.Frazier,Jack,TheMarijua
    ress,NewOrleans, LA,1974 U.S.Libraryofcongress NationalArchives U.S.Mint etc.
    ericanHistory,Charles Scribner sSons,NY,1944,g.116. 7.Frazier,Jack,TheMarijuana
    ss,NewOrleans, LA,1974 U.S.LibraryofCongress NationalArchives. 8.Sloman,Larry,
    rk,NY,1979,pg.72. 9.Bonnie,RichardandWhitebread,Charles,TheMarijuanaConviction,
    s,1974. WhenHempSavedGeorgeBush sLife Onemoreexampleoftheimportanceofhemp:Fiv
    pwasoutlawedin1937,itwaspromptlyreintroducedfortheWorld WarIIeffortin1942.S
    h,baled outofhisburningairplaneafterabattleoverthePacific,littledid heknow:
    ubricatedwithcannabishempseed oil 100percentofhislifesavingparachutewebbingwa
    bishemp Virtuallyalltheriggingandropesoftheshipthatpulledhimin weremadeof
    erethoseintheschoolshehad attended)werewovenfromcannabishemp and, Finally,as
    edeck,hisshoes durablestitchingwasofcannabishemp,asitisinallgoodleather and
    ushhasspentagooddealofhiscareereradicatingthecannabis plantandenforcinglawsto
    arnthis informationpossiblyincludinghimself.(USDAfilm,Hempfor Victory,1942 U.
    eaflet25,March 1943 Galbraith,Gatewood,KentuckyMarijuanaFeasibilityStudy,1977. )
    tin404ORHowWorldWarICostUsHemp&the Forests TheSetting In1917,theworldwasb
    ustrialists,justbesetwiththeminimumwageandgraduatedincome, tax,weresentintoata
    ealswerelostasthe UnitedStatestookitsplaceontheworldstageinthestrugglefor c
    stthisbackdropthatthefirst20th Centuryhempdramawasplayed. ThePlayers Thestory
    ereleaseofUSDABulletin404. NearSanDiego,California,a50yearoldGermanimmigrantn
    adbeenworkingonasimpleyetbrilliantinvention. Schlichtenhadspent18yearsand$400,
    ,a machinethatcouldstripthefiberfromnearlyanyplant,leavingthe

    pulpbehind.Tobuildit,hehaddevelopedanencyclopedicknowledge offibersandpaperma
    ellingof forestsforpaper,whichhebelievedtobeacrime.HisnativeGermany waswell
    htenknewthatdestroying forestsmeantdestroyingneededwatersheds.HenryTimken,awealth
    standinvestoroftherollerbearing,gotwindof Schlichten sinventionandwenttomeett
    917.Timkensawthedecorticatoraarevolutionarydiscoverythat wouldimproveconditionsf
    fferedSchlichtenthe chancetogrow100acresofhemponhisranchinthefertilefarmlands
    ornia,justeastofSanDiego,sothat Schlichtencouldtesthisinvention.Shortlythereaft
    enewspapergiantE.W.Scripps,andhislongtimeassociate MiltonMcRae,atMiramar,Scripp
    pps,then 63,hadaccumulatedthelargestchainofnewspapersinthecountry. Timkenhoped
    kingnewsprintfromhemphurds. Turnofthecenturynewspaperbaronsneededhugeamountsofp
    rswellingcirculations.Nearly30%ofthefourmillion tonsofpapermanufacturedin1909
    culationofdailynewspapershadincreasedby17%over1909figures toover28millioncopie
    sprintwasrapidly rising,andMcae,whohadbeeninvestigatingowningapapermillsince 1
    owingtheSeeds InMay,afterfurthermeetingswithTimkin,ScrippsaskedMcRaeto investig
    fusingthedecorticatorinthe manufactureofnewsprint.McRaequicklybecameexcitedabout
    hedecorticator"agreatinvention...[which]willnot onlyrendergreatservicetothi
    tablefinancially...[it]mayrevolutionizeexisting conditions."OnAugust3,asharv
    rrangedbetweenSchlichten,McRae,andnewspapermanagerEdChase. WithoutSchlichten sknow
    adhissecretaryrecordthe threehourmeetingstenographically.Theresultingdocument,th
    dofSchlichten svoluminousknowledgefoundtodate,is reprintedfullyinAppendixI.Schl
    lystudiedmany kindsofplantsusedforpaper,amongthemcorn,cotton,yucca,and Espana
    isfavorite:"Thehemphurdisa practicalsuccessandwillmakepaperofahighergradetha
    ted.Hishemppaperwasevenbetterthanthat producedforUSDABulletin404,heclaimed,be
    liminatedtherettingprocess,leavingbehindshortfibersanda naturalgluethatheldthe
    evelsofhemp productionSchlichtenanticipatedmaking50,000tonsofpaperyearlyat aret
    aslessthan50percentofthe priceofnewsprintatthetime!Andeveryacreofhempturne
    dpreservefiveacresofforest.McRaewas veryimpressedbySchlichten.Themanwhodined
    nsofindustrywrotetoTimken,"Iwanttosaywithout equivocationthatMr.Schlichtenimpr
    t intellectualityandability andsofarasIcansee,hehascreated andconstructedawo
    asetospendas muchtimeashecouldwithSchlichtenandprepareareport. HarvestTime

    ByAugust,afteronlythreemonthsofgrowth,Timken shempcrophad growntoitsfullheigh


    tic aboutitsprospects.HehopedtotraveltoCaliforniatowatchthe cropbeingdecortic
    efactortomankindwho wouldenablepeopletoworkshorterhoursandhavemoretimefor "sp
    cripps,ontheotherhand,wasnotinan optimisticframeofmind.Hehadlostfaithinag
    ngthecountrytofinancialruinbecauseofthewar, andthatwouldtake40percentofhisp
    ettertohissister,Ellen,hesaid:"WhenMr.McRaewas talkingtomeabouttheincreasein
    ending,ItoldhimIwasjustfoolenoughnottobeworriedabouta thingofthatkind."Th
    cent,costingScrippshisentireyear sprofitof$1,125,000! Ratherthandevelopanewtech
    ywayout:the PennyPressLordsimplyplannedtoraisethepriceofhispapersfrom onece
    st28,EdChasesenthisfullreporttoScrippsandMcRae.The youngermanalsowastakenw
    ul, yetsimple,invention.Ibelieveitwillrevolutionizemanyofthe processesoffeedin
    ingotherwantsofmankind. Chasewitnessedthedecorticatorproduceseventonsofhemphurd
    uction,Schlichtenanticipatedeachmachine wouldproducefivetonsperday.Chasefigured
    pplyScripps WestCoastnewspapers,withleftoverpulpforside businesses.Heestimatedt
    stbetween$25and$35 perton,andproposedaskinganEastCoastpapermilltoexperimentf
    mstohavegottenthemessagethathisboss wasnolongerveryinterestedinmakingpaperfr
    sreportiscautious:"Muchwillbedeterminedastothe practicabilitybythecostoftrans
    e,etc.,etc., whichwecannotascertainwithoutdueinvestigation."Perhapswhenhis idea
    fdevelopingthem,thesemiretired McRaebackedoff.BySeptember,Timken scropwasproduc
    ourtonsofhurdsperacre,andhewastryingtointerest Scripsinopeningapapermillin
    toClevelandandspenttohoursconvincingTimkenthat,whilehemp hurdswereusableforoth
    ldnotbemadeinto newsprintcheaplyenough.Perhapstheeasternmillatwhichthey exper
    ingafterall,itwassetuptomakewood pulppaper.Bythistime,Timken,too,washurt
    4percentincometaxandwastryingtoborrow$2 millionat10percentinteresttoretoolfo
    ksearliercouldnotwaittogettoCalifornianolonger expectedtogowestatallthatwin
    odamnbusyinthissectionofthecountrylookingafter business."Thedecorticatorresurfa
    astouted asthemachingthatwouldmakehempa"BillionDollarCrop"inarticles inMechan
    larMechanics.*(Untilthe1993 editionofTheEmperor,thedecorticatorwasbelievedtobe
    me.)Onceagain,theburgeoninghempindustrywas halted,thistimebytheMarijuanaTaxAc
    ountofthestory3maybefoundintheAppendix.

    Footnotes: 1.WorldAlmanac,1914,p.225 1917. 2.FortyYearsinNewspaperdom,MiltonMc


    crippsArchives,UniversityofOhio,Athens,andEllenBrowing ScrippsArchives,DenisonLib
    ntCollege,Claremont, California WhyNotUseHemptoReversetheGreenhouseEffect&Save
    9,JackHererandMariaFarrowputthisquestiontoSteve Rawlings,thehighestrankingoffi
    tof Agruculture(whowasinchargeofreversingtheGreenhouseEffect),at theUSDAworld
    sville,Maryland.First,we introducedourselvesandtoldhimwewerewritingforGreenpoli
    pers.ThenweaskedRawlings, "Ifyoucouldhaveanychoice,whatwouldbetheidealwayto
    fect?" Hesaid,"Stopcuttingdowntreesandstopusingfossilfuels." "Well,whydon twe?
    stituteforwoodforpaper,orforfossilfuels." "Whydon tweuseanannualplantforpape
    ,thatwouldbeideal,"heagreed."Unfortunately,thereis nothingyoucanusethatcould
    " "Well,whatwouldyousayiftherewassuchaplantthatcould substituteforallwoodpu
    akekmost ofourfibersnaturally,makeeverythingfromdynamitetoplastic, growsinall5
    twouldreplace4.1acres oftrees,andthatifyouusedabout6percentoftheU.S.landto
    allands,thisplant wouldproduceall75quadrillionbillionBTUsneededtorunAmerica ea
    etheplanet? "Thatwouldbeideal.Butthereisnosuchplant." "Wethinkthereis." "Ye
    sedforamoment."Ineverwouldhavethoughtofit.. .Youknow,Ithinkyou reright.
    reatidea!" Wewereexcitedasweoutlinedthisinformationanddelineatedthe potentialof
    uel,food,paint,etc.,andhowit couldbeappliedtobalancetheworld secosystemsandre
    soxygenbalancewithalmostnodisruptionofthestandard oflivingtowhichmostAmericans
    .Inessence, Rawlingsagreedthatourinformationwasprobablycorrectandcould verywell
    nderfulidea,andIthinkitmightwork.But,of course,youcan tuseit." "You rekiddin
    ll,Mr.Herer,didyouknowthathempisalsomarijuana?" "Yes,ofcourseIknow,I vebeen
    weekforthepast17years." "Well,youknowmarijuana sillegal,don tyou?Youcan tuse

    "Noteventosavetheworld?" "No.It sillegal",hesternlyinformedme."Youcannotuse


    entosavetheworld?"weasked,stunned. "No,noteventosavetheworld.It sillegal.
    ewrong.It sagreatidea,"hewenton,"butthey ll neverletyoudoit." "Whydon tyou
    ulturethata crazymanfromCaliforniagaveyoudocumentationthatshowedhempmight beab
    tyourfirstreactionisthathe mightberightanditneedssomeseriousstudy.Whatwould
    reverylongafterIdidthat.After all,I manofficerofthegovernment." "Well,whyno
    puteratyourown USDAlibrary.That swherewegottheinformationinthefirstplace." H
    rmation." "Well,whynot?Wedid." "Mr.Herer,you reacitizen.Youcansignoutforan
    eDepartmentofAgriculture.Someone sgoing towanttoknowwhyIwantallthisinformatio
    lly,weagreedtosendhimalltheinformationwegotfromtheUSDA library,ifhewouldjus
    calledbackamonthlater,hesaidthathestillhadnotopenedthebox thatwesenthimand
    ned becausehedidnotwanttoberesponsiblefortheinformation,nowthat theBushAdmini
    mwithitsownman.Weasked himifhewouldpassontheinformationtohissuccessor,andh
    y,1989,wehadvirtuallythesame conversationandresultwithhiscohort,Dr.GaryEvanso
    icultureandScience,themaninchargeofstopping theglobalwarmingtrend.Intheend,he
    vetheplanetwithhemp,thenyou[hemp/marijuanaactivists]would findawaytogrowitwit
    henyoucan useit."Thisisthekindoffrightened(andfrightening) irresponsibilitywe r
    nment. CHAPTER3NEWBILLIONDOLLARCROP February1938:PopularMechanicsMagazine:"NEW
    ebruary1928:MechanicalEngineeringMagazine:"THEMOSTPROFITABLE& DESIRABLECROPTHATCA
    rntechnologywasabouttobeappliedtohempproduction,makingit thenumberoneagricultu
    .Twoofthemost respectedandinfluentialjournalsinthenation,PopularMechanicsand
    g,forecastabrightfutureforAmericanhemp. Thousandsofnewproductscreatingmillionso
    theendoftheGreatDepression.Insteadhempwaspersecuted,outlawed andforgottenatthe
    obrandedhempthe "Mexicankillerweed,marihuana."Asearlyas1901andcontinuingto 193
    griculturerepeatedlypredictedthat, oncemachinerycapableofharvesting,strippingandse
    e fiberfromthepulpwasinventedorengineered,hempwouldagainthe

    America snumberonefarmcrop.TheintroductionofG.W.Schlichten s decorticatorin1917


    isprophesy.(Seepages1315 andAppendix.)Thepredictionwasreaffirmedinthepopularp
    icspublisheditsFebruary,1938article,"BillionDollar Crop."Thefirstreproductionofth
    r50yearswasin theoriginaleditionofthisbook.Thearticleisreproducedhere exactl
    eoftheprintingscheduleand deadline,PopularMechanicspreparedthisarticleinSpringo
    empforfiber,paper,dynamiteandoil,wasstilllegal togrowandwas,infact,andincred
    lso reprintedinthischapterisanexcerptfromtheMechanicalEngineering articleabouth
    memonth.Itoriginatedasapaper presentedayearearlierattheFebruary26,1937Agricu
    goftheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers,New Brunswick,NewJersey.Reportsfromt
    s,and Congressionaltestimonyin1937,showedthatcultivatedhempacreage hadbeendoubli
    lmosteveryyearfromthetimeit hititsbottomacreage,1930when1,000acreswereplant
    ecultivatedwithplansto continuetodoublethatacreageannualintheforeseeablefutur
    cles,thenewlymechanizedcannabishemp industrywasinitsinfancy,butwellonitswayto
    slargestagriculturalcrop.And,inlightofsubsequent developments(e.g.biomassenergy
    dingmaterials, etc.),wenowknowthathempistheworld smostimportantecological resou
    tentiallyourplanet ssinglelargest industry.ThePopularMechanicsarticlewastheveryf
    canhistorythattheterm"billiondollar"*waseverappliedto anyU.S.agriculturalcrop!
    lionnow. Expertstodayconservativelyestimatethat,oncefullyrestoredin America,hemp
    enerate$500billiontoatrillion dollarsperyear,andwillsavetheplanetandcivilizati
    heirderivativesandfromdeforestation!IfHarry Anslinger,DuPont,Hearstandtheirpaid
    now)politicianshadnotoutlawedhempunderthepretextofmarijuana (seeChapterFour,"
    ")andsuppressedhemp knowledgefromourschools,researchersandevenscientists the g
    searticleswouldalreadyhavecometrueby nowandmorebenefitsthananyonecouldthene
    escontinuetodevelop.Asonecolleaguesoaptly putit:"Thesearticleswerethelasthone
    alfforover40years..." NewBillionDollarCropPopularMechanics,February1938 American
    ednewcashcropwithanannualvalueof severalhundredmilliondollars,allbecauseamach
    hsolvesaproblemmorethan6,000yearsold.Itishemp, acropthatwillnotcompetewith
    t willdisplaceimportsofrawmaterialandmanufacturedproducts producedbyunderpaidcoo
    oranditwillprovide thousandsofjobsforAmericanworkersthroughouttheland.The mac
    bleisdesignedforremovingthefiber bearingcortexfromtherestofthestalk,makinghe
    houtaprohibitiveamountofhumanlabor.Hempisthe standardfiberoftheworld.Ithas
    ility.Itisusedtoproducemorethan5,000textileproducts,

    rangingfromropetofinelaces,andthewoody"hurds"remainingafter thefiberhasbeenre
    ventysevenpercent cellulose,andcanbeusedtoproducemorethan25,000produces, rangi
    phane.MachinesnowinserviceinTexas, Illinois,Minnesotaandotherstatesareproducing
    ringcostofhalfacentapound,andarefindingaprofitable marketfortherestofthest
    od profitincompetitionwithcoolieproducedforeignfiberwhilepaying farmersfifteendo
    sitcomesfromthefield. Fromthefarmers pointofview,hempisaneasycroptogrowand
    eonanylandthatwillgrowcorn, wheat,oroats.Ithasashortgrowingseason,sothati
    anbegrowninanystateofthe union.Thelongrootspenetrateandbreakthesoiltoleave
    ar scrop.Thedenseshockofleaves, eighttotwelvefeetabouttheground,chokesoutwee
    oughtoreclaimlandthathasbeenabandoned becauseofCanadianthistlesorquackgrass.Un
    scutandallowedtolieinthefieldsforweeksuntilit"retted" enoughsothefiberscoul
    ly rottingasaresultofdew,rainandbacterialaction.Machineswere developedtosepar
    lyafterrettingwas complete,butthecostwashigh,thelossoffibergreat,andthe qual
    w.Withthenewmachine,knownasa decorticator,hempiscutwithaslightlymodifiedgrai
    chinewhereanautomaticchainconveyerfeedsitto thebreakingarmsattherateoftwoor
    okenintofinepieceswhichdropintothehopper,fromwherethey aredeliveredbyblowerto
    orloose shipment.Thefibercomesfromtheotherendofthemachine,readyfor baling.Fr
    gcanhappen.Therawfiber canbeusedtoproducestrongtwineorrope,wovenintoburlap,
    ckingoritmaybebleachedandrefined, withresinousbyproductsofhighcommercialvalue.
    acetheforeignfiberswhichnowfloodourmarkets. Thousandsoftonsofhemphurdsareused
    companyforthemanufacturerofdynamiteandTNT.Alargepaper company,whichhasbeenpay
    rsayearin dutiesonforeignmadecigarettepapers,nowismanufacturingthese papersfro
    nnesota.Anewfactoryin Illinoisisproducingfinebondpapersfromhemp.Thenatural m
    micalsourceofpulpforanygradeof papermanufactured,andthehighpercentageofalphac
    imitedsupplyofrawmaterialforthethousandsofcellulose productsourchemistshavedeve
    ybelievedthatall linenisproducedfromflax.Actually,themajoritycomesfromhemp
    ethanhalfofourimportedlinenfabrics aremanufacturedfromhempfiber.Anothermisconc
    adefromhemp.Actually,itssourceisusuallyjute,and practicallyalloftheburlapweu
    o receiveonlyfourcentsaday.Bindertwineisusuallymadefromsisal whichcomesfrom
    seproducts,now imported,canbeproducedfromhomegrownhemp.Fishnets,bow strings,c
    lls,damasktablecloths,finelinen garments,towels,bedlinenandthousandsofotherevery
    wnonAmericanfarms.Ourimportsofforeignfabricsandfibers

    averageabout$200,000,000peryear inrawfibersaloneweimported over$50,000,000inthe


    fthisincome canbemadeavailableforAmericans.Thepaperindustryofferseven greaterp
    stryitamountstoover $1,000,000,000ayear,andofthateightypercentisimported.But
    fpaper,andgovernmentfiguresestimate that10,000acresdevotedtohempwillproduceasm
    sofaveragepulpland.Oneobstacleintheonwardmarchofhempis thereluctanceoffarmer
    plicated bytheneedforproperequipmentareasonabledistancefromthefarm. Themachine
    itablyunlessthereisenough acreagewithindrivingrangeandfarmerscannotfindaprofita
    ereismachinerytohandlethecrop.Anotherobstacle isthattheblossomofthefemalehem
    narcotic,anditisimpossibletogrowhempwithoutproducingthe blossom.Federalregulati
    quireregistration ofhempgrowers,andtentativeproposalsforpreventingnarcotic product
    rstringent.However,theconnectionofhempasa cropandmarijuanaseemstobeexaggerated
    cedfromwildhemporlocoweedwhichcanbefoundonvacantlots andalongrailroadtracksi
    tionscan bedrawntoprotectthepublicwithoutpreventingthelegitimate cultureofhemp,
    asurablytoAmerican agricultureandindustry. TheMostProfitableandDesirableCropThan
    al Engineering,February26,1937 "FlaxandHemp:FromtheSeedtotheLoom"waspublished
    fMechanicalEngineeringmagazine.Itwas originallypresentedattheAgriculturalProcessi
    AmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineersinNewBrunswick,NYof February26,1937bythePr
    sion. FlaxandHemp:FromtheSeedtotheLoom ByGeorgeA.Lower Thiscountryimportspra
    ptcotton.The Whitneygin,combinedwithimprovedspinningmethods,enabledthis country
    dssofarbelowthecostoflinenthat linenmanufacturepracticallyceasedintheUnitedSt
    ibersatlesscostthancanotherfarmersofthe world.Asidefromthehighercostoflabor,
    n.Forinstance,Yugoslavia,whichhasthegreatestfiber productionperareinEurope,rec
    ComparablefiguresforothercountriesareArgentina,749lbs. Egypt 616lbs. andIndia,3
    dinthiscountry is383lbs.Tomeetworldcompetitionprofitably,wemustimproveour met
    otheloom.Flaxisstillpulledup bytheroots,rettedinapond,driedinthesun,broken
    od,thenspun,andfinallybleachedwithlye fromwoodashes,potashfromburnedseaweed,or
    lling,planting,andharvestingmechanismshavemateriallyhelpedthe largefarmersand,to
    hesmallerones,butthe processesfromthecroptotheyarnarecrude,wastefulandland i
    tofthevegetablefibers,givesthe

    greatestproductionperacreandrequirestheleastattention.Itnot onlyrequiresnoweed
    heweedsandleaves thesoilinsplendidconditionforthefollowingcrop.This, irrespect
    ue,makesitadesirablecropto grow.Inclimateandcultivation,itsrequisitesaresimila
    ouldbeharvestedbeforeitistooripe.Thebest timeiswhenthelowerleavesonthestal
    llen.Likeflax,thefibersrunoutwhereleafstemsareonthe stalksandaremadeupofla
    erby pectosegums.Whenchemicallytreatedlikeflax,hempyieldsa beautifulfibersocl
    tahighpowermicroscope isneededtotellthedifferenceandonlythenbecauseinhemp,
    trandsoffiberandholdingthem suspendedwilldefinitelyidentifythetwobecause,upondr
    ndtoturntotherightorclockwise,andhemptotheleft orcounterclockwise.Before[Worl
    ,000tons ofhemp,allofwhichisstillhandbrokenandhandscutched.Theynow produceh
    emselves,asalsodoes Italyfromwhomwehadlargeimportations.Inthiscountry,hemp,whe
    ieldsaboutthreetonsofdrystrawper acre.From15to20percentofthisisfiber,and8
    dlygrowingmarketforcelluloseandwood flowerforplasticsgivesgoodreasontobelievet
    edmaterialmayprovesufficientlyprofitabletopayforthecrop, leavingthecostofthef
    mpetewith500,000 tonsofhardfibernowimportedannually.Hempbeingfromtwotothree t
    ibers,muchlessweightisrequired togivethesameyardage.Forinstance,sisalbindertw
    thruns450ft.tothelb.Abettertwinemadeofhemp wouldrun1280ft.tothelb.Hem
    ethetropicalfibers,andnoneofthemlastsas longineitherfreshorsaltwater.Whilet
    rawshouldbecutwhenthepollenstartstofly,someof thebestfiberhandledbyMinnesota
    Thispointshouldbeprovedassoonaspossiblebyplantingafewacres andthenharvesting
    enisflying,the secondandthirdaweekor10daysapart,andthelastwhentheseedis f
    ptseparateandscutched andprocessedseparatelytodetectanydifferenceinthequalityan
    randseed. Severaltypesofmachineareavailableinthiscountryforharvesting hemp.On
    ralyearsagobythe InternationalHarvesterCompany.Recently,growersofhempinthe Mid
    ulargrainbindersforthiswork.This rebuildingisnotparticularlyexpensiveandthemac
    vesatisfactoryservice.Degummingofhempisanalogoustothe treatmentgivenflax.Thesh
    ghtlymore resistancetodigestion.Ontheotherhand,theybreakdownreadily uponcomple
    cess.Andexcellentfibercan, therefore,beobtainedfromhempalso.Hemp,whentreatedb
    ,canbespunoncotton,wool,andworstedmachinery, andhasasmuchabsorbencyandwearing
    pes ofmachinesforscutchingthehempstalksarealsoonthemarket. Scutchmillsformerly
    dWisconsinusedthe systemthatconsistedofasetofeightpairsofflutedrollers, throu
    ssedtobreakupthewoodyportion.

    Fromthere,thefiberwithadheringshardsorhurds,astheyare calledwastransferred
    eyer. Thiscarriesthefiberpasttworevolvingsingledrumsintandem,all havingbeating
    ry,whichbeatoffmostofthe hurdsaswellasthefibersthatdonotrunthefulllengtho
    rtotowis50%each.Toworshort tangledfibersthengoestoavibratingcleanerthatsha
    ndIllinois,anothertypehasbeentriedout. Thismachineconsistsofafeedingtableupon
    dhorizontally.Conveyorchainscarrythestalksalonguntilthey aregraspedbyaclamping
    rriesthem throughhalfofthemachine.Apairofintermeshinglawnmowertype beatersarep
    hefeedingchainandbreak thehempstalksoverthesharpedgeofasteelplate,theobject
    fthestrawandwhipthehurdsfromthe fiber.Ontheothersideandslightlybeyondthefi
    herset,whichisplaced90degreesfromthe firstpairandwhipsoutthehurds.Thefirstc
    alkstoanothertoscutchthefiberthatwasundertheclampat thebeginning.Unfortunatel
    sevenmore towthanthesocalledWisconsintype.Thistowisdifficultto recleanbecaus
    iversthattenaciously adheretothefiber.Anothertypepassesthestalksthroughaseries
    llers.Thisbreaksupthewoodyportionintohurds about3/4inchlong,andthefiberthen
    procatingslottedplatesworkingbetweenstationaryslottedplates. Adheringhurdsareremov
    erwhichcontinuesonaconveyer tothebalingpress.Becausenobeatingofthefiberagain
    fscutchermakeonlylinefiber.Thisisthen processedbythesamemethodsasthoseforfl
    urersareinterestedinhempseedoilwhichisagooddrying agent.Whenmarketshavebeend
    eing wasted,seedandhurds,hempwillprove,bothforthefarmerandthe public,themost
    opthatcanbegrown,and onethatcanmakeAmericanmillsindependentofimportations.Rece
    shavegivenwarningsagainstthedestructionof timber.Possibly,thehithertowasteprodu
    t meetagoodpartofthatneed,especiallyintheplasticfieldwhichis growingbeleaps
    EGALCANNABIS Asyounowknow,theindustrialrevolutionofthe19thCenturywasa setback
    uetothelackofmechanized harvestingandbreakingtechnologyneededformassproduction.
    urcewasfartoovaluabletoberelegatedtotheback burnerofhistoryforverylong.By19
    thatadecorticatingandharvestingmachinewouldbedeveloped,and hempwouldagainbeAmer
    ulturalindustry.In1938, magazinessuchasPopularMechanics,andMechanicalEngineering
    enerationofinvestorstofullyoperationalhemp decorticatingdevices bringingustothis
    ecauseofthismachine,bothindicatedthathempwouldsoonbe America snumberonecrop! B
    aking

    Ifhempwerelegallycultivatedusing20thCenturytechnology,itwould bethesinglelarges
    ntheUnitedStatesandworld today!(PopularMechanicsFebruary1938 MechanicalEngineerin
    8 U.S.DepartmentofAgricultureReports1903,1910, 1913.)Infact,whentheprecedingtwo
    arlyin 1937,hempwasstilllegaltogrow.Andthesewhopredictedbillions ofdollarsin
    tconsiderincomefrom medicines,energy(fuel)andfood,whichwouldnowaddanothertrilli
    uallytoourcoming"natural"economy(comparedto oursynthetic,environmentallytroublede
    ationalsmoking wouldaddonlyarelativelyminoramounttothisfigure.Themost important
    azinearticlesprojectedbillionsin newincomewashempfor"pulppaper"(asopposedtofib
    sonswereforitsfiber,seedandmanyotherpulp uses.Thisremarkablenewhemppulptechno
    nventedin1916byourownU.S.DepartmentofAgriculturechief scientists,botanistLyster
    onMerrill.This technology,coupledwiththebreakthroughofG.W.Schlichten s decorticatin
    ,patentedin1917,madehempaviablepaper sourceatlessthanhalfthecostoftreepulp
    ry,alongwithSchlichten smachine,broughtthe processingofhempdownfrom200to300man
    leofhours.*Twentyyearslater,advancingtechnologyandthe buildingofnewaccessroads
    ble. Unfortunately,bythen,oppositionforceshadgatheredsteamandacted quicklytosupp
    tion.*SeeAppendixI. APlantoSaveOurForests Somecannabisplantstrainsregularlyre
    etormoreinonegrowingseason.Thenewpapermakingprocessused hemp"hurds"77percen
    ena wastedbyproductofthefiberstrippingprocess.In1916,USDA BulletinNo.404repo
    mp,inannual rotationovera20yearperiod,wouldproduceasmuchpulpforpaperas 4.1
    me20yearperiod.This processwoulduseonly1/7to1/4asmuchpollutingsulfurbasedac
    elikeligninthatbindsthefibersof thepulp,orevennoneatallusingsodaash.Allth
    .Hemppulpisonly410percentlignin,while treesare1830percentlignin.Theproblem
    savoidedinthehemppapermakingprocess,whichdoesnotneed tousechlorinebleach(asth
    cessrequires), butinsteadsubstitutessaferhydrogenperoxideinthebleaching process.T
    desfourtimesasmuchpulpwithatlestfour toseventimeslesspollution.Aswehaveseen
    ependedontheinventionandtheengineeringofnewmachines forstrippingthehempbymoder
    lsolower demandforlumberandreducethecostofhousingwhileatthesametime helpingr
    ample:Ifthenew(1916)hemp pulppaperprocesswereinuselegallytoday,itwouldsoonre
    odpulppaper,includingcomputer,printout paper,corrugatedboxesandpaperbags.Pulppap
    rcenthemphurdsisstrongerandmoreflexiblethanpapermadefrom woodpulp.Makingpaper
    ironment.Hemp papermakingdoesnot.(Dewey&Merrill,Bulletin#404,USDA,1916 New Scie
    rkproductionfromitsgiantFrenchhemp

    fiberpapersubsidiaryDeMauduit,1937through1984.) Conservation&SourceReduction Redu


    ceofpollution,usuallyfrommanufacturingwith petrochemicalsortheirderivatives,isac
    ontrol methodoftencalledforbyenvironmentalists.Whetherthesourceof pollutionisCFC
    carbons)fromrefrigeration,spraycans, computers,tritiumandplutoniumproducedformilit
    e sulfuricacidsusedbypapermakers,thegoalisreducingthesourceof pollution.Inthe
    kedtochoosepaperor plasticforyourbags,youarefacedwithanenvironmentaldilemma
    rplasticbagsmadefromfossilfuel andchemicalscouldchooseabiodegradable,durablepap
    newablesourcethecannabishempplant.Theenvironmental advantagesofharvestinghempan
    sinthe ground! forpapermaking,andforreplacingfossilfuelsasanenergy source,ha
    ereductionofpollution. AConspiracytoWipeOuttheNaturalCompetition Inthemid1930s
    empfiberstrippingmachines andmachinestoconservehemp shighcellulosepulpfinallybec
    ,availableandaffordable,theenormoustimberacreage andbusinessesoftheHearstPaperM
    sion,Kimberly Clark(USA),St.Regisandvirtuallyallothertimber,paperand largenew
    sstoodtolosebillionsofdollars andperhapsgobankrupt.Coincidentally,in1937,DuPo
    ssesformakingplasticsfromoilandcoal,aswellasa newsulfate/sulfiteprocessformak
    rding toDuPont sowncorporaterecordsandhistorians,*theseprocesses accountedforover
    ecompany srailroadcarloadings overthenext60yearsintothe1990s.*Author sresearch
    ithDuPont,19851996.Ifhemphadnotbeenmade illegal,80percentofDuPont sbusinesswo
    ed andthegreatmajorityofthepollutionwhichhaspoisonedour NorthwesternandSoutheas
    aveoccurred.Inan openmarketplace,hempwouldhavesavedthemajorityofAmerica svital
    robablyhaveboostedtheirnumbers,despitethe GreatDepressionofthe1930s.Butcompeting
    entally sanehemppaperandnaturalplastictechnologywouldhavejeopardized thelucrativ
    esofHearst,DuPontandDuPont schief financialbacker,AndrewMellonoftheMellonBanko
    lReorganization" Aseriesofsecretmeetingswereheld.In1931,Mellon,inhisroleas Ho
    asury,appointedhisfuturenephewinlaw, HarryJ.Anslinger,tobeheadofthenewlyreor
    rcoticsandDangerousDrugs(FBNDD),apostheheldforthenext 31years.Theseindustrial
    wthatmachineryto cut,bale,decorticate(separatethefiberfromthehighcellulose hurd
    opaperorplasticswasbecomingavailable inthemid1930s.Cannabishempwouldhavetogo
    rttoitsstockholders,thecompanystronglyurgedcontinued investmentinitsnew,butnot
    rochemical syntheticproducts.DuPontwasanticipating"radicalchanges"from

    "therevenueraisingpowerofgovernment... convertedintoan instrumentforforcingac


    sofindustrialand socialreorganization."**(DuPontCompany,annualreport,1937,our em
    heMarijuanaConviction(UniversityofVirginia Press,1974),RichardBonnieandCharlesWhi
    iledthis process:"Bythefallof1936,HermanOliphant(generalcounseltothe TreasuryD
    dtoemploythetaxingpower[ofthe federalgovernment],butinastatutemodeledafterthe
    hollyunrelatedtothe1914Harrison[narcotics]Act. Oliphanthimselfwasinchargeofprep
    ger directedhisarmytoturnitscampaigntowardWashington."Thekey departureofthemar
    atoftheHarrisonActis thenotionoftheprohibitivetax.UndertheHarrisonAct,anon
    lybuyorpossessnarcotics.Tothe dissentersintheSupremeCourtdecisionsupholdingthe
    stratedthatCongress motivewastoprohibitconduct ratherthanraiserevenue.Sointhe
    signed toprohibittrafficinmachineguns,Congress permitted anyonetobuy amachinegu
    ya$200transfertax*andcarry outthepurchaseonanorderform."TheFirearmsAct,passe
    ideCongress motivesbehindaprohibitive tax.TheSupremeCourtunanimouslyupheldthean
    rch29,1937.OliphanthadundoubtedlybeenawaitingtheCourt s decision,andtheTreasury
    ceditsmarihuanataxbill twoweekslater,April14,1937."Thus,DuPont s**decisiontoin
    esbasedon"forcingacceptanceofsuddennewideasof industrialandsocialreorganization"
    5,000in 1998dollars.**It sinterestingtonotethatonApril29,1937,two weeksafter
    uced,DuPont sforemost scientist,WallaceHumeCarothers,theinventorofnylonforDuPont,
    beroneorganicchemist,committedsuicidebydrinking cyanide.Carotherswasdeadatage4
    ont splanswerealludedtoduringthe1937SenatehearingsbyMatt Rens,ofRensHempCompa
    utallsmallproducersoutofthebusiness ofgrowinghemp,andtheproportionofsmallprod
    ealpurposeofthisbillisnottoraisemoney,isit? SenatorBrown:Well,we restickingt
    .Rens:Itwillcostamillion. SenatorBrown:Thankyou.(Witnessdismissed.) Hearst,His
    es Concernabouttheeffectsofhempsmokehadalreadyledtotwomajor governmentalstudie
    ndiareleasedthe ReportoftheIndianHempDrugsCommission18931894onheavybhang smoke
    ndin1930,theU.S.governmentsponsored theSilerCommissionstudyontheeffectsofoffd
    yAmericanservicemeninPanama.Bothreportsconcluded thatmarijuanawasnotaprobleman
    minal penaltiesapplytoitsuse.Inearly1937,AssistantU.S.Surgeon GeneralWalterTrea
    sAdvisorySubcommitteeofthe LeagueofNationsthat,"Itmaybetakenforarelativelylon

    withoutsocialoremotionalbreakdown.Marihuanaishabitforming.. .inthesamesense
    ere atwork.ThewarfurythatledtotheSpanishAmericanWarin1898was ignitedbyWill
    tionwidechainof newspapers,andmarkedthebeginningof"yellowjournalism"*asaforce i
    .*Webster sDictionarydefines"yellow journalism"astheuseofcheaplysensationalorun
    s innewspapersandothermediatoattractorinfluencethereaders.In the1920sand 30s,
    beratelymanufacturedanew threattoAmericaandanewyellowjournalismcampaigntohaveh
    le,astoryofacaraccidentinwhicha"marijuana cigarette"wasfoundwoulddominatethe
    lcoholrelatedcaraccidents(whichoutnumberedmarijuanaconnected accidentsbymorethan1
    lythebackpages.Thissame themeofmarijuanaleadingtocaraccidentswasburnedintothe
    veragaintheinlate1930sbyshowingmarijuana relatedcaraccidentheadlinesinmoviessu
    d "MarijuanaAssassinofYouth." BlatantBigotry Startingwiththe1898SpanishAmerican
    perhad denouncedSpaniards,MexicanAmericansandLatinos.Aftertheseizure of800,000ac
    meMexicantimberlandbythe "marihuana"smokingarmyofPanchoVilla,*theseslursintensif
    caracha"tellsthestoryofoneofVilla smenlooking forhisstashof"marijuanaporfumar
    extthreedecades,Hearstpaintedapictureofthelazy,potsmoking Mexicanstilloneof
    . Simultaneously, hewagedasimilarracistsmearcampaignagainsttheChinese,referring
    wPeril."From1910to1920,Hearst snewspapers wouldclaimthatthemajorityofincidents
    o haverapedwhitewomen,couldbetraceddirectlytococaine.This continuedfortenyear
    ot"cocainecrazed Negroes"rapingwhitewomenitwasnow"marijuanacrazedNegroes" rapi
    sandothersensationalistictabloidsran hystericalheadlinesatopstoriesportraying"Negr
    cansas frenziedbeastswho,undertheinfluenceofmarijuana,wouldplayanti white"vood
    )andheapdisrespectand "viciousness"uponthepredominantlywhitereadership.Othersuch
    ingfromthisdruginduced"crimewave"included: steppingonwhitemen sshadows,lookingw
    yinthe eyeforthreesecondsormore,lookingatawhitewomantwice,laughing atawhite
    ndredsofthousandsof Mexicansandblacksspent,inaggregate,millionsofyearsinjails,
    gs,underbrutalsegregationlawsthatremained ineffectthroughouttheU.S.untilthe1950
    oughpervasiveandrepetitiveuse,poundedtheobscureMexicanslang word"marijuana"intot
    ngAmericanconsciousness. Meanwhile,theword"hem"wasdiscardedand"cannabis,"thescien
    signoredandburied.TheactualSpanishwordforhempis "canamo."ButusingaMexican"So
    ana, oftenAmericanizedas"marihuana"guaranteedthatfewwouldrealize thattheproper
    turalmedicines, "cannabis,"andforthepremiereindustrialresource,"hemp,"hadbeen pus
    uage.

    TheProhibitiveMarijuanaTax InthesecretTreasuryDepartmentmeetingsconductedbetween1
    ohibitivetaxlawsweredraftedandstrategiesplotted. "Marijuana"wasnotbannedoutright
    occupationalexcisetaxupondealers,andatransfertaxupondealings inmarijuana."Import
    ers,sellersanddistributorswere requiredtoregisterwiththeSecretaryoftheTreasurya
    naltax.Transfersweretaxedat$1anounce $100anounce ifthedealerwasunregistered.
    al"rawdrug"cannabiswhichatthetimesoldforonedollaran ounce.2Theyearwas1937.
    ics officer.**NewYorkcurrentlyhasanetworkofthousandsofnarcotics officers,agents
    antsand20timesthepenal capacityithadin1937,althoughthestate spopulationhaso
    eSupremeCourtdecisionofMarch29,1937, upholdingtheprohibitionofmachinegunsthroug
    liphantmadehismove.OnApril14,1937heintroducedthebill directlytotheHouseWays
    ther appropriatecommitteessuchasfoodanddrug,agriculture,textiles, commerce,etc.Hi
    eenthat"WaysandMeans"isthe onlycommitteethatcansenditsbillsdirectlytotheHous
    ttodebatebyothercommittees.WaysandMeans ChairmanRobertL.Doughton,*akeyDuPont
    hesecretTreasurybillandsentitsailingthroughCongress tothePresident.*ColbyJerry
    yleStewart, 1984. "DidAnyoneConsulttheAMA?" However,evenwithinhiscontrolledCommi
    nyexpert witnessesspokeoutagainstthepassageoftheseunusualtaxlaws.Dr. WilliamG.
    howasbothaphysicianandan attorneyfortheAmericanMedicalAssociation,testifiedonb
    neffect,theentirefabricoffederaltestimonywas tabloidsensationalism!Norealtestim
    aw, passedinignorance,couldpossiblydenytheworldapotential medicine,especiallynow
    ldwasjustbeginningto findwhichingredientsincannabiswereactive.Woodwardtoldthe
    easontheAMAhadn tcomeoutagainstthe marijuanataxlawsoonerwasthatmarijuanahadbe
    r20yearsas"killerweedfromMexico."TheAMAdoctorshad justrealized"twodaysbefore"
    ,thatthe plantCongressintendedtooutlawwasknownmedicallyascannabis,the benignsu
    ithperfectsafetyinscoresof illnessesforoveronehundredyears."Wecannotunderstand
    odwardprotested,"whythisbillshouldhavebeenprepared insecretfortwoyearswithouta
    eprofession, thatitwasbeingprepared."HeandtheAMA"werequicklydenouncedby Ansli
    sionalcommittee,andcurtlyexcused.3 *TheAMAandtheRooseveltAdministrationwerestron
    937.WhentheMarijuanaTaxActbillcameupfororalreport, discussion,andvoteonthef
    ent questionwasaskedfromthefloor:"DidanyoneconsultwiththeAMAand gettheiropini
    son,answeringfortheWaysand MeansCommitteereplied,"Yes,wehave.ADr.Wharton[mis
    dward?]and{theAMA}areincompleteagreement!"

    Withthismemorablelie,thebillpassed,andbecamelawinDecember 1937.Federalandstat
    d,whichhave incarceratedhundredsofthousandsofAmericans,addinguptomorethan 14mi
    lsandprisonsevencontributingto theirdeathsallforthesakeofpoisonous,pollutin
    onsandtoreinforcesomewhitepoliticians policies ofracialhatred.(Mikuriya,Tod,M.C.
    alPapers,1972 Sloman,Larry,ReeferMadness,GrovePress,1979 Lindsmith,Alfred, TheA
    aU.Press Bonnie&Whitebread The MarijuanaConviction,U.ofVAPress U.S.Cong.Reco
    byingagainsttheTaxActwithallitsenergywastheNational OilSeedInstitute,represent
    inelubrication producers,aswellaspaintmanufacturers.SpeakingtotheHouseWays and
    ,theirgeneralcounsel,RalphLoziers, testifiedeloquentlyaboutthehempseedoilthatwas
    lawed: "RespectableauthoritiestellusthatintheOrient,atleast200 millionpeopleuse
    toconsiderationthat forhundreds,yes,thousandsofyears,practicallythatnumberof peo
    hisdrug.ItissignificantthatinAsiaand elsewhereintheOrient,wherepovertystalks
    heydrawonalltheplantresourceswhichabountifulnaturehas giventhatdomainitiss
    lion peoplehasever,sincethedawnofcivilization,beenfoundusingthe seedofthispla
    ftherewereany deleteriouspropertiesorprinciplesintheseedoroil,itis reasonable
    tals,whohavebeenreachingout intheirpovertyforsomethingthatwouldsatisfytheirmor
    vediscoveredit.Ifthecommitteeplease,the hempseed,ortheseedofthecannabissativa
    lnationsandalsoinapartofRussiaasfood.Itisgrownin theirfieldsandusedasoat
    ghempseedintheOrientasfood.Theyhavebeendoingthatfor manygenerations,especiall
    akeisthisthatthisbillistooallinclusive.Thisbillisa worldencirclingmeasure.
    hingofthisgreatindustryunderthesupervisionofabureau whichmaymeanitssuppressi
    dintothe U.S.62,813,000poundsofhempseed.In1935therewasimported116 millionpoun
    terests AstheAMA sDr.Woodwardhadasserted,thegovernment stestimony beforeCongress
    sistedalmostentirelyof Hearst sandothersensationalandracistnewspaperarticlesread
    linger,*directoroftheFederalBureauofNarcotics (FBN).(Thisagencyhassinceevolved
    nt Administration[DEA]).*HarryJ.Anslingerwasdirectorofthenew FederalBureauofN
    onin1931forthenext31 years,andwasonlyforcedintoretirementin1962byPresidentJ
    riedtocensorthepublicationsandpublishers ofProfessorAlfredLindsmith(TheAddictand
    nPost,

    1961)andtoblackmailandharasshisemployer,IndianaUniversity. Anslingerhadcomeunder
    marksasearlyas1934by aU.S.senatorfromPennsylvania,JosephGuffey,forsuchthingsa
    oredniggers"inletterscirculatedtohis departmentheadsonFBNstationery.Priorto1931
    stantU.S.CommissionerforProhibition.Anslinger,remember,was handpickedtoheadthen
    rcoticsbyhisuncle inlaw,AndrewMellon,SecretaryoftheTreasuryunderPresident Herb
    wMellonwasalsotheownerandlargest stockholderofthesixthlargestbank(in1937)int
    ankinPittsburgh,oneofonlytwobankersforDuPont*from 1928tothepresent.*DuPontha
    ytwice initsentire190yearhistory,oncetobuycontrolofGeneralMotors inthe1920s.
    igiousplumofthe financialworld.In1937,AnslingertestifiedbeforeCongresssaying, "M
    tviolencecausingdruginthehistoryof mankind."This,alongwithAnslinger soutrageous
    nd beliefs,wasmadetothesoutherndominatedcongressionalcommitteeand isnowanembarr
    tirety.Forinstance, Anslingerkepta"GoreFile,"culledalmostentirelyfromHearstand
    abloidse.g.,storiesofaxemurders,whereoneof theparticipantsreportedlysmokedajo
    ting thecrime.AnslingerpushedonCongressasafactualstatementthat about50%ofallv
    ntheU.S.werecommittedby Spaniards,MexicanAmericans,LatinAmericans,Filipinos,Afric
    dGreeks,andthesecrimescouldbetraceddirectlyto marijuana.(FromAnslinger sownreco
    aniaState University,ref. LiCataMurders,etc.)NotoneofAnslinger s marijuana"Gore
    evedtobetruebyscholars whohavepainstakinglycheckedthefacts.4 SelfPerpetuatingLi
    tics,hadAnslingerbotheredtocheck,showedat least6575%ofallmurdersintheU.S.wer
    .Asanexampleofhisraciststatements,Anslinger readintoU.S.Congressionaltestimony
    tories about"coloreds"withbiglips,luringwhitewomenwithjazzmusicand marijuana.He
    ckstudentsattheUniversity ofMinnesotadoingthistoawhitecoed"withtheresultofpr
    nof1937gaspedatthisandatthefactthatthisdrug seeminglycausedwhitewomentotouc
    lynooneinAmericaotherthanahandfulofrichindustrialists andtheirhiredcopsknewt
    petitorhemp wasbeingoutlawedunderthename"marijuana."That sright. Marijuanawas
    empprohibitionand economicsuppression.Thewaterwasfurthermuddiedbytheconfusionof
    coweed"(JimsonWeed).Thesituationwasnot clarifiedbythepress,whichcontinuedtopr
    ntothe1960s.Atthedawnofthe1990s,themostextravagantand ridiculousattacksonthe
    aattention suchasastudywidelyreportedbyhealthjournals*in1989that claimedmari
    oundofweightper day.Nowin1998,theyjustwanttoducktheissue.*AmericanHealth,
    riousdiscussionsofthehealth,civil libertiesandeconomicaspectsofthehempissueare
    edasbeingnothingbutan"excusesothatpeoplecansmokepot"

    asifpeopleneedanexcusetostatethefactsaboutanymatter.One mustconcedethat,as
    eneficialnatureofhempandconfusingthemastoitsrelationship with"marijuana"hasbeen
    otnotes: 1.Dewey&Merrill,Bulletin404,USDepartmentofAgriculture1916 "BillionDoll
    hanics,1938 U.S.Agricultural Indexes,1916through1982 NewScientist,November13,1980
    ugAbuseandtheLaw,1974. 3.Bonnie,Richard&Whitebread,Charles,TheMarijuanaConvicti
    ress,1974 Congressionaltestimony,1937(Seefull testimonyinAppendix) etal. 4.Sloma
    979 BonnieandWhitebread,The MarijuanaConviction,Univ.ofVirginiaPress,1974. ManM
    nativetoNaturalFibers Thelate1920sand1930ssawcontinuingconsolidationofpowerinto
    eel,oilandchemical(munitions)companies. TheU.S.federalgovernmentplacedmuchofthe
    nfor thedomesticeconomyinthehandsofitschiefmunitionsmaker,DuPont. Theprocessin
    eintoexplosivesisverysimilar totheprocessfornitratingcelluloseintosyntheticfibe
    n,thefirstsyntheticfiber,issimplystabilized guncotton,ornitratedcloth,thebasice
    ntury. "Syntheticplasticsfindapplicationinfabricatingawidevarietyof articles,many
    eremadefromnaturalproducts,* beamedLammotDuPont(PopularMechanics,June1939,pg.80
    turalresources,"thepresidentofDuPontcontinued, "Thechemisthasaidedinconservingna
    ydeveloping syntheticproductstosupplementorwhollyreplacenaturalproducts." DuPont s
    eretheworld sleadingresearchersintothe processesofnitratingcelluloseandwereinfa
    sor ofcelluloseinthenationinthisera.TheFebruary1938Popular Mechanicsarticlestat
    fhemphurdsareused everyyearbyonelargepowdercompanyforthemanufactureofdynamite
    Ponthadlargelycorneredthemarketin explosivesbybuyingupandconsolidatingthesmalle
    esinthelate1800s.By1902itcontrolledabouttwothirdsof industryoutput.Theywere
    plying40 percentofthemunitionsforthealliesinWWI.Ascelluloseandfiber researche
    whemp struevaluebetterthan anyoneelse.Thevalueofhempgoesfarbeyondlinenfibers
    n,canvas,nettingandcordage,theselongfibers areonly20percentofthehempstalk swei
    hempisinthe77percentcellulosehurd,andthiswasthemost abundant,cleanestresource
    per,plastics andevenrayon.Theempiricalevidenceinthisbookshowsthatthe federalgo
    arijuanaTaxActallowedthis munitionsmakertosupplysyntheticfibersforthedomestic
    ition.Theproofofasuccessfulconspiracyamongthese corporateandgoverninginterestsi
    Pontwas stillthelargestproducerofmanmadefibers,whilenoAmerican citizenhaslegal
    eoftextilegradehempin over60years(exceptduringtheperiodofWWII).Analmostunlim

    tonnageofnaturalfiberandcellulosewouldhavebecomeavailableto theAmericanfarmerin
    tentednylonandthe pollutingwoodpulppapersulfideprocess.Allofhemp spotential va
    ticsoftheearly1900sweremadeof nitratedcellulose,directlyrelatedtoDuPont smuniti
    .Celluloid,acetateandrayonwerethesimpleplasticsofthat era,andhempwaswellknow
    hepremier resourceforthisnewindustrytouse.Worldwide,therawmaterialof simplepl
    ldbebestsuppliedbyhemphurds. Nylonfibersweredevelopedbetween19261937bythenote
    eCarothers,workingfromGermanpatents.These polyamidesarelongfibersbasedonobserve
    Carothers,suppliedwithanopenendedresearchgrantfromDuPont,made acomprehensivestud
    osefibers.Heduplicated naturalfibersinhislabsandpolyamideslongfibersofaspec
    oped.(Curiously,WallaceCarothers committedsuicideoneweekaftertheHouseWaysandMea
    ilof1937,hadthehearingsoncannabisandcreatedthebillthat wouldeventuallyoutlawh
    umbasedchemicalswereemployed,anddifferent devices,spinneretsandprocesseswerepaten
    f textile,nylon,wastobecontrolledfromtherawmaterialstage,as coal,tothecomplet
    icalproduct.The chemicalcompanycentralizedtheproductionandprofitsofthenew "mira
    uctionofnylon,theintroductionofhigh volumemachinerytoseparatehemp slongfiberfr
    ndtheoutlawingofhempas"marijuana"alloccurredsimultaneously. Thenewmanmadefibers
    ibedaswarmaterial. Thefibermakingprocesshasbecomeonebasedonbigfactories, smoke
    zardouschemicals,ratherthanoneof strippingouttheabundant,naturallyavailablefibers
    storyofmakingexplosivesandmunitions,theold"chemicaldye plants"nowproducehosiery,
    nvas,latexpaintand syntheticcarpets.Theirpollutingfactoriesmakeimitationleather,
    oodsurfaces,whileanimportantpartofthenatural cyclestandsoutlawed.Thestandardfib
    erica s traditionalcrop,hemp,couldprovideourtextilesandpaperandbethe premiersou
    arindustriesDuPont,Allied Chemical,Monsanto,etc.,areprotectedfromcompetitionby
    akewaronthenaturalcycleandthecommon farmer.ShanClark CHAPTER5MARIJUANAPROH
    analaw..."Shouldwebelieveselfserving, evergrowingdrugenforcement/drugtreatment
    nd advancementdependsonfindingmoreandmorepeopletoarrestand treat ?"MoreAmerica
    sons, penitentiaries,jailsandstockadesthanhaveeverdiedfrommarijuana throughouthis
    rotecting?Fromwhat? Fred Oerther,M.D.,Portland,Oregon,September1986 MovingtoCr
    381944NewYorkCity"LaGuardiaMarijuanaReport"refuted hisargument,byreportingthatm
    olenceatalland

    citingotherpositiveresults,HarryJ.Anslinger,inpublictirade aftertirade,denounced
    uardia,theNewYorkAcademy ofMedicineandthedoctorswhoresearchedthereport.Anslinge
    esedoctorswouldneveragaindomarijuana experimentsorresearchwithouthispersonalperm
    jail!HethenusedthefullpoweroftheUnitedStatesgovernment, illegallytohaltvirtual
    juanawhilehe blackmailedtheAmericanMedicalAssociation(AMA)*intodenouncingthe New
    icineanditsdoctorsfortheresearchtheyhad done.*Why,youask,wastheAMAnowonAns
    gagainsttheMarijuanaTaxActin1937?Answer:since Anslinger sFBNwasresponsiblefor
    rescribed narcoticdrugsforwhathe,Anslinger,deemedillegalpurposes,they (theFBN)ha
    han3,000AMAdoctorsforillegal prescriptionsthrough1939.In1939,theAMAmadespecifi
    nmarijuana.Theresults:onlythreedoctorswere prosecutedforillegaldrugsofanysort
    heLaGuardiareport,theAMA,atAnslinger spersonalrequest, conducteda194445study "o
    p34werenegroes andonewaswhite"(forstatisticalcontrol)whosmokedmarijuana, became
    tesoldiersandofficersinthesegregated military.(SeeAppendix,"ArmyStudyofMarijuan
    1945.)Thistechniqueofbiasingtheoutcomeofastudyisknownamong researchersas"gutte
    reatofPeace However,from1948to1950,Anslingerstoppedfeedingthepressthe storytha
    ecausingandbegan"redbaiting", typicaloftheMcCarthyera.NowthefrightenedAmerican
    swasamuchmoredangerousdrugthanheoriginally thought.Testifyingbeforeastronglya
    948 andthereaftercontinuallytothepressAnslingerproclaimedthat marijuanarendere
    l,butsopeacefuland pacifistic! thattheCommunistscouldandwouldusemarijuanato
    n swilltofight.Thiswasa180degree turnaroundoftheoriginalpretextonwhich"violen
    utlawedin1937.Undaunted,however,Congressnowvotedto continuethemarijuanalawbas
    oningthey hadusedtooutlawcannabisinthefirstplace.Itisinterestingand evenabsur
    sbiggestsupporters southerncongressmenandhisbestsenatorialfriend,SenatorJoseph
    sinfrom1948on,constantlyreceivedpress coverageonthescare.*AccordingtoAnslinge
    ook,TheMurderers,andconfirmedbyformerFBNagents,Anslingerhad beensupplyingmorphin
    enatorJosephMcCarthy foryears.ThereasongivenbyAnslingerinhisbook?Sothe C
    isgreatAmericanSenator forhisdrugdependencyweakness.(DeanLatimer,FlowersintheB
    urderers.)AnslingertoldcongresstheCommunists wouldsellmarijuanatoAmericanboystos
    tto makeusanationofzombiepacifists.Ofcourse,theCommunistsof RussiaandChina
    noiaeverychance theygotinthepressandattheUnitedNations.Unfortunately,the ide
    sationalworldpressforthe next20yearsthateventuallyRussia,China,andtheEasternBl
    es(thatgrewlargeamountsofcannabis)outlawed

    marijuanaforfearthatAmericawouldsellitoruseittomakethe communistsoldiersdocil
    rangebecause Russia,EasternEurope,andChinahadbeengrowingandingesting cannabisas
    antandworktonicforhundredsand eventhousandsofyears,withnothoughtofmarijuanala
    ietPressDigest,Oct.1990reportedaflourishingillegal hempbusiness,despitethefranti
    awenforcement agenciestostampitout."InKirghiziaalone,hempplantationsoccupy some
    therarea,Russiansaretravelingthree daysinto"oneofthemoresinisterplacesintheMo
    staspecialhighgrade,droughtresistantvarietyofhemp knownlocallyasanasha.)" ASec
    ndsandChoices Throughareportreleasedin1983undertheFreedomofInformationAct, it
    arsofsecrecy)thatAnslingerwas appointedin1942toatopsecretcommitteetocreatea"
    trategicService(OSS),whichevolvedintothe CentralIntelligenceAgency(CIA).(Rolling
    3) Anslingerandhisspygrouppicked,asAmerica sfirsttruthserum, "honeyoil,"amuch
    ormofhashoil,tobe administeredinfoodtospies,saboteurs,militaryprisonersandthe
    ngly"spillthetruth."Fifteenmonthslater, in1943,marijuanaextractswerediscontinued
    oupas America sfirsttruthserumbecauseitwasnotedthattheydidn twork allthetime.
    tedwouldoftengiggleorlaugh hystericallyattheircaptors,getparanoid,orhaveinsatia
    themunchies?).Also,thereportnotedthatAmericanOSS agentsandotherinterrogationgro
    oneyoil illegallythemselves,andwouldnotgiveittothespies.In Anslinger sOSSgrou
    naasatruthserum, therewasnomentionofviolencecausedbythedrug!Infact,the opp
    heCIAcontinuedthesearch andtriedotherdrugsasatruthserum psilocybinoramanitama
    meafew.Fortwentyyears,theCIAsecretly testedtheseconcoctionsonAmericanagents.U
    umpedfrombuildings,orthoughtthey dgoneinsane.Ourgovernment finallyadmitteddoinga
    leinthe1970s,after 25yearsofdenials:drugginginnocent,nonconsenting,unaware citi
    vernmentagentsallinthenameofnational security,ofcourse.TheseAmerican"security"
    hreatenedandevenoccasionallyimprisonedindividuals,familiesand organizationsthatsugg
    ruggingseveroccurred.Itwasthree decadesbeforetheFreedomofInformationActforcedth
    roughexposureonTVbyCBS s"60Minutes"andothers. However,onApril16,1985theU.S.S
    didnothavetorevealtheidentitiesofeithertheindividualsor institutionsinvolvedin
    tsaid,ineffect,that theCIAcoulddecidewhatwasorwasnottobereleasedunderthe F
    hecourtscouldnotoverrulethe agency sdecision.Asanaside,repealingthisFreedomofI
    ftheprimegoalsoftheReagan/Bush/Quayle Administration.(L.A.Times,TheOregonian,etc
    Oregonian,January21,1985 Lee,Martin&Shlain,Bruce,AcidDreams, GrovePress,NY,1985

    CriminalMisconduct BeforeAnslingerstartedthepacifistzombiemarijuanascarein1948, h
    azzmusic,violence,andthe"gorefiles"forfiveto sevenmoreyears(194350)inthepres
    ,and congressionalhearings.Wenowknowthatonthesubjectofhemp, disguisedasmarijua
    ucraticpoliceliar.For morethan60yearsnowAmericanshavebeengrowingupwithand acc
    ementsontheherbfromviolencetoevil pacifismandfinallytothecorruptinginfluence
    nomicallyorraciallyinspired,orevenbecauseofupbeatmusic orsomekindofsynergistic
    ,isimpossibletoknow forsure.ButwedoknowthatfortheU.S.government,e.g.,DEA,
    nabiswasthenandcontinuestobe,a deliberatedeception.Asyouwillseeinthefollowing
    iricalfactandlargeamountsofcorroboratingevidence indicatethattheformerReagan/Bush
    istrationsalongwith theiruniquepharmaceuticalconnections(see"Bush/Quayle/Lilly Pharm
    icalSellout"below)haveprobablyconspiredatthehighest levelstowithholdinformationa
    ublic,resulting intheavoidableandneedlessdeathsoftensofthousandsofAmericans. An
    tendingtosavetheirowninvestmentand theirfriends inthepharmaceutical,energyan
    esepoisonous,syntheticindustriesaninsaneadvantage overnaturalhempandprotectthebi
    nannualprofits thattheystoodtoloseifthehempplantandmarijuanawerenot prohibite
    ricanshavewastedmillionsof yearsinjailtime,andmillionsofliveshavebeenandconti
    edoutasHearst s,Anslinger sandDuPont s shamefuleconomiclies,viciousraciallibelsa
    l taste. TheBush/Quayle/LillyPharmaceuticalSellout InAmerica,marijuana smostoutspok
    ntsarenoneotherthan formerFirstLadyNancyReagan(19811989)andformerPresidentGeor
    ormerDirectoroftheCIAunderGeraldFord (19751977)andpastdirectorofPresidentReaga
    9811988).AfterleavingtheCIAin1977,Bushwasmadedirectorof EliLilytononeothert
    y,whoowned controllinginterestintheLillycompanyandtheIndianapolisStar. DanQuayl
    enfordrugkingpins,gunrunnersand governmentofficialsintheIranContrascandals.The
    argestockholdersinLilly,Abbott,BristolandPfizer, etc.AfterBush sdisclosureofass
    blicthat Bush sfamilystillhasalargeinterestinPfizerandsubstantial amountsofsto
    ioneddrugcompanies.Infact, Bushactivelylobbiedillegallybothwithinandwithoutthe
    icePresidentin1981topermitdrugcompaniesto dumpmoreunwanted,obsoleteorespecially
    d substancesonunsuspectingThirdWorldcountries.WhileVicePresident, Bushcontinuedto
    ehalfofpharmaceuticalcompanies bypersonallygoingtotheIRSforspecialtaxbreaksfor
    es(e.g.Lilly)manufacturinginPuertoRico.In1982,Vice PresidentBushwaspersonallyo
    heIRSon behalfofthedrugcompaniesbytheU.S.SupremeCourtitself.(See Appendix.)H
    ls)stillreceiveda23%

    additionaltaxbreakfortheircompaniesinPuertoRicowhomakethese Americanoutlaweddru
    dcountries.(Financial disclosurestatements Bush1979taxreport "BushTriedtoSwayaT
    drew"NYTimes,May19,1982 misc.corporate records ChristicInstitute"LaPenca"affida
    t.) CHAPTER6MEDICALLITERATUREONCANNABISMEDICINE Ourauthorityhereisthe Bodyof
    hancient materiamedicae ChineseandHindupharmacopoeiaandNearEastern cuneiformtable
    gallthewayintothiscentury, includingthe196676U.S.renaissanceofcannabisstudies
    esonmedicinesandeffectsfromthehempplant. Comprehensivecompendiaoftheseworksare
    sourcesforthismedicalchapter,aswellasongoinginterviewswith manyresearchers. Affo
    leHerbalHealthCare Formorethan3,500years,cannabis/hemp/marijuanahasbeen,depending
    ation,eitherthemostusedoroneofthemost widelyusedplantsformedicines.Thisinclu
    eandNearEast,Africa,andpreRomanCatholicEurope(priorto 476A.D.).Dr.RaphaelMech
    dOmniMagazine (September1982)allindicatethat,ifmarijuanawerelegalitwould immedi
    llpharmaceuticalprescriptionmedicines (basedonresearchthrough1976).Andprobably,Me
    ates, 4050%ofallmedicines,includingpatentmedicines,couldcontainsome extractfrom
    enfullyresearched.(ReadtheU.S. governmentsponsoredresearchasoutlinedbyCohen&Sti
    icPotentialofMarijuana,1976 Roffman,Roger,Marijuanaas Medicine,1980 Mikuriya,Tod,
    calPapers,1972 Also,theworkofDr.NormanZinberg Dr.AndrewWeil Dr.Lester Grinspo
    dentialCommissionreports [ShaferCommission]from1972 Dr.RaphaelMechoulam,Tel Aviv/J
    .196497 W.B.O Shaunessymonograph,1839 and thelongtermJamaicanstudiesI&II,196
    S.Copticstudies,1981 Ungerlieder U.S.military studiessincethe1950sand 60s.) Supe
    MarijuanawasAmerica snumberoneanalgesicfor60yearsbeforethe rediscoveryofaspirin
    o1900cannabismadeup halfofallmedicinesold,withvirtuallynofearofitshigh.The1
    yDr.W.B.O Shaugnessy,oneofthe mostrespectedmembersoftheRoyalAcademyofSciences,
    d19thCenturyWesternmedicineasthediscoveriesof antibiotics(likepenicillinandTerra
    thCentury medicine.Infact,theCommitteeonCannabisIndicafortheOhioState MedicalS
    HighBiblicalcommentators[scholars]" believe"thatthegallandvinegar,ormyrrhedwine,
    iourimmediatelybeforehiscrucifixionwasinallprobability,a preparationofIndianhemp
    ,OhioStateMedicalSociety 15thannualmeetingJune1214,1860,pg.75100.)From1850t
    istedcannabisastheprimarymedicineformore

    than100separateillnessesordiseases.Duringallthistime(pre1000 B.C.to1940sA.D.,
    ddrugmanufacturers(Eli Lilly,ParkeDavid,Squibb,etc.)hadnoideawhattheactive in
    euntilDr.MechoulamdiscoveredTHCin 1964. 20thCenturyResearch Asoutlinedinthepre
    ricanMedicalAssociation (AMA)anddrugcompaniestestifiedagainstthe1937MarijuanaTax
    abiswasknowntohavesomuchmedicalpotentialandhad nevercausedanyobservableaddicti
    he possibilityexisted,theyargued,thatoncetheactiveingredientsin cannabis(suchas
    tedandcorrectdosages established,cannabiscouldbecomeamiracledrug.Twentynineyears
    er,beforeAmericanscientistscouldbegintoeven lookintocannabismedicineagain.THCDe
    RaphaelMechoulamattheUniversityofTelAvivin1964.Hiswork confirmedthatofProfess
    adleadthe researchandidentificationofnaturalTHCDelta9precursorsinthe 1930s.Ka
    edwiththestructureof cannabis activeingredientsin1944.Since1964,morethan400 se
    eenisolatedincannabisfromoverathousand suspectedcompounds.Atleast60oftheisola
    eutic.TheUnitedStates,however,forbadethistypeofresearch throughthebureaucratica
    lingerutil1962,when hewasforcedtoretire.(OmniMagazine,Sept.1982) GrowingAccept
    fyoungAmericanshadbegunusingmarijuana. Concernedparentsandgovernment,wantingtokn
    r childrenwererisking,startedfundingdozensandlaterhundredsof marijuanahealthstud
    ntheoldergeneration sminds were30yearsofAnslinger/Hearstscarestoriesofmurder,at
    enzombiepacifism.Federallysponsoredresearchresults begantoeaseAmericans fearsofc
    iolenceorzombie pacifism,andhundredsofnewstudiessuggestedthathiddeninsidethe he
    ylayamedicinalarrayofincredibletherapeutic potential.Thegovernmentfundedmoreand
    gions ofAmericanresearchershadpositiveindicationsusingcannabis, anorexia,tumorsand
    ellasforageneraluseantibiotic. Cumulativefindingsshowedevidenceoffavorableresult
    esofParkinson sdisease,anorexia,multiplesclerosisandmuscular dystrophy plusthousan
    toriesallmeritedfurther clinicalstudy.Priorto1976,reportsofpositiveeffectsandne
    cationsforcannabiswerealmostaweeklyoccurrencein medicaljournalsandthenationalpr
    erencePraisedCannabisTherapyPotential InNovember1975,virtuallyallofAmerica sleadi
    son marijuanametatAsilomarConferenceCenter,PacificGrove,California. Seminarswere
    tionalInstituteonDrugAbuse(NIDA) toaddressacompendiumofstudiesfromtheirearliest
    gs.Whentheseminarswereover,practicallyallthescientists concludedthatthefederalg
    ardevidencecollected

    sofaronthetherapeuticpotentialofmarijuana,shouldberushingto investtaxmoneyinto
    hetaxpayersshouldbe informedthattherewaseverylegitimatereasonforthefieldofpubl
    rgescaleresearchoncannabismedicineand therapies.Alltheparticipants,itseems,beli
    suchasMechoulam)believedthatcannabiswouldbeoneofthe world smajormedicinesbythe
    houlam,in aspeechattheBioFachinFrankfort,Germany,stillbelievedthat cannabisis
    dicine. MarijuanaResearchBanned However,in1976,justasmultidisciplinedmarijuanares
    avebeengoingintoitssecond,third,andfourthgenerationstudies (seeTherapeuticPotent
    dNORMLfederalfiles),a "surprise"UnitedStatesgovernmentpolicyagainforbadeallpromi
    earchintomarijuana stherapeuticeffects.Thistime,the researchbanwasaccomplishedwhe
    maceuticalcompanies successfullypetitionedthefederalgovernmenttobeallowedtofinance
    %oftheresearch.Theprevioustenyearsofresearchhad indicatedatremendouspromisefor
    tural cannabis,andthispotentialwasquietlyturnedovertocorporatehands notforthe
    ppressthemedical information.Thisplan,thedrugmanufacturerspetitioned,wouldallow o
    ompaniestimetocomeupwithpatentablesynthetics ofthecannabismoleculesatnocostto
    nda promiseof"nohighs."In1976,theFordAdministration,NIDAandthe DEAsaidineffe
    read:university)research orfederalhealthprogramwouldbeallowedtoagaininvestigaten
    sderivativesformedicine.Thisagreementwasmadewithoutany safeguardsguaranteeingint
    hepharmaceutical companies theywereallowedtoregulatethemselves.Private pharmaceutic
    ionswereallowedtodosome"nohigh"research, butitwouldbeonlyDelta9THCresearch,
    lytherapeuticisomersincannabis.Whydidthedrugcompanies conspiretotakeovermarijua
    .S.government research(196676)hadindicatedorconfirmedthroughhundredsof studiest
    udecannabiswasthe"bestandsafest medicineofchoice"formanyserioushealthproblems.
    atCannabishasMedicalValue TheDEA sownconservativeadministrativelawjudge,FrancisY
    ngmedicaltestimonyfor15daysandreviewinghundredsof DEA/NIDAdocumentspositionedaga
    ntroducedby marijuanareformactivists,concludedinSeptember1988that"marijuana isone
    apeuticallyactivesubstancesknowntoman." Butdespitethispreponderanceofevidence,the
    hnLawn orderedonDecember30,1989thatcannabisremainlistedasaSchedule Inarcotic
    ccessor,Robert Bonner,whowasappointedbyBushandkeptinofficebyClinton,was evenm
    chtohemp/marijuanaasmedicine. Clinton scurrentDEAadministrator ThomasConstantine(a
    3),upholdspoliciesforworseeventhanBonner s.So...ifall thishasbeenknownsin
    or? ProtectingPharmaceuticalCompanies Profits

    NORML,HighTimes,andOmni(September1982)indicatethatEliLilly, AbbottLabs,Pfizer,S
    ndotherswouldlose hundredsofmillions,tobillionsofdollarsannually,andloseeven m
    ldcountries,ifmarijuanawerelegalinthe U.S.**Remember,in1976,thelastyearofthe
    edrugcompanies,throughtheirownpersistence(specifically intenselobbying)gotthefede
    ttoceaseallpositive researchintomedicalmarijuana. PuttingtheFoxintotheHealthCa
    ompaniestookoverallresearchandfinancingintoanalogsof syntheticTHC,CBD,CBN,etc.,
    foreallowingthe productsonthemarket.EliLillycameoutwithNabiloneandlater Marin
    insofTHCDelta9,andpromisedthe governmentgreatresults.OmniMagazine,in1982,state
    abilonewasstillconsideredvirtuallyuselesswhen comparedwithreal,homegrownTHCrich
    nol worksaswellasmarijuanainonly13%ofpatients.Marijuanausers mostlyagree,they
    y sNabiloneor Marinol.Why?YouhavetogetthreeorfourtimesashighonMarinol tos
    nggoodcannabisbud.Omni alsostatedin1982(andit sstilltruein1999),thatafterten
    eyearsofresearchonmedicalmarijuana synthetics,"thesedrugcompaniesaretotallysucce
    gh raw,organiccannabisisa"superiormedicine"whichworkssowell naturally,onsomany
    mnialsosuggestedthedrug companiespetitionthegovernmenttoallow"crudedrugextracts"
    alinterestofpublichealth.Thegovernmentandthe drugcompanies,todate,havenotresp
    espondedbyignoringit.However,theReagan/Bush/Clinton administrationsabsolutelyrefuse
    sumptionofreal (university)cannabisresearch,exceptundersyntheticpharmaceutical stud
    uggests,andNORMLandHighTimesconcur,thereasonthe drugcompaniesandReagan/Bush/Clin
    theticTHClegal isthatsimpleextractionsofthehundredsofingredientsfromthe cannabi
    oyedwithoutpharmaceuticalcompany patentswhichgeneratewindfallmonopolizedprofits. Un
    ngtheNaturalMedicines Competition EliLilly,Pfizerandothersstandtoloseatleasta
    hlyprofitable,patentmonopolyonsuchdrugsasDarvon, Tuinal,Seconal,andProzac(aswel
    ications rangingfrommuscleointmentstoburnointments,tothousandsofother products)b
    onecangrow:cannabishemp.Isn tit curiousthatAmericandrugcompaniesandpharmacistg
    alfthefundingforthe4,000"FamiliesAgainstMarijuana"type organizationsinAmerica?T
    edbyAction(a federalVISAagency)andbytobaccocompanieslikePhilipMorris,and byli
    euserBusch,Coors,etc.,orasa "publicservice"bytheadagencieswhorepresentthem.*
    buse,etc.Seeappendices. PoisoningtheThirdWorld

    Columbia slargestnewspaper,PeriodicalelTiempo(Bogota),reported in1983thatthesesam


    acrusadingAmerican pharmaceuticalcompaniesareguiltyofapracticeknownas"product du
    hey"sellontheoverthecountermarketsof Columbia,Mexico,Panama,Chile,ElSalvador,H
    , over150differentillegal,dangerousdrugs."Thisreporthasnotbeen disputedbytheU
    npharmaceuticalcompanies andthepracticecontinuesin1998.Someofthesedrugshavebeen
    rsaleoruseintheU.S.oritscounterpartsin Europebecausetheyareknowntocausemaln
    ncer.Yettheyaresoldoverthecountertounsuspecting illiterates!TheWorldHealthOrga
    orywitha conservativeestimate:theysaythatsome500,000peoplearepoisoned eachyear
    sbyitems(drugs,pesticides,etc.) soldbyAmericancompaniesbutwhicharebannedfromsa
    esmagazine,1979,"UnbrokenCircle"June,1989 The Progressive,April1991,etal. Destro
    d Some10,000studieshavebeendoneoncannabis,4,000intheU.S.,and onlyaboutadozen
    sandthesehavenever beenreplicated.TheReagan/BushAdministrationputasoft"feeler"
    orallAmericanuniversitiesandresearchers todestroyall196676cannabisresearchwork,
    iumsin libraries.Scientistsanddoctorssoridiculedthisunparalleled censorshipmoveth
    ropped...forthemoment. However,weknowthatlargeamountsofinformationhavesince
    iginalcopyoftheUSDA sownpro marijuanafilmHempforVictory.Worseyet,eventhemer
    dfromtheofficialrecordbackto1958,andhashad tobepainstakinglyreestablishedaspa
    . ManyarchivalandresourcecopiesofUSDABulletin404have disappeared.Howmanyother
    aldocumentshave alreadybeenlost?Inlate1995andearly1996,DennisPeron,founder of
    nSanFrancisco,gaveCaliforniavoters Proposition215,astatewideinitiativetomakecann
    cine.Themedicalmarijuanainitiativecollected750,000 signatures,madetheCaliforniaba
    dby56%ofthevote inNovember1996.Now,in1998,hundredsofthousandsofCalifornians
    alegally.Nonetheless,thefederal government,inclearoppositiontothepeople smandate
    rassandclosedownmostofthecannabisbuyers /cultivators clubsincludingPeron s.Inter
    96,morevotersin CaliforniavotedformedicalmarijuanathanvotedforBillClinton.In A
    ullyearafterthepassageofProposition 215bythemajorityvote,anL.A.Timespollfound
    nianswouldnowvoteforitanincreaseof11%inthefirst year.Ninetysixpercent(near
    oan ongoingCNNInternetpoll,inMarchof1998,saidthey"supporttheuse ofmarijuanaf
    ast,only4%of respondents(lessthan1,000votersoverall)saidtheyopposedtheuse ofc
    tients.Californianstakingadvantageof thenewmedicalmarijuanalawincludepoliceoffice
    ttorneysandmayors.Someofthesamepeoplewhoformerlyarrested andprosecutedcitizens
    lorotherwise,arenow usingitthemselvesorfortheirfamiliesineverincreasingnumbers

    UponreenteringtheUnitedStatesfromCanada,inMarchof1998, CaliforniaresidentKareem
    hestscoring professionalbasketballplayerinhistory,wasbustedforpossessionof asmal
    na.Hepaida$500finetoU.S.Customsand explainedtothepressthat,asaCaliforniaci
    ationtousemedicalmarijuana.Professionalandcollegiate athleteswholiveinCalifornia
    ecommendationfor medicalmarijuanatheoreticallydonothavetoundergourinetesting for
    hethousandsofCaliforniaactors,musiciansand writerswholegallyusemedicalmarijuanaw
    er McWilliams,whosufferedfromAIDSandcancer.Hesaid,"Ifitweren t fortheillegal
    tion215),therewouldhave beennomarijuanaandIwouldn tbealivetoday.Marijuanaeas
    eformetokeepdownfoodandthepillsI musttaketocombatmydiseases.Fuckthefedera
    airRapforHemp After20yearsofstudy,theCaliforniaResearchAdvisoryPanel(RAP) in1
    rneyGeneral soffice(AG),under whichitworks,andcalledfortherelegalizationofcanna
    ttocontinuingunmodified,muchlessintensified,the policiesandlawsthathavesoobviou
    he individualandsocietaldamagesassociatedwithdruguse,"summarized ViceChairmanFred
    .D.,inaletterreleasedwiththe group srecommendationsaftertheattorneygeneralhads
    ndpanelmemberselectedtopublishitattheirownexpense. Thiswasacompleteturnaround
    f suppressingmedicalusage.Thelongtermimpactofthisshiftremains tobeseen.Chairm
    ntedbytheAG,who dissentedfromthepanel sconclusions,hadforyearsdominatedthis gr
    ingwhatresearchcouldbeperformedand limitingthoseapplicationstocontrolofnausea
    darytocancerchemotherapy.UnderO Brien,thepanel systematicallywelshedonitsmandate
    sionate medicinalaccesstocannabis.Anyapplicationsforusingcannabis includingtheco
    ticneurologicaldisorders,etc., havebeenrejected. Cannabisusedtobethetreatmentof
    rormigraineheadache.(Osler,1916 O Shaugnessey,1839) Cannabishastheuniquecharacte
    hevascular circulationofthecoveringofthebrainthemeninges.Thereddened eyesof
    onofthisaction.Unlike otherdrugs,however,cannabishasnoapparentaffectonthevascu
    xceptforaslightspeedingupoftheheartduring theonsetoftheeffectsofthedrug.RAP
    gcannabisinfavorofsyntheticDeltaTHCcapsules,despite crudecannabis favorablecompa
    portedtotheFoodand DrugAdministration.Thishasbeenfranklymisrepresentedintheir r
    tureandtestimonyintheNORMLvs.DEAcase. Additionally,thesememorandafavorablycompa
    nato oralTHChavebeenburiedinappendicestotheirreportsavailablein onlyfourloc
    ornia!OnSeptember30, 1989,themedicalmarijuanaprogramquietlyexpired,basedonthe s
    hatnoenoughpeoplehadbeentreatedtojustify itsextension. TodMikuriya,M.D.Berkel

    CHAPTER7THERAPEUTICUSEOFCANNABIS Therearemorethan60therapeuticcompoundsincann
    tsinmedicalandherbaltreatments.Theprimaryoneis THC,andtheeffectivenessofthera
    atetothe herb spotencyorconcentrationofTHC.RecentDEAreportsof increasinglypote
    erepresentamajormedical advance but,incredibly,thegovernmentusestheseverynumbers
    getsandharsherpenalties.OnNovember5,1996,56% ofCaliforniacitizensvotedfortheCa
    ateUseAct (medicalmarijuanainitiative)endingalllegalstateeffortstokeep marijuana
    icinebyCaliforniacitizens.Arizona citizens,inNovember1996,alsopassed,byanevengr
    assificationinitiativethatincludedmedical marijuana,backedby,amongothers,thelateU
    ry Goldwater.Arizona sgovernorandlegislature,exercisingtheirveto overrideabilityon
    itiativelawsforthefirsttimein 90years,struckdownthispopularinitiativepassedby
    ensangrilyrespondedbyrecollectingmorethan150,000 signaturesina90dayreferendump
    rnedthe medicalmarijuanainitiativetotheballotforNovember1998.The followingexpla
    efitwhenthefreedomofchoice ofdoctorsandpatientsisonceagainrespected.Warning:Th
    lescientistsanddoctorsadvise:Thereisnopharmacological freelunchincannabisorany
    nscanresult.A smallpercentageofpeoplehavenegativeorallergicreactionsto marijua
    aveproblems,eventhoughcannabis generallyrelievesstress,dilatesthearteries,anding
    ediastolicpressure.Asmallpercentageofpeoplegetespecially highheartratesandanxi
    sepersonsshouldnot useit.Somebronchialasthmasufferersbenefitfromcannabis howev
    sanadditionalirritant.Forthe overwhelmingmajorityofpeople,cannabishasdemonstrated
    dredsoftherapeuticuses.Amongthem: ASTHMA Morethan15millionAmericansareaffected
    abis(the"rawdrug"astheAMAcalledit)wouldbebeneficialfor 80%ofthemandadd30a6
    teof extendedlifetocurrentasthmaticsoverpresentlylegaltoxic medicinessuchasthe
    ibedtochildren."Takinga hitofmarijuanahasbeenknowntostopafullblownasthmaatt
    ionwithDr.DonaldTashkin,December12,1989and December1,1997.)Theuseofcannabisf
    sandsofyearsinliterature.Americandoctorsofthelastcentury wroteglowingreportsin
    masufferersofthe worldwould"bless"Indianhemp(cannabis)alltheirlives.Today,of
    hmasufferers,onlyCalifornians,witha doctor srecommendation,canlegallygrowandusec
    es, eventhoughitisgenerallythemosteffectivetreatmentforasthma. (Tashkin,Dr.Dona
    udies(forsmokedmarijuana), 196997 Ibid.,asthmastudies,196976 Cohen,Sidney&Still
    tialofMarijuana,1976 LifeInsuranceActuarial rates Lifeshorteningeffectsofchildhoo
    UCOMA

    FourteenpercentofallblindnessinAmericaisfromglaucoma,a progressivelossofvision.
    dbenefit90%ofour 2.5millionglaucomavictims,andistwotothreetimesaseffectiveas
    ucingocularpressure!Cannabisusehas notoxicsideeffectstotheliverandkidneys nor
    onalsuddendeathsyndromesassociatedwiththelegal pharmaceuticalglaucomadrugs/drops.
    iaeyedoctors, throughthe1970s, 80s,and 90s,discreetlyadvisedtheirpatientsto use
    nadditionto(ortomitigate)theirtoxic legalglaucomamedicines.SinceNovember1996,C
    legallyrecommend,adviseortacitlyapprovecannabisusebytheir glaucomapatientswhomay
    eirownmarijuana,or gotothefewremainingCannabisBuyers Clubstoacquiremedical mar
    rank,1971,UCLA MedicalCollegeof Georgia U.ofNorthCarolinaSchoolofMedicine,1975
    cPotentialofMarijuana,UCLA,1976 NationalEye Institute RecordsofBobRandolph/ElvyM
    MORS Atumorisamassofswollentissue.ResearchersattheMedical CollegeofVirginiad
    ncredibly successfulherbforreducingmanytypesoftumors,bothbenignand malignant(can
    therfederalagencieshadordered thesetumorstudiesdoneafterhearingerroneousreportso
    icologicalproblemsassociatedwithcannabissmoke.But,in1975, insteadofhealthproblem
    calbreakthroughoccurred andsuccessfultumorreductionswererecorded!Followingthis re
    tivediscoverybytheMedicalCollegeofVirginia, orderswereimmediatelyhandeddownbyth
    stituteofHealthtodefundallfurtercannabis/tumorresearchand reporting!MillionsofA
    livetodayaredead becauseoftheseandotherDEAordersregardingmarijuana.Since1996,
    giniahasagainappliedtoreceivegrantsfor cannabisresearchandhasbeenturneddownby
    g.,AIDS,CANCERTHERAPY,SEASICKNESS) Thoughitisknowntobeextremelydamagingtothei
    rapyisclaimedbypractitionerstobenefitcancerandAIDS patients.Butchemohassomeot
    o,including nausea."Marijuanaisthebestagentforcontrolofnauseaincancer chemothe
    homasUngerleider,whoheaded California sMarijuanaforCancerresearchprogramfrom1979t
    sotrueinAIDSandevenintheunsettledstomachcommoninm otionsickness.Pharmaceutica
    npillsthat areoftenswallowedbythepatient,onlytobethrownbackup.Because cannab
    ysinthesystemandkeeps workingevenifvomitingcontinues.Throughoutthestate s10ye
    uanaMedicallaw,GeorgeDeukmejian,bothas attorneygeneralandasgovernor,withnoregar
    yingcancerpatients,madeitvirtuallyimpossibleforthemtoget cannabis.CalifornaGove
    llowingthesamecourse untilthemedicalmarijuanainitiativepassedinNovember1996. EPI
    CLEROSIS,BACKPAIN,MUSCLESPASMS

    Cannabisisbeneficialfor60%ofallepileptics.Itisdefinitelythe besttreatmentform
    psy,andfor victims postseizurementaltraumas.Cannabisextractismore effectivethan
    rescribedantiepilepticwith severesideeffects).MedicalWorldNewsreportedin1971:"M
    emostpotentantiepilepticknowntomedicine today."(Mikuriya,TodH.,M.D.,MarijuanaM
    2, pagexxii.)Cannabisusers epilepticseizuresareoflessintensity thanthemoredang
    encedbyusersof pharmaceuticals.Similarly,smokingcannabishasproventobeamajor so
    lesclerosis,whichaffectsthenervous systemandischaracterizedbymuscularweakness,tr
    romaddictivemorphine,cannabis,whethersmokedorappliedasan herbalpackorpoultice,i
    laxant,backspasm medicineandgeneralantispasmodicmedicationonourplanet.In Septemb
    zCounty,California,Sheriffsrearrested eqilepticValerieCorralandconfiscatedthefive
    ntsshe wasgrowingformedicineeventhough77%ofthecitizensofSantaCruz votedinNov
    wenforcementnotto prosecutemedicalmarijuanausers.ChargesagainstCorralhadbeen dr
    h1993becauseshewasthefirstpersonin Californiatomeetallsixpointsofamedicalne
    ie,whorunsacompassionateuseclub,wasnamedCitizenof theYearinSantaCruz.(Cohen
    tialof Marijuana,1976 ConsultU.S.Pharmacopoeiapriorto1937 Mikuriya, TodH.,M.D.,
    ,18391972.) ANTIBIOTICCBDDISINFECTANTS Youngunbuddedhempplantsprovideextractions
    iolic acids).Therearemanyantibioticusesofthecannabidiols,including treatmentfor
    idastudyindicateditsusein treatingherpes.Theacidsideoftetrahydrocannabinol,cann
    erselytotheamountoftheplant sTHCandisthereforemore acceptabletoprohibitionists
    igh."For virtuallyanydiseaseorinfectionthatcanbetreatedwithterramycin, cannabis
    erinCzechoslovakianstudies,19521955. TheCzechsin1997stillpublishedfarmcroprepor
    owcannabidiolrichhemp.(AlsoseeCohen&Stillman,Therapeutic PotentialofMarijuana M
    rijuanaMedical Papers Roffman,MarijuanaasMedicine,1982 InternationalFarmCrop abstr
    IS,HERPES,CYSTICFIBROSISANDRHEUMATISM Cannabisisatopicalanalgesic.2Until1937,vir
    asters,mustardplasters,muscleointments,andfibrosispoultices weremadefromorwithca
    .Rheumatismwastreated throughoutSouthAmericauntilthe1960swithhempleavesand/orf
    eroralcoholandplacedonpainfuljoints.Infact, thisformofherbalmedicineisstill
    co,CentralandSouthAmerica,andbyCaliforniaLatinosforrelief ofrheumatismandarthri
    ctwithTHCkilled herpesvirusinaUniversityofSouthFlorida(Tampa)1990research stud
    rnsthat"smokingmarijuanawillnot cureherpes."However,anecdotalreportsindicateafa

    healingoftheoutbreakaftertopicalapplicationof"strongbud," soakedinrubbingalcohol
    te. LUNGCLEANERANDEXPECTORANT Cannabisisthebestnaturalexpectoranttoclearthehuma
    dthephlegmassociatedwithtobaccouse.Marijuanasmoke effectivelydilatestheairwayso
    i,openingthem toallowmoreoxygenintothelungs.Itisalsothebestnatural dilatoro
    onchialtubesmaking cannabisthebestoverallbronchialdilatorfor80%ofthepopulation
    timesshowminornegativereactions).(See sectiononasthmaadiseasethatclosesthese
    nstudies,196997 U.S.CostaRican,198082 Jamaican studies196974,76.)Statistical
    sanomaliesinmatchedpopulationsindicatesthatpeoplewhosmoke tobaccocigarettesare
    lllivelongerifthey smokecannabismoderately,too.(Jamaicna,CostaRicanstudies.) Mi
    avegivenuporavoidedsmokingtobaccoproducts infavorofcannabis,whichisnotgoodnew
    bbySenatorJesseHelmsandhiscohorts.Aturnofthecentury grandfatherclauseinU.S.
    tional chemicalstobeadded.Additionssincethentotheaveragetobacco cigaretteareun
    eU.S.hasnorighttoknow whattheyare.Manyjoggersandmarathonrunnersfeelcannabis
    ngbetterendurance.Theevidenceindicates thatcannabisusewillprobablyincreasethese
    rijuanausers livesbyaboutonetotwoyearsyettheymaylose theirrights,property,c
    ,justforusing thatsafestofsubstances:cannabis. SLEEPANDRELAXATION Cannabislowers
    latesthearteriesandreducesbody temperatureanaverageofonehalfdegree,therebyrelie
    ngcannabissmokersingeneralreportmorerestfulsleep.Using cannabisallowsmostpeople
    hahigheramount of"alphatime"duringsleepascomparedwithprescriptionorsleep indu
    scriptionsleepingpills(thesocalled "legal,safeandeffective"drugs)areoftenjustsy
    oftrulydangerousplantslikemandrake,henbaneandbelladonna.As lateas1991,doctors,
    mpanieswerefightingoff newlegislationtorestricttheseoftenabusedcompounds.(L.A.T
    .UnlikeValium,cannabisdoesnotpotentiatethe effectsofalcohol.Itisestimatedthat
    e than50%ofValium,Librium,Thorazine,Stelazine,other"zine"drugs andmostsleeping
    blethat,overthepasttwo decades,tensofthousandsofparentshavecommittedtheirown
    eatedbymassivedosesofsocalled" zine"drugsinordertogetthemoffpot,attheurgi
    dadministratorsanddoctorsfrom federallyapproved,privateandhighprofitdrugrehabilit
    s.Often,"zine"drugsdoworktostoptheseyouthsfromusing pot.Theyalsostopakid
    ndaoneinfourchanceofsufferingfromuncontrollable shakingfortherestoftheirlives
    h.* TheU.S.CentersforDiseaseControlinAtlantasaidthat2040%of"

    zine"drugusershaveorwilldeveloppermanentlifetimepasies (shakes),November1983.Th
    urotoxinsarechemically relatedtothepesticideandwarfarenervegasSarin.Hundredsof
    itationcentersandtheirleaderskeepthispolicy aliveandinfrontofthemedia,oftenqu
    tsfrom NIDAorDEA(seeChapter16,debunking)becausetheyearnfatprofits sellingthe
    rijuanatreatment"for children.Afterall,arelapsejustmeansusingmarijuanaagainst a
    than"authority." Thisismindcontroland anattempttodestroyindividualfreewill. TH
    OTENTIAL Medicalresearchindicatesthatlightcannabissmokingmightbeuseful foramajor
    mavictims.Itwouldimprovethequality oflifeformillionsofsufferersandextendtheir
    entandDEA(since1976)sakythesideeffectofbeing "high"isnotacceptable,nomatterh
    nthoughsome90millionAmericanshavetriedmarijuanaand25to30 millionAmericanshave
    llionAmericans havetriedmarijuanaand25to30millionstillsmokemarijuana relaxationa
    siblyasaformofdailyself medication,withoutonesingledeathfromoverdoesever!A
    ansfereffectscausebycannabis indicatesthatthechest(lung)pains,extremitypains,sha
    th,andheadacheswemayexperienceonheavysmogdaysareusually alleviatedbycannabissm
    y.Dr.DonaldTashkin, theU.S.government sleadingscientistonmarijuanapulmonary rese
    mber1989*,andagaininDecember1997,that youcannotgetorpotentiateemphysemawithcan
    kin sMarijuanaPulmonaryResearch,UCLA,19691997.Since1981, thisauthorhaspersonally
    udiesandhas continuouslyinterviewedTashkinoncannabis medicalindications last perso
    asinDecember1997. STRESSANDMIGRAINEHEADACHERELIEF Mostofall:itisbestforthewo
    cansafelycurtailorreplaceValium,Librium,alcohol,orevenProzac, formillionsofAmer
    sintoxicationvarieswith psychologicalsetandsocialsetting,"themostcommonresponsei
    horicstateinwhichtimeslowsandasensitivityto sights,soundsandtouchhisenhanced."
    s safe,therapeuticaction,benzodiazepine(Valium)abuseisthenumber onedrugabuseprob
    ndisresponsibleformore emergencyroomadmissionsintheUnitedStatesthaneithercocain
    orphoneandheroinrelatedadmissionscombined.* Whiletobaccoconstrictsarteries,cannabis
    pens)them. Becausemigraineheadachesaretheresultofarteryspasmscombined withoverr
    hevascularchangescannabiscausesin thecoveringofthebrain(themeninges)usuallymake
    ar.Evidenceofvascularchangecausedbycannabiscanbeseen intheuser sredeyes,whic
    ever, unlikemostotherdrugs,cannabishasnoapparenteffectonthe vascularsysteminge
    tlyincreasedheartrate duringtheonsetofthehigh.

    TOINCREASEAPPETITE Usersofmarijuanaoften(butnotalways)experience"themunchies,"a
    iteforfood,which,atthistime,makescannabisthe verybestmedicineontheplanetfora
    ds ofAmericansinoldage,convalescentwardsorhospitalsituationshave anorxia.Mostc
    syettheseAmericansare beingdeniedahealthylifebygovernmentalpolicydictatedby
    ctcanalsoextendthelivesofAIDSand pancreaticcancer(eatordie).However,theDEAa
    nyresearchoruseofcannabisinpancreaticcancertherapy since1976.Theyhaveeffective
    ndsofpeople todieeachyear,denyingthemtherighttoliveotherwisenormal, healthyan
    UCESALIVA Marijuanasmokingcanhelpdryyourmouthforthedentist.Thisisthe bestway
    callyinwhatisknownamong smokersasits"cottonmouth"effect.AccordingtotheCanadia
    iesconductedinthe1970s,cannabiscouldreplace thehighlytoxicProbathinecompoundspro
    is mayalsoindicatethatcannabiscouldbegoodfortreatingpeptic ulcers. INADDITION.
    DREDSOFOTHERPRIMARYMEDICALUSES OnewellknowneffectofTHCistolifethespirit,orm
    nJamaicapraiseganja sbenefitsformeditation, concentration,consciousnessraisingandp
    ateofwell beingandselfassertiveness.5Thiskindofattitudeadjustment,along withah
    etterrest,oftenrepresentsthe differencebetweenfeelinglikeyouare"dyingof"AIDSor
    eyouare"livingwith"AIDSorcancer.Cannabisalsoeases smallpainsandsomebigonesa
    haches andpainslikearthritis,insomniaanddebilitatinginfirmities,and enjoylifein
    omfort.Legendhasit,andmedical evidenceindicates,thatcannabisisthebestoveralltr
    ,senility,andmaybeAlzheimer sdisease,forlongtermmemory "gain"andhundredsofother
    ticsofthe1970s indicatedthatyouwillliveeightto24yearslongerifyousubstitute d
    accoandalcoholuse.Newresearchis outlawed,ofcourse. ACCEPTABLERISKS EveryU.S.co
    gewhohasstudiedtheevidencehas agreedthatcannabisisoneofthesafestdrugsknown.
    s,ithasonlyonesideeffectthathasbeenexaggerated asaconcern:the"high."TheDEA
    biscontinuestobetotallyillegalinutterdisregardforboth doctorandpatient.Everyd
    erminewhether therisksassociatedwiththerapeutic,yetpotentiallydangerousdrugs area
    heirpatients.Yet,doctorsarenotallowedto prescribetheherbthatFederalJudgeFranci

    ofthesafesttherapeuticallyactivesubstancesknowntoman."We don tputoutdoctorsin


    tcrimes.The police,prosecutorsandprisonguardsshouldnotbeinchargeofwhich herba
    reattheirpersonalhealth problems. Footnotes: 1.Cohen&Stillman,TherapeuticPotential
    ,UCLA,1976 personalinterviewdinWashington,D.C.(1982)withresearchersfrom theMedi
    ia. 2.Cohen&Stillman,TherapeuticPotentialofMarijuana,UCLA,1976 Mikuriya,TodH.,
    alPapers18391972,MediComp Press,Oakland,CA, 1973.3.TheAntibioticEffectofCanna
    ibacterialEffectofCannabisIndica,1955,fromMarijuanaMedical Papers Cohen&Stillman,
    ntialofMarijuana,UCLA, 1976. 4.HarvardMedicalSchoolMentalHealthLetter,Vol.4,No
    en,Vera&Comitas,Lambros,GanjainJamaica,AMedical AnthropologicalStudyofChronicMa
    o.,TheHague anParis,AnchorBooks,U.S.A.,1976. 6.StoppingValiumPublicCitizenHeal
    t.NW, Washington,DC. HempseedNutrition Cannabishempseedscontainalltheessentialami
    ntial fattyacidsnecessarytomaintainhealthyhumanlife.Noothersingle plantsourcep
    eininsuchaneasilydigestible form,norhastheoilsessentialtolifeinasperfectara
    y.Hempseedisthehighestofanyplantin essentialfattyacids.Hempseedoilisamongthe
    otaloilvolume.Theoilpressedfromhempseedcontains 55%linoleicacid(LA)and25%llin
    il hasmorelinolenicacidat58%,buthempseedoilisthehighestin totalessentialfatty
    ."These essentialfattyacidsareresponsibleforourimmuneresponse.Inthe oldcountry
    er.Theyweremoreresistantto diseasethanthenobility."Thehigherclasseswouldn tea
    . R.Hamilton,ED.D.,Ph.D.Medical ResearcherBichemistU.C.L.A.Emeritus.LAandLNAar
    glifeenergyfromfoodandthemovementofthatenergy throughoutthebody.Essentialfatty
    alityand stateofmind.LAandLNAareinvolvedintransferringoxygenfromthe airinth
    ayapartin holdingoxygeninthecellmembranewhereitactsasabarrierto invadingvir
    chthriveinthepresence ofoxygen.Thebentshapeoftheessentialfattyacidskeepthemf
    er.Theyareslipperyandwillnotclog arterieslikethestickystraightshapedsaturated
    sincookingoilsandshorteningsthataremadebysubjecting polyunsaturatedoilslikeLAa
    esduringthe refiningprocess.LAandLNApossessaslightlynegativechargeand haveate
    acelayers.Thispropertyis calledsurfaceactivity,anditprovidesthepowertocarrysu

    liketoxinstothesurfaceoftheskin,intestinaltract,kidneysand lungswheretheycanb
    ivitycausesthemto breakdownrapidlyintotoxiccompoundswhenrefinedwithhighheator
    esthemtolightorair.Natureprovidesseeds withanoutershellthatsafelyprotectsthe
    infromspoilage.It saperfectaswellasperfectlyedible container.Hempseedcanbegro
    nut butteronlymoredelicateinflavor.UdoErasmus,Ph.D.nutritionist says:"Hempbutte
    rtoshamefornutritiounal value."Thegroundseedscanbebakedintobreads,cakesand c
    artyadditiontogranolabars.Pioneers inthefieldsofbiochemistryandhumannutritionno
    sculardisease(CVD)andmostcancersarereallydiseasesof fattydegenerationcausedbyth
    umptionof saturatedfatsandrefinedvegetableoilsthatturnessentialfatty acidsintoc
    rs.OneoutoftwoAmericanswilldie fromtheeffectsofCVD.OneoutoffourAmericansw
    evecancerseruptwhenimmunesystemresponse isweakened.AndmoreAmericansaresuccumbin
    y diseasesthaneverbefore.Promisingstudiesarenowunderwayusing theessentialoils
    msofHIVviruspatients. Thecompleteproteininhempseedgivesthebodyalltheessential
    intainhealth,andprovidesthenecessarykindsand amountsofaminoacidsthebodyneedsto
    nd serumglobulinsliketheimmuneenhancinggammaglobulinantibodies. Thebody sability
    erfromillnessdependsuponhow rapidlyitcanproducemassiveamountsofantibodiestofen
    .Iftheglobulinproteinstartingmaterialisinshort supply,thearmyofantibodiesmay
    oms ofsicknessfromsettingin.Thebestwaytoinsurethebodyhasenough aminoacidmate
    tfoodshighin globulinproteins.Hempseedproteinis65%globulinedestinplus quantitie
    nallseeds)soitseasilydigestible proteenisreadilyavailableinaformquitesimilart
    .Hempseedwasusedtotreatnutritionaldeficiencies broughtonbytuberculosis,aseveren
    iseasethat causesthebodytowasteaway.(CzechoslovakiaTubercularNutritional Study,1
    ifeisinthewholeseed.Hempseedfoods tastegreat!Theywillinsurewegetenoughessent
    lfattyacids,tobuildstrongbodiesandimmunesystems,and tomaintainhealthandvitalit
    romHempseed NutritionbyLynnOsburn.ProducedbyAccessUnlimited,P.O.Box1900, Frazie
    TER8HEMPSEEDASTHEBASICWORLDFOOD In1937,RalphLoziers,generalcounseloftheNati
    ucts,toldtheCongressionalcommitteestudyingmarijuana prohibitionthat"hempseed...
    lnations andalsoinapartofRussiaasfood.Itisgrownintheirfieldsand usedasoa
    ghempseedin theOrientasfood.Theyhavebeendoingthisformanygenerations, especial
    sover60yearsago.Todaywe knowhempseedistheplantkingdom srichestsourceoflifeg
    ndmaywellbethecureforcancerandheart disease.

    Hempseed:Humanity sBestSingleFoodSource Ofthe3millionplusedibleplantsthatgrowo


    lantsourcecancomparewiththenutritionalvalueofhempseeds.Both thecompleteprotein
    ntainedinhempseedsare inidealratiosforhumannutrition.Onlysoybeanscontainahighe
    n.However,thecompositionoftheproteinin hempseedisuniqueinthevegetablekingdom.
    teincontentinhempseedisintheformofglobulinedestin.1(The wordedestincomesfromt
    ngedible.)The exceptionallyhighedestincontentofhempseedcombinedwithalbumin, anoth
    teincontainedinallseeds,meansthereadily availableproteininhempseedcontainsallth
    dsin idealproportionstoassureyourbodyhasthenecessarybuildingblocks tocreatepro
    tingimmunoglobulinsantibodies whosejobistowardoffinfectionsbeforethesymptomsof
    bisseedproteinevenallowsabodywithnutritionblocking tuberculosis,oralmostanyothe
    gailment,toget maximumnourishment.**Cohen&Stillman,TherapeuticPotentialof Mariju
    ,NY,1976 Czech.TubercularNutritional Study,1955.Evenmoreimportantforbuildingas
    pseedsarethehighestsourceintheplantkingdomofessential fattyacids.Theseessentia
    lenicacids,are responsibleforthelusterinyourskin,hair,eyes,andevenyour thought
    te(clear)thearteriesandarevital totheimmunesystem.Theseessentialfattyacidswere
    nominatedfortheNobelPeacePrizeeveryyearsince 1979)tosuccessfullytreat"terminal"
    ellas thosesufferingfromcardiovasculardisease,glandularatrophy,gall stones,kidney
    n,acne,dryskin,menstrualproblemsand immunedeficiency.This,aswellasotherresearch
    idelman,M.D.,UCLA,andR.LeeHamilton,Ed.D.,Ph.D.Medical ResearcherBiochemistUCLAE
    nbehalfof"the lifegivingvalues"ofcannabishemp.Theystate:"Theseessential oilss
    dguardagainstviralandother insultstotheimmunesystem.Studiesareinprogressusing
    rttheimmunesystemsofpersonswiththeH.I.V. virus.Sofartheyhavebeenextremelypro
    ourceoftheseessentialoils?Yes,youguessedit,theseedsofthe cannabishempplant.
    stthemostvaluable plantonEarth,cannabishemp,mustyieldtopublicdemand.The promi
    ibilityoffeedingtheworldisat ourfingertips."(December29,1991andJuly1997)Hemps
    ans,canbespicedtotastelikechicken,steak,orporkand canbeusedtomaketofutypec
    oybeans.Sproutinganyseedimprovesitsnutritionalvalueandhemp canbesproutedanduse
    tforsaladsor cooking.Sproutedhempseedsmakemilk,justassoybeansdo.Alan "Birdseed
    forniaandAbbaDasofColoradouse thismilktomakeadeliciousandnutritiousicecreami
    owerscholesterollevels. Hempseedisgroundandusedlikeflour,orcooked,thensweetened
    lktoproduceanutritionalbreakfastcereallike oatmealorcreamofwheat.Thistypeof
    hefiber,hempseedswillnotgetyouhigh.)"Hempisafavorite

    [birdseed]becauseofitsnourishingoilycontent."(Margaret McKenny,BirdsintheGarden
    Y,1939.) Incredibly,whencannabishempisgrownforseed,halftheweightof themature,
    eed!EnglishandEuropean fishermanwhocastinfreshwaterlakesandriversfirsttoldmein
    waysbeenthepreferredbaitinEuropeforchumming thatis,castingthehempseedsonthe
    romallovertogettheseeds,therebygettingcaught.Not oneofthemanyEuropeanfisherm
    nd marijuanawereoneinthesame.Sohempseedisthefavoriteoffishas wellasmostbir
    eedforits nutritiousvegetableoilisahighproteinseedcake.Hempseedcake wasoneof
    eedsuntilthiscentury.* Hempseedcansupplyanearlycompletedietforalldomesticatedan
    ,manyfarmanimalsandpoultry,andallowsanimalsmaximum weightgainforlessthancurren
    yneedfor artificialgrowthsteroidsorotherdrugscurrentlypoisoningthehuman raceand
    angedoesn titmakeyoumadashell thatthenumberonefoodofalltimeformostbirds
    sillegaltohavenaturallyand healthfullyintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,asorderedbyt
    rikanDrugEnforcementAdministrationand,through them,theUSDA?*U.S.AgriculturalIndex
    eMarijuana Farmers,SolarAgePress,NewOrleans,LA,1972.FatsthatHeal,Fats thatKil
    reofWorldwideFamine Byitself,widespreaduseofhempseedfoodproteincouldsavemanyof
    wdyingofproteinstarvation!Anestimated60% ofallchildrenborninThirdWorldcountri
    )willdiethiswaybeforereachingfiveyearsofage.Manytimes thatnumberhavetheirli
    d/ortheirbrains decimated.3Remember,hempisaheartyplantthatgrowsalmost anywhere,
    tions.Australianssurvivedtwo prolongedfaminesinthe19thCenturyusingalmostnothing
    orproteinandhempleavesforroughage.4Furthermore, recentstudiesindicatethatdepletio
    rthreatensto reduceworldsoyaproductionbyasubstantialamountupto30%or even50%
    hedensityoftheozone shield.Buthemp,ontheotherhand,resiststhedamagecausedby
    ationandactuallyflourishesinitby producingmorecannabinoidswhichprovideprotection
    t light.5It snowonderthatsomeCentralandSouthAmericanshate Americaandwantuso
    .Foryears, ourgovernmentdemandedtheparaquatpoisoningoftheirlands lands thesefa
    ylawsince1545,whenKingPhilip ofSpainordereditthrownthroughouthisempiretoprovi
    ls,sheetsandshirtsaswellasprovidingoneof thepeople smostimportantmedicinesfo
    sy, andpoulticesforrheumatisminshort,oneoftheoldestlivelihoods, medicines,food
    alpleasures.InSouthand CentralAmericatoday,anyonewhoiscaughtgrowingtheiroldsta
    andexpropriatedandisimprisonedbytheU.S. supportedgovernment/militaryleaderswhothe
    e Americanforeignandmilitaryaidinexchangeforcontinuingthis policyofwipingoutca

    AFundamentalBiologicalLinkintheFoodChain Ourpoliticians,whomadethesemarijuanapr
    don yearsofdisinformation(deliberatemisinformation),mayhavedoomed notonlybirdsbu
    oextinctionfromanother direction.Manyanimalseatbirdsandtheireggs.Birdsinthewi
    hain andtheycontinuetodiminishin populationdueto,amongotherthings,petrochemical
    idesandthelackofhempseed!Withhempseedintheirdiet, birdswilllive1020%longer
    hers willhavemorelusterandoil,allowinglongerflight.Priorto1937, thereweremore
    adencannabishemp growingwildintheU.S.Hundredsofmillionsofbirdsfedoffthemas t
    aryfooduntilourgovernmentbeganits policyoftotaleradicationofthismostprimarylin
    ioustotheseinherentbiocidal(killingalllife)dangers, ourgovernmentcontinuesthisin
    rminatetheEarth s numberonelifegivingplantbothhereandabroad.InMay1988,the U.S
    utlawcannabisinallforms, including:medicine,food,paper,cloth,andanyotherusewhat
    mentwantstourgetheUnitedNationstobeginthelargest andmostcomprehensiveprogramof
    nthe historyoftheEarthuntilnotonehempplantofanytyperemains. Thisistherecomm
    ouseNewtGingrich andhisRepublicancongressalongwithmanyoftheirDemocratic partners
    aturalEarth. CHAPTER9ECONOMICS:ENERGY,ENVIRONMENT&COMMERCE Wehaveexplainedwhat
    eanttothiscountry s economy.Now,wemustalsoconsiderthefutureofhemp.Wepredict
    ricanhempprohibitionwillbeto generate"rippleeffect"economicsarevitalizedAmerica
    ucinghempastherawmaterialforamultitudeofindustries creatingmillionsofgoodjobs
    d professionalworkersthoughoutAmerica.Theresultingwealthwill remaininlocalcommun
    ers,smallerbusinessesand entrepreneurslikeyou!Wenowaskyoutolookat... Energy
    enceDigest,Omnimagazine,TheAlliancefor Survival,theGreenPartyofGermany,theUnite
    thetotalfigureofourenergycostsat80%ofthetotaldollarexpense oflivingforeachh
    hetotalvalue ofallissuestradedontheNewYorkStockExchangeandotherworld stockex
    tlyto: EnergyproducerssuchasExxon,ShellOil,Conoco,ConEdison,andso forth. E
    necompanies,oilshippingand deliverycompanies. RefineriesandretailsalesofExxon,
    rnia Edison,ConEdison,etc. Eightytwopercentofallyourmoneymeansthatroughly33of

    hoursyouworkgoestopayfortheultimateenergycostinthegoods andservicesyoupurcha
    ion,heating,cooking, lighting.Americans5%ofworldpopulationinourinsatiabledri
    productivity,"use2540%oftheworlds energy.Thehiddencosttotheenvironmentcannot
    ossilenergysourcesalsosupplyabout80%ofthesolidand airbornepollutionwhichisquic
    onmentofthe planet.(SeeU.S.EPAreport198396onthecomingworldcatastrophe fromca
    edbyburningfossilfuels).The bestandcheapestsubstitutefortheseexpensiveandwaste
    twindorsolarpanels,nuclear,geothermalandthelike, buttheevenlydistributedlighto
    ss.Ona globalscale,theplantthatproducesthemostnetbiomassishemp. It stheonly
    thabletoreplaceall fossilfuels.IntheTwenties,theearlyoilbaronssuchasRockefell
    hildofShell,etc.,becameparanoicallyaware ofthepossibilitiesofHenryFord svisiono
    ,* andtheykeptoilpricesincrediblylowbetweenonedollarandfour dollarsperbarrel
    el)until1970 almost50years!Pricesweresolow,infact,thatnootherenergy source
    refinallysureofthe lackofcompetition,thepriceofoiljumpedtoalmost$40perbarrel
    dgrewmarijuanaonhisestateafter 1937,possiblytoprovethecheapnessofmethanolprodu
    .Hemadeplasticcarswithwheatstraw,hempandsisal. (PopularMechanics,Dec.1941,"Pi
    )In1892, RudolphDieselinventedthedieselengine,whichheintendedtofuel "byavarie
    etableandseedoils."Bythe year2000,theU.S.willhaveburned80%ofitspetroleumreso
    esmaylast100300yearslonger.Butthe decisiontocontinueburningcoalhasseriousdra
    esponsibleforouracidrain,whichalreadykills 50,000Americansand5,00010,000Canadian
    ion,the acidrainsdestroytheforests,rivers,andanimals.(Brookhaven NationalLaborato
    ersiontobiomassfuelsshouldbegin immediatelytostopbothplanetarypollutionandlemmin
    ndtomakeusnaturallyenergyindependent. Clean,RenewableFuelSource Fuelisnotsynony
    ndcoal.Biomassenergysystems cansupplyasustainablesourceoffuelandwillcreatemil
    iomassderivedfuelsandoilscanreplaceeverytype offossilfuelenergyproduct.Duringt
    wighemp plants"breathein"CO2(carbondioxide)tobuildcellstructure the leftoveroxy
    enishingEarth sairsupply.Then whenthecarbonrichhempbiomassisburnedforenergyth
    eair.TheCO2cyclecomesclosetoecological balancewhenthenewfuelcropisgrownthe
    esthecarbondioxideintheEarthbykeepingthe infrastructureofthemicrobes,insects,p
    or eachtree.Theolderandbiggerthetree,themorecarbondioxideis keptoutoftheat
    opgets convertedintofuels.Someleaves,stalkstubbleandalloftheroots remaininth
    bonrichorganicmatter addstothesoilfertility,andwitheachpassingseasonalittlemo
    irenterstosoil,sothebiomassfuelcrops

    slowlyreducetheamountofcarbondioxidefromourpolluted atmosphere.)Biomassconversion
    sis(applyinghighheat toorganicmaterialintheabsenceofairorinreducedair)produce
    oreplacecoal.Sulfuremittedfromcoalfired boilersmokestacksistheprimarycauseofa
    tyonthepHscale,therainfallinNewEnglandoftenfalls betweenhouseholdvinegarandle
    ell membranetheraincomesincontactwith,doingthemostharmtothe simplestlifeforms
    r,sowhenitisburned forindustrynosulfurisemittedfromtheprocess.Thebiomass "cr
    esnonsulfurfueloilscapableof replacingfossilfueloilssuchasdieseloil.Andthen
    ewhenbiomassderivedfueloilsareburned.Pyrolysis usesthesame"cracking"technologye
    eumindustry inprocessingfossilfuels.Thegassesthatremainafterthecharcoal andfue
    empcanbeusedfordrivingelectric powercogenerators,too!Thisbiomassconversionproce
    oducecharcoal,methanolandfueloilstoprocesssteam, aswellaschemicalsimportanttoi
    ylacetate, tar,pitchandcreosote.TheFordMotoCo.successfullyoperateda biomass"cr
    satIronMountain,Michigan,using treesforcellulosefuels.(Earthfriendlyhempisatl
    ntastreesforfuel,andissustainable.)"Progressin BiomassConversion"Vol.1,Sarkane
    y FarminginAmerica,Osburn,Lynn,AccessUnlimited.Hempseedcontains 30%(byvolume)oil
    omakehighgradediesel fueloilandaircraftengineandprecisionmachineoil.Throughout
    asusedforlightinginoillamps.Legendsays thegenie slampburnedhempseedoil,asdid
    hamLincoln stimeonlywhaleoilcamenearhempseedoilin popularityforfuel. Biomassfo
    pstemsare80%hurds(pulpbyproductafterthehempfiberis removedfromtheplant).Hemp
    hemicalfeedstock(industrialrawmaterial)usedintheproductionof chemicals,plasticsa
    ngonwhichU.S.agricultural reportiscorrect,anacreoffullgrownhempplantscansusta
    o50oreven100timesthecellulosefoundin cornstalks,kenaf,orsugarcanetheplanet
    eplants.Inmostplaces,hempcanbeharvestedtwiceayear and,inwarmerareassuchasSo
    ridaand thelike,itcouldbeayearroundcrop.Hemphasashortgrowing seasonandcan
    vested.An independent,semiruralnetworkofefficientandautonomousfarmers shouldbecom
    cplayerintheproductionofenergyin thiscountry.TheUnitedStatesgovernmentpays(in
    rstorefrainfromgrowingonapproximately90millionacres offarmlandeachyear,calledt
    ionacres ofhemporotherwoodyannualbiomassplantedonthisrestricted, unplantedfallo
    nk)wouldmakeenergyawholenew ballgameandbearealattemptatdoingsomethingtosave
    llionmarginalunplantedacresoffarmlandin America.Eachacreofhempwouldyield1,000g
    elsfromhemp,alongwiththerecyclingofpaper,etc.,wouldbe enoughtorunAmericanvirtu

    FamilyFarmsorFossilFuels? In2000,whenourpetroleumresourceshavedwindledto20%of
    ricawillhave6choicestoavoideconomicand environmentalruin: Usemorecoal,further
    t Continuetofundnuclearpowerandriskannihilationoftheplanet. Convertforests
    ifesustaining ecosystems Continuallywagewarsoverforeignoil Buildmassivewind,
    nergysystems Establishenergyfarmstogrowbiomassfuels. Thelasttwochoicesarethe
    ngchoices. Farmingonly6%ofcontinentialU.S.acreagewithbiomasscropswould providea
    ilenergyneeds,endingdependence uponfossilfuels.Manahan,StanleyE.,EnvironmentalChe
    ition.HempisEarth snumberonebiomassresource itiscapableof producing10tonspera
    esoil,* shedsitslushfoliagethroughouttheseason,addingmulchtothesoil andhelping
    dealcropforthesemiarid Westandopenrangeland.*AdamBeatty,vicepresidentoftheK
    ty,reportedinstancesofgoodcropsofhemponthe samegroundfor14yearsinarowwithou
    hernAgriculture,C.M.Saxton&Co.,NY:1843,pg.113.USDA Yearbook,1913.Hempistheo
    atis capableofmakingtheU.S.energyindependent.Ultimately,theworld hasnootherra
    oicebuttogiveupfossilfuels. So,What stheCatch? The"catch"isobvious:Theenergy
    etrochemical,pharmaceutical,liquor,andtobaccocompanies,andare intertwinedwithinsura
    niesandbanks.Accordingtothepress, manypoliticiansnowinpowerareboughtandpaidfo
    ndtheirU.S.governmentarmistheCIA"TheCompany" (RobertLudlum,etc.).TheBush/Qu
    elytied tooil,newspapers,pharmaceuticalsandtheCIA.Theworldstruggle formoneyis
    gy,asitisthroughenergy thatwemayproducefood,shelter,transportationandentertainm
    lewhichofteneruptsintoopenwar.Ifweremovethe cause,theseconflictsmayneveroccu
    ction,1983,ofworldwidedisasterinthemakingwith30to50 years.) EnergySecurity If
    ations,hempbiomasscoulddrastically cutouroverseasaidandreasonsforwar,whileraisi
    herebyquantumleaps.New,nonpollutingindustrieswillspring upeverywhere.Theworlde
    erbefore.The raceofmanwouldatlastbebettingonenvironmentalsurvivalinstead ofi
    uicidal)consumtionoffossilfuel, whichthreatensalllifeontheplanet.

    FreeEnterpriseandHighProfit Therearemanyotherareasoftheeconomythatwouldbenefit
    itionandtheresultingstimulationofcommercein rediscoveredhempproducts,accordingto
    pany, Ecolution,TheBodyShop,HanfHaus,etc.Legalhempwillreturn billionsofdollars
    cepotentialbacktothe farmersandbringmillionsofgoodjobsinenergyproductionto Am
    ergyfarmerswillbecomeournation s largestproducersofrawmaterials.Familyfarmswill
    iloredtotheneedsofthenation.HempcanbegrownforBDF (biomassderivedfuels)resour
    rops willagainsupplythepaintandvarnishindustrieswithasuperior organicandlifesu
    etopetrochemicals.Hempseed oilhaschemicalpropertiessimilartolinseedoil.Andoil
    ssimilartolinseedoil.Andthemarketiswide openforhighlynutritiousanddeliciousf
    tshealthgivingessentialfattyacidsandproteins.Hempgrownfor fiberwilltakethepape
    tofthehandsofthe multinationalcorporations,andbacktothelocalcommunities.Researc
    nessassociationsindicatetherearearound50,000 nonsmokingcommercialusesofhempthat
    ableand marketcompetitive.Theseinclude: LongWearingHighFashion Drawingonhempfib
    utes:absorbency,insulation, strengthandsoftness,clothingmanufacturersanddesignerswi
    ainputhempintolinentoproducenewlinesofdurableand attractiveclothing,rugsandte
    valof importedhempcottonblendedclothingfromChinain1989markedthe beginningofan
    ngworldoffashion.And now,in1998,companiessuchasHempsteadCompany(SantaAna,CA)
    s(ChandlerHeights,AZ) HempConnection (Whitehorn,CA),Ecolution(Fairfax,VA) andOhio
    , OH)allcreatebeautifulanddurablefashionsandaccessoriesfrommany varietiesof100%
    romChina,Hungary,Romania, andPoland.Whileweapplaudtheeffortsofthesenationsinsu
    pfabrics,welookforwardtothedaywhenU.S.hemp fabricwillsharetherunway!Outerwear
    s (hempisfourtimesmorewaterabsorbentthancotton),diapers,(even disposableonestha
    ntreestomake), upholstery,wallcoverings,naturalrugs,eventheworld sbestsoap al
    adefrom100%hemp generally better,cheaper,moredurably,andecologicallysafer.Tradeb
    wsrestrictingtheuseofimportedcannabisfibersmust beremoved.Rightnowtextilesanda
    areof importsintotheU.S.,at59%.In1989,textileimportsaccountedfor 21%oftheU.
    reigngovernmentsoften subsidizetheirtextileindustriesanddonotrequirecompaniesto
    entalandhealthregulations.*Hardyhempdoesnotcause thehugerangeofenvironmentalpro
    thcotton.*The WashingtonSpectator,Vol.17,No.4 Feb.15,1991.TheUnited Statesi
    gelse.Thegovernmentno longerobstructshemptextileandapparelimportation.But,hemp
    ycostcompetitiveuntilhempfibercanbe grownandprocesseddomestically,avoidingbloate
    es

    andloweringthecostsoftransportation. SturdierPaperProducts Thedevastatedenvironmen


    etsoftheAmericanNorthwest andothertimberregionsstandtomakeadramaticcomebackonc
    hedomesticpaperindustry.Recentstudiesindicate thatdepletionoftheozonelayerthreat
    llyreduce worldloblollypineproduction(themajorsourceofpulpinpaper)by upto30
    uationofthedensityof theozoneshield.Buthempnotonlyresiststhedamagecausedby
    tionitactuallyflourishesinit. IncreasedUVradiationcauseshemptoproducemoreglan
    heweightoftheplant.(Teramura,Alan,UniversityofMD study,DiscoverMagazine,Septembe
    scanreturnto fullproductionlevelsandloggerswillfindnewworkinhemptrades. Truck
    ulptothemills,andlumberfor construction,althoughthepriceoflumberwillgodownas
    sourcesarereducedbysubstitutingfarmgrown hempforforestgrownwoodpulp.(WilliamCon
    ber, JimEvans,OregonHemp)Therewillalsostillbealotofworktodoin reforestation.
    frecoverywhen hempreplaceswoodpulpinthepaperindustry,resultingina6080% reduct
    lsbeingdumpedintothem.Thismeans morefishandmorefishing,aswellasincreasedcampi
    fulandvitalnewgrowthforestregionsandthesparedold growthforests. Biodegradable
    elluloseisabiodegradableorganicpolymer.Coaltar,theprimary resourceforsyntheticp
    sanonbiodegradable fossilresource.ItisnotpartofthelivingecologyofEarth.It
    rspilled.Fromhemp,asourceof highgradecellulose,comespaperthatisstrongerandhas
    ethanwoodpulppaper.*Hempcardboardandpaperbags willlastlonger,withamoreuseful
    r productsmadefromwoodpulporplastic.*Dewey&Merrill,Bulletin #404,U.S.Dept.of
    iochemicalresourcesobtainedfromhempcanbeusedinliterallytens ofthousandsofproduc
    te.Eachapplication meansnewbusinessopportunitiesandnewjobs.Aseachnewhemptrade
    wfromittoreenergizeseeminglyunrelated areasoftheeconomy.TheAmericanworkerand
    swillbringmillionsofnewjobsandnewproductstothe marketplace.Thewillalsobuymil
    n hempgoodsorwilltheybehempalso? thusstimulatingareal economicexpansionba
    anformer PresidentReagan svoodoo"trickledown"economicswhich,infact, pumpedmoneyd
    oodstreamofcorporateAmericarather thanbenefittingAmerica sheartland.Revivedfarmsme
    ases ofequipmentandeachnewbusinesscreatesspinoffjobsinthe shipping,marketingan
    rms,banksandinvestment houseswouldalsorealizelargeprofits,andthebillionsofhemp

    dollarsinthelegitimateeconomywouldincrasetaxrevenuesand increasetheliquidcapital
    stmentandpurchasingof consumergoods.Federal,stateandlocalgovernmentswouldrealize
    redsofmillionsofdollarsintaxrevenueswithout raisingtaxesorinsanelycontinuingto
    marijuanamarketwerelegal,stateandfederalgovermentswouldcollect billionsofdollars
    thanNadelmann,formerassistant professorofpoliticsatPrincetonUniversity(whoisnowi
    heLindesmithFoundation)."Instead,theyexpendbillions inwhatamountstoasubsidyofo
    "(L.A.Times, Nov.20,1989,pg.A18.)GeorgeSoros LindesmithFoundationis supportin
    naandrelegalizationstate initiativescurrentlygoingonaroundtheUnitedStates.Infact
    oundationfinanciallysupportedDennisPeron smedical marijuanainitiative(Proposition215
    fornia,thatpassedin 1996.In199798,Sorosfundedmedicalmarijuanainitiativesinsuch
    ,Oregon,Washington,D.C.,MaineandColorado,and helpedfundthereferendumthatwassucc
    egon s legislatureandgovernorfromrecriminalizingcannabisinJune1997. GreenEconomy
    rmersgrownhemptosupplyAmericanindustrieswiththe primaryfeedstocksforfiber,fabric
    ines,plastics andrecreational/relaxationalherbalproductswewillseearapid greeningo
    omy.Thegreeneconomybasedupontheuse ofagriculturalresourcestosupplyindustrywill
    ocallybasedsystemofproduction.Thisdecentralizedgreeneconomy willenableeveryoneto
    areinthewealthofatruly freemarketdemocracy.Fortherecanbenotruedemocracyunle
    nitytoshareinthewealthofthenation. LandandSoilReclamation Landreclamationisan
    icandecologicalargument forhempcultivation.Untilthiscentury,ourpioneersandordina
    ersusedcannabistoclearfieldsforplanting,asa fallowyearcrop,andafterforestfire
    s ofwatershed.Hempseedsputdowna10to12inchrootinonly30days, comparedtotheo
    s presentlyusedbytheU.S.Government.SouthernCalifornia,Utahand otherstatesusedca
    hismanneruntilabout1915. Italsobreaksupcompacted,overworkedsoil.Intheformerlyl
    fBangladesh,NepalandTibetthereisnowonlya lightmosscoveringleftasflashfloodsw
    ilaway.IndependentBangladesh,(formerlyEastBengal,India) whichliterallymeans"canna
    "(itwasformerlycalled EastBengalprovince,anamederivedfrombhangcannabis,laland)
    reementwiththeU.S.,promisingnottogrow hempinthe1970s.Sincethattime,ithassu
    ecimation,duetounrestrainedflooding.Hempseeds broadcastovererodingsoilcouldreclaim
    ver.The farmedoutdesertregionscanbebroughtbackyearafteryear,notonly slowingt
    teasingthreatsofwarand violentrevolution. NaturalGuard

    InsteadofaNationalGuard,whynotestablishaNaturalGuardof environmentalsoldiersto
    vialplanting trees,harvestingbiomass(e.g.hemp)frommarginalfarmlands?A NaturalG
    lumbers,engineersandlaborerswho workrebuildingtheinfrastructureofAmerica ourroads
    anals,sewers,railroadtracks,etc.Isn tthisthehumane, civilizedandsociallyresponsib
    anresources, ratherthanwarehousingpeoplelikeanimalsinprisons? WorldWarII: Ouren
    iablenationalsecuritypriority.But first,let slookwhatUncleSamcandowhenpushedi
    apancutoffoursuppliesofvitalhempandcoursefibers. Marijuana,whichhadbeenoutlawe
    "AssassinofYourth"justfiveyearsearlier,wassuddenlysafeenough forourgovernmentto
    ky4Hclubstogrow thenation s1943seedsupply.Eachyouthwasurgedtogrowatleast
    empforseed.(Universityof KentuckyAgriculturalExtension,Leaflet25,March1943)In194
    rmerswererequiredtoattendshowingsoftheUSDAfilmHemp forVictory,signthattheyhad
    ltivationbooklet.Hemphavestingmachinerywasmadeavailableat lowornocost.Fivedol
    leand350,000 acresofcultivatedhempwasthegoalby1943."Patriotic"American farmers,
    ,whoagreedtogrowhempwerewaived fromservinginthemilitary,alongwiththeirsons t
    mpwastoAmericaduringWorldWarII.Meanwhile,fromthe late1930sthrough1945,"patriot
    ivenacomic booklikeinstructionmanualbytheNazigovernment,urgingthemto growhemp
    meAmericaAskedOurFarmers toGrowMoreMarijuana....wasin1942,ina14minute
    ollowingisatranscriptofthefilm sdramaticnarrative(courtesyof HighTimes):Longago
    eciantempleswerenew, hempwasalreadyoldintherserviceofmankind.Forthousandsof
    dbeengrownforcordageandclothin ChinaandelsewhereintheEast.Forcenturiesprior
    ledthewesternseaswereriggedwithhempenropeand sails.Forthesailor,nolessthant
    able.A44gunfrigatelikeourcherished"OldIronsides"took over60tonsofhempforrigg
    e25inches incircumference.TheConestogawagonsandprairieschoonersof pioneerdaysw
    vas.Indeedtheveryword canvascomesfromtheArabicwordforhemp.Inthosedayshempw
    issouri.Thencamecheaperimported fibersforcordage,likejute,sisalandManilahemp,a
    ericandeclined.Butnow,withPhilippineandEastIndian sourcesofhempinthehandsofth
    utefrom Indiacurtailed,AmericanhempmustmeettheneedsofourArmyand Navy,aswella
    ticfarmersatthe government srequestplanted36,000acresofseedhemp,andincreaseof
    ent.Thegoalfor1943is50,000acresofseed

    hemp.InKentuckymuchoftheseedhempacreageisonriverbottomland suchasthis.Some
    ptbyboat. Thusplansareafootforagreatexpansionofahempindustryasapart ofthe
    armershowto handlethisancientcropnowlittleknownoutsideKentuckyand Wisconsin.Thi
    owyouuseit.Fortogrow hemplegally,youmusthaveafederalregistrationandtaxstamp
    ct.Askyourcountyagentaboutit. Don tforget.Hempdemandsarich,welldrainedsoilsu
    sregionofKentuckyorincentralWisconsin.It mustbelooseandrichinorganicmatter.
    owgoodcornwillusuallygrowhemp.Hempisnothardon thesoil.InKentuckyithasbeen
    nd,throughthispracticeisnotrecommended.Adenseandshady crop,hemptendstochokeo
    ethat couldn tstandthecompetition,deadasadodo.Thushempleavesthe groundingood
    op.Forfiber,hempshould besownclosely,theclosertherows,thebetter.Theserowsare
    emphasbeenbroadcast.Eitherwayit shouldbesownthickenoughtogrowaslenderstalk.
    ighttobeharvestedeasily,thickenoughtogrow slenderstalksthatareeasytocutandpr
    ontheleftyieldthemostfiberandthebest.Thoseontherightare toocourseandwoody.
    n. Sometimesbyhand.Hempisadioeciousplant.Thefemalefloweris inconspicuous. But
    ted.Inseed productionafterthepollenhasbeenshed,thesemaleplantsarecut out.Th
    empforfiberisreadytoharvestwhenthepollenissheddingandthe leavesarefalling.I
    ugust.Here, theoldstandbyhasbeentheselfrakereaper,whichhasbeenusedfor agene
    iantlyinKentuckythat harvestingissometimesdifficult,whichmayaccountforthepopular
    ithitslateralstroke.Amodifiedricebinderhas beenusedtosomeextent.Thismachine
    ntlytheimprovedhempharvester,usedformanyyearsinWisconsin, hasbeenintroducedinK
    readsthehempina continuousswath.Itisafarcryfromthisfastandefficientmodern
    eheaviesthemp.InKentucky,hand cuttingispracticedinopeningfieldsforthemachine.
    edassoonassafe,aftercutting,tobespreadoutfor rettinglaterinthefall.InWisons
    r. Herethehempharvesterwithautomaticspreaderisstandardequipment. Notehowsmoothly
    aystheswathspreparatoryto retting.Hereitisacommongandessentalpracticetoleave
    ds.Thesestripsmaybeplantedwithothercrops, preferablysmallgrain.Thustheharvest
    undwithoutpreparatoryhandcutting. Theothermachineisrunning overcormstubble.When
    rterthanthehemp istall,overlappingoccurs.Thestandsardcutiseighttoninefeet. T
    roundtoretdependsonthe weather.Theswathsmustbeturnedtogetauniformret.When
    ethis,thehempisaboutreadto pickupandbindintobundles.Wellrettedhempislight
    romthestalks.Thepresenceofstalks intheboughstringstageindicatesthatrettingis

    Whenhempisshortortangledorwhenthegroundistoowetfor machines,it sboundbyhand


    ortying,butthehempitselfmakesagoodband.Whenconditionsare favorable,thepickupb
    athsshouldlie smoothandevenwiththestalksparallel.Thepickerwon tworkwell ilnt
    mpisshuckedassoonaspossible tostopfurtherretting.In1942,14,000acresoffiberh
    tates.Thegoalfor1943is300,000acresof fiberhemp.Thushemp,theoldstandbycordag
    ack.ThisisKentuckyhempgoingintothedryeratamill atVersailles.Intheolddaysbr
    tjobsknowntoman.Nowthepowerbrakermakesquickworkof it.SpinningAmericanhempin
    cky rivermillatFrankfort,Kentucky.Anotherpioneerplantthathasbeen makingcordage
    uchplantswillpresently beturningoutproductsspunfromAmericangrownhemp:twineofva
    dupholsterer swork ropeformarineriggingand towing forhayforks,derricks,andheavy
    ose threadforshoesformillionsofAmericansoldiers and parachutewebbingforourparat
    tesNavy, everybattleshiprequires34,000feetofrope andotherships accordingly.Here
    recablesforfrigates weremadelongago,crewsarenowworkingnightanddaymakingcordag
    peyarnwasspunbyhand.Therope yarnfeedsthroughholesinanironplate.ThisisManil
    lingreserves.Whenitisgone,Americanhempwill goondutyagain:hempformooringships
    eandgear hempforcountlessnavalusesbothonshipandshore. JustasinthedayswhenO
    uswith herhempenshroudsandhempensails... CHAPTER10MYTH,MAGIC&MEDICINE A
    outWorldHistory Contrarytopopularconception,"marijuana"isnotaphenomenonrooted in
    shempispartofourheritageandwasthe backboneofourmoststableandlongestsurviving
    rmacologicalstudieshavediscoveredTHChasitsownunique receptorsitesinthebrain,ind
    uanahaveapre culturalrelationshipindeed,humanculturecouldverywellprovetobe th
    thcannabis. What sinaName(Part2) Thefollowingisderivedfromthe1913U.S.D.A.Agri
    ononhempbyLysterDewey,p.283293:Thename"hemp,"derived fromtheOldEnglish"hanf
    000 C.E.andstillbelongsprimarilytocannabissativa.Itisalsoused todesignatethe
    lant:theearliest, bestknown,and,untilrecently,themostwidelyusedtextilefiberon
    ardedasthestandardamonglongfibers.As such,itsnamehascometobeusedasageneric
    ianhemportruehempdenotescannabishemp.Now commoditymarketslistnameslike"Manila
    sal,andhenequen "Mauritiushemp,"forFurcraeafiber "NewZealand hemp,"phormium "Sunn
    diahemp,"forjute.

    Alltheseplantsareunliketruehempinappearanceandineconomic properties.Curiously,
    pliedtoflax,which ismorenearlylikehempthananyothercommercialfiber.Truehempis
    esbythefollowingnames:cannabis,Latin chanvre,French canamo,Spanish canhamo,Portu
    nep,Albanian konopli,Russian konopiandpenek,Polish kemp, Belgian hanf,German henn
    nish kenevir,Bulgarian tama,sima,andtsema,Chinese asaandtaima, Japanese nasha
    abic. FirstKnownCannabisUsers Ancientandmodernhistorians,archaeologists,anthropolog
    ilologistscitethephysicalevidence(artifacts,relics,textiles, cuneiform,languages,et
    tingthatcannabisisoneof humanity soldestcultivatedcrops.Theweavingofhempfiber
    0yearsago,atapproximatelythesametimeas potterymakingandpriortometalworking.**
    ld,Harper&Row,NY,1981.Fromatleastthe27thCenturyB.C.E. untilthiscentury,cannab
    rtuallyall culturesoftheMiddleEast,AsiaMinor,India,China,Japan,Europe,& Africa.
    .,theChinesecultivated"Ma" (cannabishemp)forfiber,medicine,andherbaluse.3,700y
    .E.),Chinacalledcannabis"TaiMa,"or"greathemp,"to differentiateitfromtheminorfi
    oupedunder thegenericfiberterm"Ma."Theirpictogramfortruehempisalarge "man,"i
    onshipbetweenmanandhemp.(Shen NungPharmacopoeia Ponts aoChing HanDynastyclassics
    000B.C.: Nomadictribes,probablyfromcentralAsiaandPersia(IranandIraq), andreferr
    s,"invadedandoverranvirtually theentireMediterraneanandMiddleEastandspreadoutov
    stintoEurope.Inthecourseofthesemovementsand invasionsthenomadsintroducedcannabi
    rthand westthroughGreece,Europe,theMiddleEast,toEgyptandAfrica,and southandea
    dia.Hempwasincorporated intotheculturesoftheMiddleEastandIndiaforitsvastfood,
    ddruguses.Notonlywashempastapleof everydaylife hempmedicinesanddrugswerear
    osewhogrewand/orusedhempforeveryday industrialusesdidnotknowandwerenottaught
    /taboo)thattheirpriest/shaman/witchdoctor/etc.used differentextractionsfromdifferen
    eexactsameplantfor sacrament,medicine,unguent,andasacommunewiththeGods. Hempa
    ndoubtedlyusedbytheScythiansformanyreasons.For example,theancientScythiansgrew
    hahand reaperthatwestillcallascythe.Cannabisinhalationbythe Scythiansinfuner
    eekHistorian Herodotus(circa450B.C.E.)intheearly5thCenturyB.C.E.The nomadicScyt
    ecustomtootherracessuchasthe Thracians.(Emboden,W.A.,Jr.,FleshoftheGods,Praeg

    ThreadofCivilization Fromatleastthe27thCenturyB.C.E.upuntilthiscentury,cannabis
    tovirtuallyalltheculturesoftheMiddleEast, AsiaMinor,India,China,Japan,Europe,a
    r fiber,medicines,oils,food,andforitsmeditative,euphoric,and relaxationaluses.He
    tors mostimportant overallindustries,alongwithtoolmaking,animalhusbandry,and farmi
    forcetheLaw Thehempplanthashadacuriousrelationshipwiththeworld slegal codesth
    fore,ithasvariouslybeen illegaltogrowhempandnottogrowitatdifferenttimes.But
    awenforcement.Forexample:Themost seriouspunishment/rehabilitationmetedoutinmanyAf
    r capitalcrimeswasforcingthetransgressortosmokemassiveamountsof dagga(cannabis)
    nasmall,enclosedhut untilhepassesoutliterallyunconsciousfrominhalingthefumes.
    o ssupplyforaheavyAmericansmokeris consumedinjustanhourorso.Doesitwork?Af
    naloffensesafterdaggatreatmentisvirtually nonexistent.EuropeanandAmericancultures
    cetheir lawsinamoreterminalformofcapitalpunishment:thehangman s noose*ofhempen
    redidsing/Ina hempenstring/Underthegallowstree."JohnFletcherRollo,Dukeof N
    opthisbusiness, orhangyoutoaman/Forwe vehempandhandenoughintowntohang the
    stoneinRapidCity, SD,1877:Shushan,E.R. GraveMatters BallantineBooks,NY,1990. Al
    ilm 1942. CannabisHerbalMedicines Thesecretartofhempmedicinewasfoundeffectiveas
    laxant,painreliever,feverreducer,andunparalleledaidto childbirth,nottomentionhun
    cinalapplications. (Mikuriya,TodH.,M.D.,Marijuana:MedicalPapers,18391972,Medi Co
    ,CA1973 Shultes,R.E.,HarvardBotanical Ency. Brittanica Abel,Ernest,Marijuana:The
    ress,1980 VeraRubin,CannabisandCulture,InstitutefortheStudy ofMan et.al.)The
    ssacredherb anditsindustrialhempuseswerestrictlymaintainedbythepriests forthou
    elastfewcenturies.Thoseoutside thepriestlyclasswhopossesseddrugknowledgewereco
    ts,ofcourse)tobewitches/soothsayers/outlawsandtheilk,and wereoftencondemnedtode
    osophers Cannabislegendandconsumptionarefundamentalaspectsofmanyofthe world sgre
    ample: SHINTOISM(Japan)Cannabiswasusedforthebindingtogetherofmarried couples,tod
    its,andwasthoughttocreatelaughter

    andhappinessinmarriage. HINDUISM(India)TheGodShivaissaid"tohavebroughtcannabisf
    rhumanenjoymentandenlightenment."TheSardu PrieststravelthroughoutIndiaandthewor
    "pipes filledwithcannabis,sometimesblendedwithothersubstances.Inthe Bhagavadgit
    mthehealingherb"(Ch.9:16), whiletheBhagaratpuranaFifthCantodescribeshashishin
    s. BUDDHISTS(Tibet,India,andChina)Fromthe5thCenturyB.C.E.on rituallyusedcannabis
    dmysticalexperienceswere (are)commoninmanyChineseBuddhistSects.SomeTibetanBuddh
    sts)considercannabistheirmostholyplant.Many Buddhisttraditions,writings,andbelie
    iddhartha" (theBuddha)himself,usedandatenothingbuthempanditsseedsfor sixyears
    overing)histruthsandbecomingthe Buddha(FourNobleTruths,theEightfoldPath).Regard
    NSorMagi(Persia,circa8thto7thCenturiesB.C.E.to3rd to4thCenturiesC.E.),itisw
    n scholars,commentators,etc.,thatthethree"Magi"orWiseMenwho attendedthebirthof
    cestotheZoroastrians. TheZoroastrianreligionwasbased(atleastonthesurface)onthe
    ,thechiefreligioussacramentofitspriest class,anditsmostimportantmedicine,(e.g.,
    e rites,anointingandchristeningoils),aswellaslightingorfire oilsintheirsecular
    nerallyconsidered derivedfromtheZoroastrians"Magi." TheESSENES(ancientIsraelisecto
    rewitesapprox.200 B.C.E.to73C.E.)usedhempmedicinally,asdidtheTHERAPUTEA (Egyp
    erapeutic."Botharebelievedby somescholarstobedisciplesof,orinabrotherhoodwith
    ftheZoroastrians. EARLYJEWSAspartoftheirholyFridaynightservicesintheTempleof
    llypassedaroundandinhaled20,000 incenseburnersfilledwithkanabosom(cannabis),befor
    e forthelargestmealoftheweek(munchies?). SUFISOFISLAM(MiddleEast)Moslem"mystica
    ght, used,andextolledcannabisfordivinerevelation,insight,andoneness withAllah,fo
    00years.ManyMoslemandworld scholarsbelievethemysticismoftheSufiPriestswasactu
    answhosurvivedMoslemconquestsofthe7thand8th CenturiesC.E.andsubsequentconversio
    onandgive upliquororbebeheaded). COPTICCHRISTIAN(Egypt/Ethiopia)Somesectsbelieve
    herbofthefield"intheBible("Iwillraiseupforthemaplantof renown,andtheyshall
    d, neitherbeartheshameoftheheathenanymore."Ezekiel34:29)and theBiblicalsecret
    ,andanointingoilstobe cannabis. TheBANTUS(Africa)hadsecretDaggaCults,*societies

    cannabisusetotherulingmen.ThePygmies,Zulus,andHottentotsall founditanindispen
    ps,epilepsy,andgout, andasareligioussacrament.*Their"Dagga"cultsbelievedHoly C
    rthbytheGods,inparticularfromthe"Two DogStar"systemthatwecallSiriusAandB.
    s."Interestingly,thesurvivingIndoEuropeanwordforthe plantcanalsobereadas"cann
    swellas canna, asincanine and bis, meaningtwo(bi)"TwoDogs." TheRASTAFARIANS
    emporaryreligious sectthatuses"ganja"asitssacredsacramenttocommunicatewithGod (
    d" UnitedStatesgovernmentfundedstudiesatSt.LouisMedicalUniversity in1989andthe
    ionalInstituteofMentalHealth in1990movedcannabisresearchintoanewrealmbyconfirm
    asreceptorsitesforTHCanditsnaturalcannabiscousins towhichnoothercompoundsknown
    ora chemicaltoaffectthebrainitmustbindtoareceptorsitecapableof receivingit.
    t,Aug9,1990)Although morphinefitsthereceptorsitesofbetaendorphinroughly,and am
    ndlooselytodopamine,thesedrugsaswellas tricyclicsandothermoodalteringdrugspres
    btlebalanceofthenerves vitalfluids.OmniandtheWashington Postcitednophysicalda
    .Onereasoncannabis issosafetouseisthatitdoesnotaffectanyoftheinvoluntary m
    t.Rather,itaffectsitsown specificreceptorcitesformotion(movementstrategy)andme
    ies).Onthemolecularlevel,THCfitsintoreceptor sitesintheupperbrainthatseemtob
    modateTHC.Thispointstoanancientsymbiosisbetweentheplant andpeople.Perhapsthese
    eproductofapre culturalrelationshipbetweenhumansandcannabis.CarlSaganproposes
    enofAfricatoshowhemptohavebeenthe firstplantcultivatedbyhumanitydatingtowhen
    ntistassumethatthesereceptorsitesdidnot evolveforthepurposeofgettinghigh:"Ther
    nalpathwayinthebrainthatdeveloped,whethertherewere cannabisplantsornot,"specula
    isUniversity pharmacologyprofessorAllynHowlettin1989.But,maybenot.Inhis bookIn
    suitofArtificialParadise,Dr.Ronald K.Siegel,psychopharmacologistatUCLAindicates
    hievealteredstatesofconsciousnessormoodsisafourthdriveakin tohunger,thirst,and
    lyonestoget high.Siegelrecordednumerousobservationsofanimalintentionally getting
    nghisexperiments.Cannabishempispartof ourcultural,spiritual,andphysiologicalheri
    ckboneofourmoststableandlongsurvivingcultures.So,ifyou wanttoknowthelongter
    emirror! CloakedinSecrecy ThedawnofreligiousbeliefsforallracesandpeoplesJapane
    gyptian,Persian,Babylonian,Greek,Doric,Germanic andotherEuropeantribes,andeventho
    rth,South,

    andCentralAmericanderivedfromaccidentaldiscoveries.Therewere neardeathexperiences,
    nsstarvation,fasting,breath control,thirst,feveranduncontrolledrevelryduetoaccide
    ationorextractionofwine,beer,psilocybeandAmanita mushrooms,cannabiswine(bhang),a
    tiveswhich,when consumed,inducedinexplicable,elevatedexperiences(comparedto normal
    erience).Chemicalsinthesesacredplantsandherbs gaveourancestorsunexpected,unprepa
    ablevisionsand journeysintothefarcornersofincredibleconsciousnessand, sometimesi
    versalbrotherhood.Understandingthese druginducedexperiencesandmedicationseventually
    emost wondrous,desirable,andnecessaryspiritualknowledgeforeachtribe. Healing!Fro
    n?Atwhatdose?Holdingthismystical tribalknowledgeforfuturegenerationswasapricel
    ntsinducedwhichexperiencesatwhatlevelandmixturemeant powerforthebearerofsuchw
    tore"of knowledgewasjealouslyguardedbytheherbaldoctor/priest,and crypticallyencod
    tentraditionsandmyths.Plants withpsychoactivepowerswereembuedwithhumanoranimal
    ple,theAmanitaMuscariamushroomringwasrepresentedby faeries.Tokeeptheirpolitical
    itchdoctors,and medicinemendeliberatelywithheldthesetraditionsfromthe"common" tri
    dallothertribes).Thisalsopreventedthe dangerous"sin"ofaccidentalingestion,conco
    tation bythechildrenofthetribe norcouldcapturedtribalmembersgiveup thissacred
    hese"oldtime"drugandout ofbodyreligionsandrituals,datingbacktoprehistory,wer
    eligions"bytheRomansfromtheCaesars timeon. JudaicLine Hempwasamajorindustryin
    tures throughouttheMiddleEast,theHebrewtraditionofmysticism(e.g., Cabala)wasawar
    th,regionalsectsusingnatural intoxicantsintheirrituals.Asusual,theyhidthisknow
    ,symbolsandsecretcodestoprotectnaturalsacramentslike "sacredmushrooms"andmindel
    udingcannabis. Allegro,J.M. SacredMushroom&theCross,DoubledayCo.,1970. WhatDoes
    heencodedreferencestocannabisandotherdrugsismademore difficultbythelackofbota
    yintranslations, useofdifferent"books"bydifferentdenominations,commentariesadded
    ts,andperiodicpriestlypurgesofmaterialconsidered inappropriate.However,wefindthat
    sisnever forbiddenorevendiscouragedintheBible.Somepassagesdirectly refertothe
    annabisandevengoonto predictprohibition."AndtheEarthbroughtforthgrassandherb
    hetreeyieldingfruit,whoseseed afteritskindand:andGodsawthatitwasgood."Genes
    sVersionoftheBible,unlessnoted)."Godmakes theEarthyieldhealingherbs,whichthep
    ect."Sirach:38:4(CatholicBible)."Notthatwhichgoethinto themouthdefilethaman T
    efiletha man."Jesusquoted:Matt.15:11."Inlatertimes,someshall... speaklies
    twhich

    Godhathcreatedtobereceivedwiththanksgivingofthemwhichbelieve andnowthetruth."
    anity Historians,earlyartworks,Bibles,manuscripts,DeadSeaScrolls, GnosticGospels,l
    arlychurchfathers,etc.,indicatethat forthefirst300400yearsA.D.,manyearlyChrist
    dloving.Theywereusuallyopen,tolerantandunstructured: apoorman sorslave sreligi
    istianitytobe simplyanotherbothersomeOrientalMysteryCult,likethoseofMithra orIs
    arintheEmpire. TheHolyRomanEmpire Facedwithacrumblingempire,politicalcorruption
    swarswithbarbarians,theoldRomanEmpirehoveredonthebrink ofdisaster.Thereligiou
    nbytherulingbody inRometomaintainitsearthlypowerledthepoliticalleadersto cra
    hefieldofindividualcultsand religions.Tosaveitselfpolitically,theformerlypanthei
    lerantofdifferentworships)governmentoftheempire changeditspolicy.Startingin249C
    rslauncheda stringofbloodypersecutions,whichincludedthetroublesome Christians.By
    hatthiswasnotworking. EmperorConstantinecalledofftheexecutionsandbegantopatroni
    rgy,whichpromptlyadoptedadogmaliftedfrom "Mithraism,"amongotherreligions:"RoyalB
    Divine RighttoRuleotherhumans."TheambitiousConstantinesawthatwhile underground,t
    opedintoanintolerant,tightlyknit hierarchy awellorganizednetworksecondininfluenc
    ningchurchandstate,eachwasabletodoubleitspower andseekoutthecrimes/sinsofall
    es withthefullsupport/blessingoftheother. ColumbiaHistoryoftheWorld,Harper&Row
    esoonconvertedtoChristianityanddeclaredonemandatory, monistic,stateempoweredrelig
    tholicChurch (R.C.Ch.) literally,theRomanUniversalChurch("catholic"isLatin for"un
    snowtheabsoluteandofficialreligionof theempire.Inonesweep,allsecretsocieties
    vethreatenedhis(andRome s)mandatetoruletheknownworld, astheyhadfortheprevious
    urch/StateAristocracy AfterrunningfromtheRomanEmpire spoliceforalmost300years, C
    oxpriestshadbecometheirbosses.Startinginthe 4th,5th,and6thCenturiesC.E.,pagan
    ent Christiansects,beliefsystems,knowledge,gospels,etc.,suchasthe Essenes,Gnostic
    ians(Franks),wereeitherincorporated intooreditedoutofofficialdoctrineandhierarch
    iesofcouncils,allcontrarydogmas(e.g.,thattheEarthwas round,andthesunandstars
    y)were summarilyoutlawedanddrivenundergroundduringtheDarkAges,400 1000+C.E.By
    eginningofthe11th

    CenturyC.E.,virtuallyallpowerswereplacedinthehandsofthe ChurchandPope first,b


    terbypowerful SpanishandFrenchKingsandpowerfulItalianmerchantsandnobles(the Bor
    hermegalomaniacs)probablytoprotecttheir tradesecrets,alliances,andsourcesofwealth
    ople wereforcedtoadheretothe"Holy"RomanEmpirepolicy:Zerotolerance byafundament
    tatewithblindfaithinone, unquestionedversionofhowtoworshipGodandthePope s inf
    ulersaidedandabettedtheChurchinthis fraud,astheirpowernowrestedonlyontheirne
    archal"Divineright"torule.Theyenactedlawswith fantasticallyviciouspunishmentsfor
    tinfractionor heresy.*Hereticsweremercilesslysoughtoutbyfanatical,sadistic inquis
    vertedformsoftorturetoextractconfessionsand aspunishment.*Webster sdictionarydef
    e)"as 1:areligiousbeliefthatisopposedtochurchdogma.2:anyopinion (inphilosoph
    ficialorestablished viewsordoctrines.3:theholdingofanysuchbelieforopinion.Thi
    ernworld sinhabitantsinastateof constantterror,notonlyfortheirownphysicalsafet
    rtheireternalspirit,with"Hell"lurkingmereinches belowthesurfaceforthoseexcommun
    ThePoliticsofPaper Referencetocannabisandotherspiritualdruguseisoftenhiddenin
    ession.Stylizedhempleavessurroundthe angels heads,andtheirhalosresemblethecapo
    ushroominTheThirdDayofCreation,entrancehallofSanMarco paintedinVenice,Italy.
    .)Themasses ofpeople,"thecommons,"werekeptincheckthroughadualsystemof fearan
    ningexceptthemostrudimentary wascontrolledandstrictlyregulatedbythepriests.Thec
    hepeople)wereforbiddentolearntoreadorwritenot evenanalphabetandoftenwerepuni
    hepeoplewerealsoforbiddentolearnLatin,thelanguageofthe Bible.Thiseffectivelye
    uldreadto interpretthescripturesanywaytheypleasedforabout1,200years, untilthe
    rca1600.Toprohibitknowledge, peoplewereliterallykeptinthedark,withoutapieceof
    eriespreservedandguardedhemp ssecrets.They sawthatitheldtwothreatstothispolic
    ermakingandlampoil.Somethinghadtobedone. CannabisMedicinesForbidden Whileembraci
    t,andtoleratingbeerandhard liquor,theInquisitionoutlawedcannabisingestioninSpain
    ,andFranceinthe13th.Manyothernaturalremedieswere simultaneouslybanned.Anyoneu
    eal,etc. waslabeled"witch."SaintJoanofArc,forexample,wasaccusedin 143031ofus
    rugs,includingcannabis, tohearvoices. ChurchSanctionedLegalMedicines Virtuallythe
    calcuresallowedtopeopleofWestern

    EuropebytheRomanCatholicChurchFathersatthistimewere: 1.(a)Wearingabirdmaskfo
    ing fracturedbonesorcleaningburns. 2.Bleedingpintsandevenquartsofbloodfromall
    atients(victims)wasthemostusedtreatmentinEuropeand Americabydoctorsuntilthebeg
    otwork! Anddidnotworkforthousandsofyearsnomatterhowmuchbloodthey took. 3.Pr
    culouscure,e.g.,St.Anthony forergotism(poisoning),St.Odillaforblindness,St.Bened
    ferers,St.Vitusforcomediansandepileptics\. 4.Alcoholwaslegalforavarietyofprobl
    t VIIIsingledoutcannabishealersandotherherbalists,proclaiming hempanunholysacram
    hirdtypesofsatanicmass. Thispersecutionlastedformorethan150years. Satanicknowle
    dingtotheMedievalChurch,camein threetypes: ToSummonorWorshipSatan ToHaveWitc
    istsofchemists)ofmaking, using,orgivingothersanyunguentorpreparationincludingca
    rasaspiritualsacrament TheMassoftheTravesty,whichcanbelikenedto"theSimpsons"
    ,MelBrooks,"SecondCityTV","MontyPython", or"SaturdayNightLive"(FatherGuidoSardu
    irreverent,farcical,orsatiricaltakeoffsonthedogmas,doctrines, indulgences,andritu
    assand/oritsabsolute beliefs.Becausemedievalpriestbureaucratsthoughttheywere som
    ,ridiculed,andscornedbythoseunderits influenceoftenbythemostlearnedmonks,cleri
    nsingestingcannabiswasproclaimedhereticalandSatanic. Contradictions Despitethiscen
    ttackbythemostpowerfulpoliticaland religiousforceinWesterncivilization,hempculti
    din NorthernEurope,Africa,andAsia.Whilethechurchpersecuted cannabisusersinEuro
    tadorswerebusyplanting hempeverywherearoundtheworldtoprovidesails,rope,oakum, c
    mpEndured ThethensadisticOttomanEmpireconqueredEgyptand,inthe16th CenturyC.E.,
    sbecauseEgyptianhempgrowers alongtheNilewereleadingtaxrevolts.TheTurkcomplaine
    edEgyptianstolaughandbedisrespectfultotheir Sultanandhisrepresentatives.In1868
    odern(?)countrytooutlawcannabisingestion,followedin1910by whiteSouthAfricatopu
    acticingtheir ancientDaggacultandreligions.InEurope,hempwaswidelyusedboth indus
    ally,fromtheBlackSea(Crimean)tothe BritishIsles,especiallyinEasternEurope.The
    cinesintheHolyRomanEmpirein1484wasquiteunenforceable northoftheAlps,andtothi
    ngarians,

    andRussiansdominatetheworldcannabisagronomy.InIreland,already worldfamousforits
    rishwomanwhowantedtoknow whomshewouldeventuallymarrywasadvisedtoseekrevelation
    ntually,thehemptradesonceagainbecamesoimportantto theempirebuilderswhofollowed
    eason,the 14thto18thCenturies)thattheywerecentraltotheintriguesand maneuverings
    owers. TheAgeofEnlightenment The18thCenturyusheredinaneweraofhumanthoughtand
    tyandthePursuitofHappiness!"declared thecolonistsinAmerica."Liberty,Equality,F
    heirFrenchcousins.Theconceptsofmodernconstitutional government,whichguaranteedhum
    arationofchurchand state,wereunifiedintoapolicydesignedtoprotectcitizensfrom i
    rylaws.Inhislandmarkessay,OnLiberty,Ogden LivingstonMills,whosephilosophyshaped
    ethat "Humanlibertycomprises,first,theinwarddomainofconsciousnessin themostcomp
    bertyofthoughtandfeeling, Scientific,moralortheological,Libertyoftastesandpursui
    tedthatthisfreedomofthoughtorof"mind"isthebasis forallfreedoms.Gentlemanfarm
    talwords, "IhaveswornuponthealterofGodeternalhostilityagainstevery formoftyra
    gravedintothemarbleof hisMemorialinWashingtonD.C.AbrahamLincolnwasanavowedenem
    ewasprescribedcannabisforhernervesafterhis assassination.Virtuallyeverypresident
    uryup untilprohibitionroutinelyusedcannabismedicines(Seechapter12: 19thCenturyus
    tancesofJohnF.Kennedy,suchas entertainersMoreyAmsterdamandEddieGordon*saythep
    egularlytocontrolhisbackpain(beforeandduringhis term)andactuallyplannedonlegal
    inghissecond termaplancutshortbyhisassassinationin1963."HowHeadsof StateGot
    eappendixinpaperversion ofthisbook).*AsreporteddirectlytothisauthorbyEddieGo
    avirtuoso,memberoftheHarmonicats,andthe numberoneharmonicistintheworld,whosmok
    ormednumeroustimesforhim.Morerecently,formerpresident GeraldFord ssonJackandJim
    mittohaving smokedpotintheWhiteHouse. GeorgeBush svicepresidentDan Quayle*had
    assandusingdrugsincollege. RonaldandevenformerfirstladyNancy"JustSayNo"Reagan
    otintheCaliforniaGovernor smansion.* "SmokeScreen:InmateSuesJusticeDepartmentOve
    ,"DallasObserver,August23,1990.Kelley,Kitty,NancyReagan: TheUnauthorizedBiograph
    Y,1991. GeneralFootnotes/Bibliography: HinduVedas ShenNungPharmacopoeiaHerodotus Ab
    rijuana:TheFirst12,000Years PlenumPress,1980 DeadSea Scrolls HighTimesEncycloped
    ica, "PharmacologicalCults "Roffman,MarijuanaandMedicine,1982 Ohio StateMedicalSoc
    ndianHempReport,1894 UngerleiderUCLA,1982 U.S.Army,EdgewoodArsenal,Maryland (Mul
    vardBotanical EmBowden,UCNorthridge

    MicahelAldrich,Ph.D. VeraRubin,InstitutefortheStudyofMan Wasson,R.Gordon,SOMA


    ity,Roffman, MarijuanaandMedicine etymologistJayLynn Allegro,J.M.,Sacred Mushroom
    day&Co.,1970,etal "HowHeadsof StateGotHigh,"HighTimes,April,1980(seeAppendix
    dernInquisition Forcannabisrelatedknowledge,orhundredsofother"sins"Owninga devil
    rk),readingasorcerer sbookorspeakingin tongues(foreignlanguage),havingadifferent
    h s habit(takingabathorfallingintoariver),etc.From10%toasmany as50%ofthepe
    dorputtodeath withouttrialduringthemedievalRomanCatholicChurch s500year Inquis
    ries).Whilemostsuffered,some profitedhandsomely.ThePopecoulddeclareanything"here
    cusetolegallyrob,torture,andkillhisenemiesoranyone elseaccused.Formorethan30
    dupthe propertyforfeitedtothembysuspectedwitchesandheretics.Whoever denouncedy
    ,1/3wenttothegovernment,and 1/3wenttothePapalhierarchy."Bewarethescribeswhich
    sus,quoted:Luke20:46Thispervertedprosecution forprofitmodel,usedalmostexactlyth
    nd federaldrugwarriors,andjustasselfrighteously,wasgiventousat theinsistenceo
    n1984andwaswrittenfor CongressbythenCongressmanDanLungren,formerCaliforniaAttor
    lity,oncethegovernmentseizesaproperty,more than90%areneverreturnedbythecourts.
    ,to thepoliceandtheprosecutornowshareinthebountyofforfeited goods.Infact,whi
    sforourmodern legalsystem,forfeiturelawreliesonthemedievalconceptofthe cursed
    heLatin"deo",god,and"dand",give meaningthatanyobjectcausinghumandeathwasforfe
    isforAmericanlawsofseizureandconfiscationof propertyratherthanagainstpersons.Wh
    uaranteedlegalrights propertydoesnot!ThomasJeffersonwroteand actedonbehalfofhe
    reseedsintoAmerica, redesigningthehempbrake,keepinghisfarmandgardenjournalsin
    ewrote:"Theculture[oftobacco]is pernicious.Thisplantgreatlyexhauststhesoil.Of
    nure,thereforeotherproductionsaredeprivedof manure,yieldingnonourishmentforcattle
    nforthe manureexpended."Itisimpolitic.Thefactwellestablishedinthe systemofa
    dthebesttobaccogrow onthesamekindofsoil.Theformerarticleisoffirstnecessity
    ordstothewealthandprotectionof thecountry.Thelatter,neverusefulandsometimespe
    timationfromcaprice,anditsvaluefromthetaxesto whichitwasformerlyexposed.Thep
    lt fromacomparisonofthem:Hempemploysinitsrudeststatemorelabor thantobacco,but
    turesofvarioussorts, becomesafterwardsthemeansofsupporttonumbersofpeople,hence
    ulouscountry."Americaimportshempand willcontinuetodoso,andalsosundryarticlesm
    ,sailcloth,drillinglinenandstockings" CHAPTER11THE(HEMP)WAROF1812,NAPOLEONAN

    NAPOLEONINVADESRUSSIAThisisapieceofhistorythatyoumayhave beenalittlebithazy
    :Youmight wellhaveasked,"Whattheheckwerewefightingabout,anyway?"Here wepresen
    tleofNewOrleans,which, duetoslowcommunications,wasactuallyfoughtonJanuary8,181
    adofficiallyendedonDecember24,1814,bythe signingofapeacetreatyinBelgium.1700S
    mpis,asithasbeenforthousandsofyears,thebiggestbusiness andmostimportantindust
    hapter2, "Uses")movesvirtuallyalltheworld sshipping.Theentireworld s economyuse
    sandsofdifferentproductsfromthe marijuanaplant.1740ONRussia,becauseofitscheaps
    oduces80%ofthewesternworld scannabishempandfinished hempproducts,andis,byfar,
    nufacturerof cannabishempforsails,rope,rigging,andnets.CannabisisRussia s number
    ityaheadofitsfurs,timberandiron.1. RussiaundertheCzars andRussianOrthodoxCh
    dtohavevirtualslave/serf/peasantlaborformakinghemp until1917.CannabisisRussia s
    modityaheadof itsfurs,timber,andiron.1740TO1807GreatBritainbuys90%ormore of
    n snavyandworldseatraderuns onRussianhemp eachBritishshipmustreplace50to100
    osubstitute flaxsails,forexample, unlikehempsails,wouldstartrottinginthreemonth
    ray!1793TO1799ONTheBritishnobilityishostile towardthenewFrenchgovernmentprima
    e afraidthatthe178993FrenchRevolutionofcommonerscouldspread, and/orresultinaF
    ndthelossofits Empireand,ofcourse,itsnobility sheads.1803TO1814Britain s navy
    nce,includingNapoleon salliesonthe Continent.BritainaccomplishestheblockadeofFra
    France s)EnglishChannelandAtlantic(BayofBiscay)portswithits navy also,Britainco
    stoandfromthe MediterraneanandAtlantic,byvirtueofitscontrolofthestraitsof Gi
    lingUnitedStatesisofficially "neutral"inthewarbetweenFranceandBritain.TheUnite
    lveitsownforeignproblemsbysendingitsnavyand marines(18011805)totheMediterranea
    nd ransomersfromcollectingtributefromAmericanYankeetraders operatinginthearea."
    enotapennyforTribute" wasAmerica srallyingcry,andtheincidentcametobememoriali
    rineCorps hymn:"TotheshoresofTripoli." 1803Napoleon,needingmoneytopresswarwit
    ontroloftheEuropeancontinent,bargainsellstheLouisiana TerritorytotheUnitedStates
    ughlytwoanda halfcentsperacre.Thisareaisaboutonethirdofwhatisnowthe48 co
    rchasegivesrisetosome Americans mostlyWesterners dreamsof"ManifestDestiny."That
    sshouldextendtotheutmostbordersofNorthAmerica: FromthetopofCanadatothebottom
    thePacific.1803TO1807Britaincontinuestotradeandbuy90%ofits hempdirectlyfromR
    lexanderofRussia signtheTreatyofTilset,whichcutsoffalllegalRussiantradewith G
    ranyotherneutralnationshipactingas agentsforGreatBritaininRussia.Thetreatyals
    sawDuchy(approximatelyCentralEasternPoland)between

    Napoleon salliesandRussia.Napoleon sstrategyandhismost importantgoalwiththetreat


    mpfromreaching England,therebydestroyingBritain snavybyforcingittocannibalize sa
    gingfromotherships andNapoleonbelievesthat eventually,withnoRussianhempforitsh
    rcedtoenditsblockadeofFranceandtheContinent.1807TO1809 TheUnitedStatesiscons
    oleon,aslong asitsshipsdonottradewithorforGreatBritain,andtheUnited Statesc
    ewarbetweenFranceand GreatBritain.However,Congresspassesthe1806NonImportationPa
    eswhichareproducedintheU.S.,butwhichcouldalso beproducedelsewhere,areprohibite
    e1807 EmbargoAct,towit:Americanshipscouldnotbringorcarryproducts toorfromEur
    rethanEurope however, manyYankeetradersignoredthelawanyway. 1807TO1814Afterthe
    rRussiantrade, Britainclaimsthattherearenoneutralcountriesorshippinglanes. Henc
    ithNapoleon s"ContinentalSystem"of alliesaretheenemyandaresubjecttoblockade.On
    nconfiscatesAmericanshipsandcargoandsendssailorsbackto theUnitedStatesatAmeric
    .Britain"impresses" someAmericansailorsintoserviceintheBritishNavy.However, Eng
    nly"impress"thosesailorswhoareBritish subjectandwhoseAmericanshippingcompaniesre
    ailors returnfares.1807TO1810Secretly,however,Britainoffers thecapturedAmericant
    tuallyablackmail proposition)whenthey"overhaul"BoardandconfiscateanAmericanship a
    nglishport.Thedeal:Eitherloseyourshipand cargosforever,orgotoRussiaandsecretl
    llpayAmericantraderswithgoldinadvance,andmoregoldwhenthe hempisdeliveredback.
    swillbeallowed tokeepandtradetheirowngoods(rum,sugar,spices,cotton,coffee, to
    eprofitfortheAmericans.1808 TO1810OurshrewdYankeetraders,facedwiththechoiceof
    ockadesandriskinghavingtheirships,cargo,and crewsconfiscatedoractingassecret(il
    rBritain, withsafetyandprofitsguaranteed,mostlychoosethelatter.John QuincyAdams
    ident),whowasAmericanConsulat St.Petersburg,in1809noted:"Asmanyas600clippersh
    lag,inatwoweekperiod,wereinKronstadt"(thePort ofSt.Petersburg,oncecalledLenin
    ing principallycannabishempforEngland(illegally)andAmerica,where qualityhempisal
    Bennis,JohnQ.Adamandthe AmericanForeignPolicy,NewYork,NY,AlfredA.Knopf,1949.
    809NonIntercourseActwhichresumeslegal tradewithEurope,exceptforBritainandFrance
    htheMaconBillresumingalllegaltrade.1808TO1810Napoleon insiststhatCzarAlexander
    pendentUnited Statestradersastheyarebeingcoercedintobeingillegaltradersfor Grea
    oleonwantstheCzartoallowhimto place/stationFrenchagentsandtroopsinKronstadtto
    tauthoritiesliveuptothetreaty.1808TO1810.The Czarsays"Nyet!"despitehistreaty
    ye"totheillegalAmericantraders,probablybecauseheneedsthe popular,profitabletrade
    sarebringinghimandhis noblesaswellasthehardgoldheisgettingfromtheAmericans

    (illegal)purchasesofhempforGreatBritain.1809.Napoleon sallies invadetheDuchyofW


    norderstheCzartostopall tradewiththeAmericantraders!TheCzarrespondsbywithdra
    eTreatyofTilsetthatwouldrequirehimto stopsellinggoodstoneutralAmericanships.1
    uriatedwiththeCzarforallowingBritain slifebloodofnavyhemp toreachEngland,build
    sia,planningto punishtheCzarandultimatelystophempfromreachingtheBritish Navy.1
    inanallyandfulltradingpartnerof Russia,isstillstoppingAmericanshipsfromtrading
    ent.BritainalsoblockadesallU.S.tradersfromRussiaat theBalticSeaandinsiststhat
    wsecretly buyotherstrategicgoodsforthem(mostlyfromMediterraneanports), specifical
    nandhisalliesontheContinentwhobythis timearehappytosellanythingtoraisecapit
    ffrom80%ofitsRussianhempsupply, debateswarinCongress.3Ironically,itisrepresent
    ateswhoargueforwarundertheexcuseof"impressed" Americansailors.However,therepre
    imestates, fearfuloflossoftrade,argueagainstwar,eventhoughit stheir shipping,c
    llegedlyafflicted.Notone senatorfromamaritimestatevotesforwarwithGreatBritain,
    lwesternsenatorsvoteforwar,hopingtotakeCanadafrom Britainandfulfilltheirdream
    hemistaken beliefthatGreatBritainistoobusywiththeEuropeanwarsagainst Napoleont
    terestingtonotethatKentucky,a bigsupporterofthewarwhichdisruptedtheoverseashem
    ildingupitsowndomestichempindustry.Atthistime, 1812,Americanshipscouldpickuph
    thit threetimesfasterthanshipperscouldgethempfromKentuckytothe Eastcoastover
    nalwascompletedin 1825 shorteningtraveltimedramaticallybyasmuchas90%).The west
    ndonJune18,1812,theUnitedStates isatwarwithBritain.Americaentersthewaronthe
    scowinJuneof1812. NapoleonissoondefeatedinRussiabytheharshwinter,theRussian
    0milesofsnowyandmuddysupplylinesand byNapoleonnotstoppingforthewinterandregr
    scow,aswastheoriginalbattleplan.Ofthe450,000to600,000 menNapoleonstartwith,on
    812TO1814 Britain,afterinitialsuccessinwarwiththeUnitedStates(including thebur
    aliationfortheearlierAmerican burningofToronto,thenthecolonialCanadiancapitol),f
    sandmilitarystretchedthinwithblockades,warinSpainwith France,andatoughnewAmer
    estopeace, andsignsatreatywiththeUnitedStatesinDecember,1814.Theactual terms
    erside.Ineffect,Britain agreesitwillneveragaininterferewithAmericanshipping.And
    eestogiveupallclaimstoCanadaforever(whichwe did,withtheexceptionof"5440orF
    tsNapoleoninSpainandbanisheshimtoElba,butheescapesfor 100days.1815Britaindef
    ne18)and banisheshimtoSt.HelenaIslandoffAntarcticawhere,in1821,he diesandhis
    othepublicfor souvenirs.JANUARY1815TragicallyforBritain,morethantwoweeks after
    gningoftheGhentpeacetreatybetween

    theUnitedStatesandBritain,AndrewJacksondefeatsahugeBritish attackforceatNewOrl
    ilenewsofthetreaty slowlymakesitswayacrosstheAtlantic.20THCENTURYAmerican, Bri
    n,andRussianschoolseachteachchildren theirown,completelydifferentversionsofhisto
    o mentionofhempinthiswar(nor,intheAmericanversions,atany othertimeinhistory)
    THCENTURYAMERICA Althoughby1839,cannabishempproductsforfiber,paper,nautical use,
    ,werepossiblythelargestagriculturaland industrialbusinessintheworldandAmerica,t
    l usesofcannabis(knownforthousandsofyearsintheOrientandMiddle East)werealmost
    nEuropeandAmerica becauseoftheearlierMedievalCatholicChurch ssuppression.However,
    ysawadramaticrediscoveryofthebenefitsof cannabisdrugs,whichwerethenumberonem
    63.Itwasreplacedbymorphinewhenthenewinjectableneedle becametherage,butnotbef
    althful elixirsandpatentmedicines,luxuriantTurkishSmokingParlors,and withthemafo
    ycreativity.Cannabisremainedthe numbertwomedicineuntil1901whenitwasreplacedby
    icinein19thCenturyAmerica From1850to1937,cannabiswasusedastheprimemedicinefor
    essesordiseasesinU.S.pharmacopoeia.During allthistime(untilthe1940s),science,do
    facturers(Lilly,ParkeDavis,Squibb,etc.)hadnoideaofits activeingredients.Yetfro
    ijuana,generally calledCannabisIndicaorIndianHempextractums,wasoneofthethree it
    dopium)mostusedinpatentandprescription drugs(inmassive*doses,usuallybyoralinge
    ringthe19thCenturytoAmericaninfants,children,youth,adults, womeninchildbirth,and
    noneday,were,inmany cases,equaltowhatacurrentmoderatetoheavyAmericanmarijuana
    onthortwo,usingU.S.government s1983 guidelinesforcomparison.Violencewasequatedwi
    ctiontomorphinewasknownasthe"soldiers illness."Andso, duringthatera,cannabisga
    ommendedasa wayofhelpingalcoholicsandaddictsrecover.Sometemperance organizations
    sheesh"asasubstitutefor(wife beating)"Demon"alcohol.However,cannabismedicineshad
    ttotheWestsincethedaysoftheInquisition.(Seechapter10, "ALookAtThesociology"
    sy,a30year oldBritishphysicianservinginIndia sBengal*province,watched Indiandoc
    mpextractssuccessfullytotreatall typesofillnessanddiseasethenuntreatableintheW
    us.*"Bengal"means"BhangLand,"literallyCannabisLand. O Shaugnessythendidanenormou
    ern)study,*in 1839,andpublisheda40pagepaperontheusesofcannabismedicines. Att
    edRochewasmakingthesame rediscoveryofhempinMiddleEasternmedicines.*O Shaugnessy
    als,andhimselfforhisresearchandexperiments. Incidentally,O Shaugnessywentontobec
    ndwas knightedbyQueenVictoriaforbuildingIndia sfirsttelegraphsystem

    inthe1850s.O Shaugnessy smedicalpaperandfindingsonhemp extractsstunnedandsweptt


    dicalworld.Injust threeyears,marijuanawasanAmericanandEuropean"superstar."Paper
    eAmericanusers(novices)anddoctorsusing, treating,orexperimentingwithcannabis,told
    rd accountsofitsusuallyeuphoric,andsometimesdisphoric,mindand timeexpandingprop
    ndadult,aswellashilarity andincreasedappetites,especiallythefirstfewtimestheyt
    ly,duringthiswholeperiodoftime(1840sto1930s)Lilly, Squibb,ParkeDavis,SmithBrot
    dnoeffective waytoprolongitsveryshortshelflifeandhadgreatdifficulty standardiz
    ore,marijuanamedicinewasso highlyregardedbyAmericans(includingsomeProtestanttheol
    ngthelastcenturythatin1860,forexample,theCommitteeon CannabisIndicafortheOhio
    rtedand concludedthat,"HighBiblicalcommentators[scholars]"believe"that thegalland
    hedwine,offeredtoourSaviour, immediatelybeforehiscrucifixion,wasinallprobability
    ndianhemp[marijuana],andevenspeakofitsearlier useinobstetrics."* *Reprintedfrom
    5thannualmeetingoftheOhio StateMedicalSociety,atWhiteSulphurSprings,Ohio,June1
    nreasonsthatcannabismedicinesfellinto disuseinAmericawasthedifficultyofidentify
    ng dosage,e.g.,in1964,27yearsafterAmericaoutlawedcannabisin 1937,Dr.RaphaelMec
    sityfirstdiscoveredthe THCdeltamoleculesastheactiveingredientsincannabis.Also,
    enturycouldnotfindawaytoinjectitinto humanswiththeirbrandnewhypodermicneedles
    0s,someofthemostpopularAmericanmarriageguidesrecommend cannabisasanaphrodisiaco
    ersnooneever suggestedaprohibitionlawagainstcannabis.Andwhiletherewastalk of
    umberofwomen stemperance organizationsevensuggested"hasheesh"asasubstitutefor"dem
    hichtheysaidledtowifebeating. APopularInspirationofthe19thCenturyLiteraryGreat
    omeoftheworld sforemostromanticand revolutionarywritersonindividualfreedomandhum
    ed cannabisuse.Westudytheirworksinschooltodayas"classics": VictorHugo:LesMise
    aris(Hunchbackof), 1831 AlexandreDumas:TheCountofMonteCristo,1844,TheThree Musk
    ,Cautier,DeQuincy,Balzac,Baudelaire, andJohnGreenleafWhittier(BarbaraFritchie),et
    mushroomimageryinfluencedLewisCarroll sAliceinWonderland,1865, andThroughtheLooki
    heearly1860s,MarkTwain s bestfriendandmentorwasthealreadyfamousbestsellingwrit
    bis,theyoung(mid20s)FitzHughLudlow(TheHashish Eater,1857).Ludlowextolledhashis
    adventurebutwarnedstronglyagainstoverindulgenceofitandall drugs.Theseauthors st
    eralthingsincommon:A completeloveofindividualfreedom respectforthedignityofeac
    idualconsciousness andhumorouscontemptfor theestablishment,beliefs,bureaucracies,an
    softheirday (forexample,LesMiserables)Thescienceofpsychopharmacology

    startedinFrancecirca1845withDoctorJ.J.MoreauDeTours,and cannabisbecameoneofthe
    einsaneand depressed.MoreauwasbestfriendswithDumas,Hugo,andGautier,and in1845
    hefirstcannabisclubinthe WesternWorld:LeClubDesHaschischins. MapleSugarHashish
    60s,theGanjaWallahHasheeshCandyCompanymade maplesugarhashishcandy,whichsoonbeca
    r treatsinAmerica.For40years,itwassoldoverthecounterand advertisedinnewspaper
    atalogsof SearsRoebuck,asatotallyharmless,delicious,andfuncandy. TurkishSmoking
    sandInternationalExpositionsfromthe1860sthroughthe early1900softenfeaturedapopu
    mokingexposition andconcession.HashishsmokingwasentirelynewforAmericans its effe
    .However,smokinghashishwasonlyabout onethirdasstrongorlonglastingasorallying
    tmedicinesthatevenAmericanchildrenwereregularly prescribed.AtAmerica sgiant100ye
    lExpositionin Philadelphia,fairgoerstooktheirfriendsandfamilytopartake (smoke)a
    arTurkishHashishExposition,soasto "enhance"theirfairexperience.By1883,similarha
    orswerelegallyopenineverymajorAmericancity,includingNew York,Boston,Philadelphia
    s,NewOrleans,andsoon ThePoliceGazetteestimatedthereweremorethan500hashishsmok
    nthe1880sanditwasestimatedbytheNYPD thattherewerestill500ormorehashishparlo
    eparlorsthantherewere"speakeasys"duringthe same1920salcoholprohibitionperiod. As
    e BythestartofthiscenturyalmostfourgenerationsofAmericanshad beenusingcannabis
    iscountrywasfamiliar fromchildhoodonwiththe"highs"ofcannabisextractyetdoctorsd
    orming,antisocial,orviolentatallafter60 yearsofuse.Thisleadsustoanimportant
    thorsocialconsequencesthatledtotheeventualbanof cannabisuseinAmerica(andlater
    , whatdid? TheSmearCampaign WhatsociopoliticalforcewouldbestrongenoughtoturnA
    hingasinnocentasaplantletaloneonewhicheveryone hadaninterestinusingtoimprove
    ad howthefirstfederalantimarijuanalaws(1937)cameaboutbecauseof WilliamRandolph
    ournalism,andracistnewspaper articlesandravings,whichfromthenonwerecitedinCongr
    nybyHarryAnslingerasfacts.ButwhatstartedHearstonthe marijuanaandracistscarest
    rignorance, forwhichwestillpunishfellowAmericanstothetuneof14million yearsin
    t60years,(390,000arrested

    in1990formarijuana 410,000arrestedin1993formarijuana 642,000 arrestedin1997alon


    ceasmanyas1990) Broughtthisallabout?Thefirststepwastointroducetheelementof
    tnoonehadeverheardof before:"marijuana."Thenextstepwastokeepthemaneuveringsh
    ntists,andhempindustrieswhowouldhave defendedhemp.Thiswasdonebyholdingmostof
    ninsecret.And,finally,prohibitionistssetouttostirup primalemotionsandtapright
    edthatwas alreadypoisoningsociety:racism. CHAPTER13PREJUDICEANDJIMCROWLAWS Sm
    nown*smokingoffemalecannabistopsintheWestern hemispherewasprobablyinthe1870sin
    , Bahamas,Barbados,etc.) andarrivedwiththeimmigrationofthousands ofIndianHindus
    ledIndia)importedforcheap labor.By1886,Mexicansandblacksailors,whotradedintho
    readitsusethroughoutalltheWestIndies andMexico.*Thereareothertheoriesaboutthe
    mpflowertops,e.g.,byAmericanandBrazilianslaves,Shawnee Indians,etc.,somefascina
    e.Cannabissmoking wasgenerallyusedintheWestIndiestoeasethebackbreakingworkin
    ,andtorelaxintheeveningswithout thethreatofanalcoholhangoverinthemorning.Giv
    sagetheCaribbeanWestIndiesandMexicoitis notsurprisingthefirstmarijuanauser
    rownsville,Texasin1903.Andthefirstmarijuana prohibitionlawinAmericapertaining
    rownsvilleinthatsameyear."Ganja"usewasnextreportedin1909 intheportofNewOrlea
    reyville" sectionfrequentedbysailors.NewOrleans Storeyvillewasfilledwith cabarets,
    sic,andalltheotherusualaccoutrementsof "redlight"districtstheworldover.Sailors
    irshoreleaveandthermarijuanathere. Blackface ThePublicSafetyCommissionerofNewOr
    rijuana wasthemostfrighteningandviciousdrugevertohitNewOrleans,"and in1910war
    tnumberashighas200in Storeyvillealone.TotheDAandPublicSafetyCommissionersand
    om1910throughthe1930s,marijuana sinsidious evilinfluenceapprentlymanifesteditself
    rkies" thinktheywereasgoodas"whitemen."Infact,marijuanawasbeing blamedforthe
    tainerstowearblackface* andforhystericallaughterby"negroes"undermarijuana sinflue
    rossastreetorgotothebackofthetrolley,etc.* That sright,youreyeshavenotdece
    he"JimCrow"(segregation)laws,blackAmericanswerebanned fromanystageintheDeepSou
    ntheNorth andWestalso)."Negroes"hadtowear(throughthe1920s)blackface (likeAl
    hichwhite entertainersworetoresembleormimicblackpeople.Actually,by"Jim Crow"la
    donthestageatall,butbecauseof

    theirtalentwereallowedtosneak/enterthroughbackdoors,puton blackface,andpretendt
    ngthepartofablack person! AndAllThatJazz InNewOrleans,whiteswerealsoconcerne
    redtosmokemarijuana,werespreading(selling)averypowerful (popular)new"voodoo"musi
    centwhitewomentotap theirfeetandwasultimatelyaimedatthrowingofftheyokeofthe
    c...jazz!Blacksobviously playeduponthewhiteNewOrleansracists fearsof"voodo
    s.Jazz sbirthplaceisgenerally recognizedtobeStoreyville,NewOrleans,homeoforigin
    dyBohler,BuckJohnsonandothers(19091917).Storeyvillewas alsothebirthplaceofLoui
    930oneyear afterLouisArmstrongrecorded"Muggles"(read:"marijuana")hewas arrest
    einLosAngelesandputinjailfor 10daysuntilheagreedtoleaveCaliforniaandnotret
    pers,politicians,andpolicehadvirtuallyno idea,foralltheseyears(untilthe1920s,a
    t themarijuanathe"darkies"and"Chicanos"weresmokingincigarettes orpipeswasjusta
    amiliarconcentrated cannabismedicinesthey dbeentakingsincechildhood,orthatthesame
    egallyatthelocal"whiteman s"plushhashish parlors.Whiteracistswrotearticlesandpa
    arijuana"lawswithoutthisknowledgeforalmosttwodecades,chiefly becauseof"Negro/Mexi
    nsolence"*undertheeffectof marijuana.*ViciousInsolence:Between1884and1900,3,500
    sofblackAmericanswerecausedbylynchings between1900and 1917,over1,100wererecord
    ubtedly higher.Itisestimatedthatonethirdoftheselynchingswerefor "insolence,"wh
    mlooking(orbeingaccusedof looking)atawhitewomantwice,tosteppingonawhiteman s
    andirectlyintheeyeformorethanthree seconds fornotgoingdirectlytothebackofth
    twasobvioustowhites,marijuanacaused"Negro"and Mexican"viciousness"ortheywouldn t
    c... Hundredsofthousandsof"Negroes"andChicanosweresentencedfrom10 daysto10year
    chaingangs"forsuchsilly crimesaswehavejustlisted.Thiswasthenatureof"JimCrow"
    wsMartinLutherKing,theNAACP,and generalpublicoutcryhavefinallybegunremedyingin
    getheimmediateeffecttheblackentertainers refusaltowear blackfacehadonthewhitee
    enyearslater,1917, Storeyvillewascompletelyshutdown.Apartheidhaditsmomentof tr
    right,uptightwhitecitizenhavetoworry aboutwhitewomengoingtoStoreyvilletolisten
    apsberapedbyitsmarijuanacrazed"blackadherents"whoshowed viciousdisrespect(insole
    heir"JimCrowLaws"by steppingontheir(whitemen s)shadowsandthelikewhentheywere
    iciansthentooktheirmusicandmarijuana uptheMississippitoMemphis,KansasCity,St.L
    herethe(white)cityfathers,forthesameracistreasons,soon passedlocalmarijuanalaws
    eepwhitewomen fromfallingpreytoblacksthroughjazzandmarijuana.

    MexicanAmericans In1915,CaliforniaandUtahpassedstatelawsoutlawingmarijuanafor th
    sonsbutdirectedthroughtheHearstpapersat Chicanos.Coloradofollowedin1917.It s
    s ofPanchoVilla srebelarmy,whosedrugofchoicewassupposedtohave beenmarijuana.
    uanahelpedto overthrowoneofthemostrepressive,evilregimesMexicoever suffered.The
    refelttheonlywaytopreventan actualracialbloodbackandtheoverthrowoftheir(whit
    ws,attitudesandinstitutionswastostopmarijuana. Mexicansundermarijuana sinfluencew
    umanetreatment, lookingatwhitewomen,andaskingthattheirchildrenbeeducated whilte
    edsugarbeets andmakingother"insolent" demands.Withtheexcuseofmarijuana(KillerW
    seforceandrationalizetheirviolentactsofrepression.This "reeferraciscm"continuesi
    .In1937,Harry AnslingertoldCongressthattherewerebetween50,000to100,000* mariju
    stly"NegroesandMexicans,and entertainers,"andtheirmusic,jazzandswing,wasanoutgr
    nause.Heinsistedthis"satanic"musicandtheuseof marijuanacausedwhitewomento"se
    oes!"* Anslingerwouldhaveflippedtokonwthatonedaytherewouldbe26 milliondailym
    0millionoccasional usersinAmerica,andthatrock nrollandjazzarenowenjoyedby te
    kedmarijuana. SouthAfricaToday In1911,SouthAfrica*begantheoutlawingofmarijuanaf
    ewOrleans:tostopinsolentblacks!WhiteSouthAfrica, alongwithEgypt,ledtheinternat
    tions)to havecannabisoutlawedworldwide.*SouthAfricastillallowedits blackminewor
    emines,though.Why?Because theyweremoreproductive!Infact,inthatsameyear,South
    nU.S.legislatorstooutlawcannabis(whichmany blackSouthAfricansreveredas"dagga,th
    outh Africans AmericanbusinessheadquarterswereinNewOrleansatthe time.Thisisthe
    ous(MedeivalCatholicChurch) basisoutofwhichourlawsagainsthemparose.Areyouprou
    ssofarhavebeenspentinjails,prisons,parole andprobationbyAmericansforthisabsur
    mic reasoning.(SeeChapter4,"LastDaysofLegalCannabis.")Isn tit interestingthati
    tedalargerpercentageof peoplethananycountryintheworldexceptSouthAfrica?In198
    rica,andthe1997incarcerationrateisalmost fourtimesthatofSouthAfrica,isthehigh
    ng.PresidentBush,inhisgreatdrugpolicyspeechofSeptember 5,1989,promisedtodouble
    ationagain,after ithadalreadydoubledunderReagan.Hesucceeded.In1993,President
    oublethenumberofprisonersagainby1996. Hedid.Remembertheoutcryin1979whenformer
    ungtoldtheworldthattheU.S.hadmorepoliticalprisonersthan anyothernation?(Amnes
    ) LastingRemnants

    Eventhoughblackfacedisappearedaslawinthelate1920s,aslateas the1960s,blackente
    afonteandSammyDavis, Jr.)stillhadtogointhebackdooroftheatricalestablishments,
    trentahotelroominLasVegasor MiamiBeachevenwhilebeingtheheadlineact.BenVe
    ationperformanceforRonaldReaganpresentedthis country sturnofthecenturyBlackface/J
    atstory, aboutblackcomicgeniusBertWilliams(circa1890to1920).Vereenhad beeninvi
    anInaugurationandhadaccepted onlyontheconditionthathecouldtelltheentire"Blackf
    sthalfofVereen sshow,depictingBernWilliamsand blackface,wascensoredbyReagan spe
    ytothe specialagreementVereenhadwiththem. CHAPTER14MORETHANSIXTYYEARSOFREPR
    mated60,000Americanssmoke"marijuana," butvirtuallyeveryoneinthecountryhasheardof
    andAnslinger sdisinformationcampaign. 1945:Newsweekreportsthatmorethan100,000perso
    arijuana. 1967:MillionsofAmericansregularlyandopenlysmokehempleavesand flowers.
    onssmokecannabisregularly,withmanypersons growingtheirown. 1998:OneinthreeAmeri
    ly90millioncitizens,have nowtrieditatleastonce,andsome1020%(25to50million
    okeitregularly,despiteurine testsandtougherlaws.Throughouthistory,Americanshaveh
    itionthatonecouldnotgiveupone sConstitutionalrights andifsomeonewasstrippedof
    eorshewas beingvictimized.Howeverby1989,ifyousignedupforan extracurricularac
    inimumwagejob, youcouldbeaskedtoforegoyourrighttoprivacy,protectionfrom selfi
    utionalrequirementsofreasonablegrounds forsearchandseizure,presumedinnocenceuntil
    our peers,andthatmostfundamentalrightofall:personalresponsibility foryourownlif
    . By1995,theU.S.SupremeCourtupheldthattheseintrusionsintoyour privacywereconst
    er1996,asearlierstated,Californiapassedastatewide people sinitiativethatlegalized
    anawithinthestate. AlsoinNovember1996,Arizonapassedastatewideinitiative(by65%o
    dmedicalmarijuanabut,unlikeCalifornialaw, Arizona slegislatureandthegovernor(now
    dhave sincerejectedthepeople slaw.Thiswasthefirstrejectionbythe legislaturean
    tateinitiativein90 years! TheArmedForcesandIndustry

    TheArmedForces,aswellasmanycivilianfactories,willbootyouout ifyousmokemarijua
    retestingand whileoffduty.Thesetestsaredoneatrandomandoftendonot includeliq
    ed/downertypedrugs. However,accordingtoOSHAandinsuranceactuarialfindings,plusthe
    ol(!)thatisinvolvedin9095%ofdrugrelated factoryaccidents.Infact,numerousU.S.
    abisonsoldiers(throughthe1950sand 60s)atEdgewoodArsenal, Maryland,andelsewhere,
    ionorperformance aftertwoyearsofheavy(militarysponsored)smokingofmarijuanaThis
    xmoretimesbythemilitaryanddozensoftimes byuniversitieswiththesameorsimilarre
    nHempReport Panama/Silerstudy Jamaicanstudy,etal.)South Africangoldanddiamondmi
    dBlackstouse cannabis/Daggainordertoworkharder.(U.S.GovernmentReports,1956 58
    ht GroupslikeNORML,HEMP,ACLU,BACH,andtheLibertarianParty(for example)feelthata
    nel(unlessonalert)or factoryworkersdonotsmokecannabiswhileondutyorduringthe
    uty,it stheirownbusiness.Thisis consistentwiththeconclusionsoftheU.S.governme
    n(1933)andShaferCommission(1972)reports,aswellasthe LaGuardiareport(1944),theC
    udy(1972),Alaska StateCommission(1989),andtheCaliforniaResearchAdvisoryPanel (198
    ldthatnocriminalpenaltiesareinorderfor itsuse. InaccurateUrineTesting Military/
    juanaurinetestsareonlypartially accurateanddonotindicatetheextentofyourintoxic
    lywhetheryouhavesmokedorbeeninthepresenceof cannabissmokeorhaveeatenhempseed
    t inthelast30days.Whetheryousmokedorateitanhouragoor30 daysagoandsometim
    ts arethesame:Positive.JohnP.Morgan,M.D.,statedinHighTimes February1989(andi
    refarfrom reliable.Tamperingandhighratesoffalsepositives,false negatives,etc.
    etestingcompaniesare heldtonostandardsbuttheirown."At2050nanograms(billionths
    HCCarboxyAcid(ametabolite)thesetests canbereadaspositiveornegativeyetresultsd
    caleareknowntobemeaningless.Totheuntrainedeye,any positiveindicationsendsupa
    trainedanduncertified.Still,thedecisiontohire,fire,detain, retest,orbegindrug
    ouonthespot."I believethetendencytoreadtheEMIT[theurinetestforTHC metabolite
    itisoneoftheimportant reasonswhythetestwasnotoftenconfirmedinpublishedreports
    orthefirsttime,Milton,Wisconsin,high schoolkidswereorderedtohaveurinetestsweek
    .Local"FamiliesAgainstMarijuana"typeorganizationswere demandingthistesting,butno
    rs,orotherhazardous drugs.Hundredsofcommunitiesandhighschoolsthroughoutthecountr

    wereawaitingtheoutcomeofconstitutionalchallengesinMiltonin 1988beforeimplementing
    gprogramsintheirownschool districts.BecauseofthisrulinginMilton sfavor,testing
    sparticipatinginextracurricularactivitieshassince beenwidelyadoptedandcontinuesa
    atesin1998.For instance,inOregonthetestingofhighschoolathleteshasspreadby cou
    ricularactivity.Bandmembersand majorettesevendebateteammembers,somedebatingonth
    nnowbetestedatwillinallstatesexceptCalifornia,where evenahighschoolstudentca
    tor s recommendationoracknowledgementforthemedicaluseofmarijuana. (NORMLreports,H
    BC&CBSNews,andLATimes,1981 1998,Oregonian,October23,1989.) BaseballandtheBab
    onerPeterV.Ueberrothfirstorderedin1985 allpersonnel,exceptunionizedplayers,tos
    ts.Fromtheownerstothepeanutvendorstothebatboys,itis mandatoryinordertobee
    ed intoallcontracts,includingballplayers.Now,sinceNovember1996,a professionalbas
    yothersportsplayerforthat matter)inCaliforniamaytakeadvantageofcannabisasmedic
    ybaseballprofessionally.Asidefromthecivil libertiesquestionsraised,itisapparently
    Babe"Ruth wouldregularlyinvitereporterstoaccompanyhimwhilehedrank12 beersprior
    lcoholProhibition.Many"dry" organizationsandeventheleaguecommissionerimploredhimt
    ldrenwhoidolizedhimandstop,butthe"Babe"refused.If PeterUeberrothorhisilkhadb
    g Prohibition,the"SultanofSwat"wouldhavebeenfiredinshameand millionsofchildren
    yedin"BabeRuthLittle Leagues."LyndonLaRouche s"WaronDrugs"committeetoldusthat,
    alaws,theyexpectedtoimplementtheirmost importantgoal:anyoneinthefutureplayinga
    rjazzontheradio,ontelevision,inschools,orinconcert,orwho justsoldrock n rol
    heir approvedclassicallistswouldbejailed,includingmusicteachers, discjockeys,and
    ecutives.Tensofmillionsof averageAmericanschoosetousecannabisasselfmedicationor
    imeoffthejob,andthereforeriskcriminalpenalties. Jobperformanceshouldbetheprinci
    luationofall employees,notpersonallifestylechoices.TheBabeRuthsofsports, theHen
    hePinkFloyds,Beatles,Picassos,and LouisArmstrongsofthearts,andoneoutoftenAmer
    alsandthousandsunemployedforsmokingcannabis,evenwhen merelyunwindingintheprivacy
    bertMitchum s filmcareerwasalmostdestroyedbya1948marijuanaarrest.Federal Judge
    hevergeofbeingappointedtotheU.S. SupremeCourtin1987whenitwasrevealedthatheh
    typrofessorandhisnamewaswithdrawnfrom nomination.However,GeorgeBush sappointeeS
    e ClarenceThomas 1991admissionthathesmokedmarijuanaincollegewas notanissueinh
    mation. DividingCommunitiesandSplittingUpFamilies

    "Helpafriend,sendhimtojail,"saysabillboardinVentura, California.Thisisanexam
    paign s informonyourneighbortacticsbeingusedtoenforcethelawsagainst thevictimle
    oking.Here sanotherexamplefrom TV:"Ifyouhaveknowledgeofafelonyyoucanearnupto
    ewillnotbeusedandyouwillnotberequiredto appearincourt."*Onemanreceivedapos
    ntreceived$600forturningyouin.Crimestoppers."* (Crimestoppers,Ventura,California,
    ) SurveillanceandSeizures InruralCalifornia,wherecannabisgrowinghassupportedwhole
    ,thewellarmedCAMPforcesgointoathickforest discovering15foottall,lush,heartye
    ehackeddown,piledup,andsmotheredwithgasolineandrubber tires.Uncured,theyburns
    opterpilot circlesoveraneighborhood,peeringintoaheatsensitivecamera pointedata
    rtheindoorsun,"heexplains matteroffactly."Weonlypursuespecificobjectives,"house
    vebeenboughtorsomeothertangiblebasisexiststo suspect"manufacturingacontrolledsu
    Look, there sthelightfromthehouse."Histhermalsensitivescreenshows heatleakingo
    ehouse.Siteconfirmed. Nexttheyobtainasearchwarrant,raidtheproperty,seizetheho
    ngs,andprosecuteitsinhabitantsundercriminal law.(48Hrs.,CBStelevision,"Marijuana
    rnia," October12,1989.) UnAmericanPolicies&PoliticalExtortion RichardNixonordered
    llymonitorJohnLennon24hours adayforsixsolidmonthsin1971becauseLennonhadgiven
    dent(JohnSinclair)fromfiveyearsinjail forpossessionoftwojoints.(L.A.Times,Aug
    aper,andliquorcompanieswantpotillegalforever,nomatter whoserightstheysuppressor
    endinprison toassuretheirprofits.Politicianswhoareliberalareinvestigated and,we
    iledtokeeptheirmouthsshutonthis subjectandothers,orriskbeingexposedforsomepa
    vesormembersoftheirfamiliespossiblysexualordrug related. Police,Secrets&Blackm
    sAngelesPoliceChiefDarylGates(19781992) orderedsurveillanceofCityCouncilmanZevY
    orney JohnVanDeKamp,andMayorTomBradley,amongothers.Hemonitored theirprivatesex
    osAngelesTimes, August,1983.).EdgarHoover,asDirectoroftheFBI,didthisfor five
    d,inthemost"sick" situation,deliberatelydroveactressJeanSeburgtosuicidewith ter
    allettersandinformationfedtotabloids exposingherpregnanciesandprivatedateswithb
    heFBI,Hooverharassedselectedtargets,foraslongas20years becauseoftheircivilrig
    ctoroftheFBI andalsodirectoverseeroftheDEA,WilliamWebster,answered

    questionsaboutthesquanderingof50%($500million)offederaldrug enforcementmoneyonc
    ntthisway:"Oh,marijuanais anextremelydangerousdrugandtheproof[referringtototal
    ndmetabolitestudiesbyHeath,Nahas]isnowcoming in."Websterthenaskedformoremoney
    ersto stoppot.(Nightwatch,CBS,January1,1985.)(1998footnote:The DEA sbudgetfor
    lonefiguresoutto10times thecostof1985 sbudgetand100timesthecostofits1981bu
    ertainerscaughtwithcannabishavehadtodoa"Galileo"type recantingtostayoutofjail
    n, endorsement,ornightclubcontracts,etc.Somehavehadtogoon televisionanddenounc
    il(e.g.,Peter YarrowofPeter,PaulandMary,DavidCrosby,andactressLinda Carter).O
    avesoldourAmerican "guaranteed"BillofRights,writtenoncannabis,tosecureacannabis
    pectyourneighbor,turnhimin."Anyhearsay istobereported.Thatwhichrevoltedusa
    mmiesaskingeveryonetospyandinformononeanother Stalin ssecretpolicetakingperson
    o administerstupefyingdrugsandextortinformation agovernment spreadingliesandcreat
    snowbecomeoureveryday Amierkanreality.Andthosewhodaretostandagainstthetideof
    ctoffinancialruin. Seizure:FeudalLaw&Order Whenthefederalgovernmentseizescars,
    te,and otherpersonalproperty,proceedingaresetintomotionbasedonlaws thatoriginat
    rstition.Englishcommonlawofthe MiddleAgesprovidedforforfeitureofanyobjectcausin
    deodand,"theobject,suchasaweaponorrunaway oxcart,waspersonifiedanddeclaredtai
    o theking.Today sinrem(againstthingsratherthanagainstpersons) forfeitureproceedi
    gainstthepropertyitself. Relyingonanalogytothedeodand,alegal"personificationfict
    hepropertytobethedefendant.Itisheldguiltyand condemned,asthoughitwereaperso
    oftheownerisirrelevant.Byapplyingthiscivillabeltoforfeiture proceedings,thegove
    mostalltheprotections offeredbytheConstitutiontoindividuals.ThereisnoSixth Ame
    httocounsel.Innocentuntilprovenguilty isreversed.Eachviolationofaconstitutiona
    sisforthedestructionofanother.TheviolationoftheFifth Amendment s"innocentuntilp
    cessstandardisused todestroytheprohibitionofdoublejeopardy.Evenacquittalofthe
    feitureisbasedupondoesnotpreventre tryingthesamefacts,because,eventhroughthe
    eacrimewascommitted,atthesecondtrialthedefendantmust provideproofofinnocence.
    titis constitutionaltoforfeitpropertyinremfromapersonwhois completelyinnocent
    heproperty. Lowercourtsacceptprosecutors argumentsthatifitispermissibleto forfei
    pletelyinnocentpersons,thenconstitutional protectionscouldnotpossiblyapplytoanyone
    vena

    minordrugoffense.Unlikecivilsuitsbetweenindividuals,the governmentisimmunetocoun
    mentcanuseits unlimitedresourcestorepeatedlypressasuitinthemerehopeof convinc
    idnotprovideapreponderanceof evidence.ForfeituresimposedbytheEnglishCrownledour
    oprohibitbillsofattainder(forfeitureconsequentto conviction)inthefirstarticleof
    tution.The mainbodyoftheConstitutionalsoforbidsforfeitureofestatefor treason.
    hestatue,stilllawtoday, statingthat"Noconvictionorjudgementshallworkcorruptiono
    ureofestate."However,earlyAmericansdidincorporate inrem(proceedingagainstathing
    miraltyand Maritimelaw,toseizeenemyshipsatseaandtoenforcepaymentof customsdut
    eakoftheCivilWarthat theseCustomsprocedureswereradicallychanged.TheConfiscation
    laredallpropertybelongingtoConfederate officersorthosewhoaidedtherebelstobefor
    upremeCourtheldthatiftheActwasanexerciseofthewar powersofthegovernmentandwa
    s Constitutionallyallowableinordertoensureaspeedyterminationof thewar.Today,the
    ugs"havecausedCongress toonceagainuseinremproceedingstoinflictpunishmentwithout
    tectionsprovidedbytheConstitutionandBillof Rights."WehavetosaveourConstitution
    ose husbandservedtwoyearsinprisonforacannabisoffense."Wehave thetruth." Entra
    norance Whennotenoughpersonsseemtobecommittingcrimes,theDEAand policedepartment
    pmenttomakecriminalsoutof unsuspectingandotherwisenoncriminalpersons.Government
    ghttimeaftertimeprovokingandparticipatingindrug smugglingandsales.**HighWitness
    hTimes magazine "InsidetheDEA,"DaleGeiringer,ReasonMagazine,December, 1986 Christ
    a"lawsuit DeLoreancocainetrial testimonyandverdictofinnocence Playboymagazine,etc
    ngofpublicfearsofmarijuanaturnsintodemandsformoremoney fora"WaronDrugs"(aeu
    hofreely choosetouseselectedsubstances)andpoliticalpressureforthe permissiontou
    almeanstoenforcetheconstantly harsherlaws.InanOctober,1989,Louisville,KY,addres
    fthatstate,thenDrugCzarandsocialdrinking, nicotineaddictWilliamBennett*announced
    kingmakes peoplestupid.*Thisisthesamemanwhohelpedengineera$2.9 milliongrantf
    essitsagentsupas cactustopatroltheMexicanborder.ThiswastheNationalGuardunit
    mericanbornMexicansheepherder assuminghimtobeanillegalimmigrant.Heofferednopro
    asnotamajorissueinKentucky,proclaimedthatmore moneywasnecessaryforthewarondr
    rijuanainduceddangerstupidity!(Which,asfarasweknow,is stillnotacrime.)Bennett
    ate morningginandtonicinDecember,1989,ashetriedtopitchasimilar antimarijuana
    fthebroadcastandfilm industriesinBeverlyHills,CA.(HighTimes,February,1990.See
    ixofthepaperversionofthisbook.)Have

    yourballoonsandbumperstickersready Bennettisrunningfor presidentin2000! PDFA:Sl


    otherrecentdevelopmenthasbeentheformationofthePDFA (PartnershipforaDrugFreeAme
    th primarilyinkindfundingfromadagenciesandmediagroups,makes available(freeofch
    rintmedia)slick publicserviceadsdirectedprimarilyagainstmarijuana.Inadditionto r
    ninglessdrivelasanadwhichshowsaskillet("This isdrugs.")onwhichaneggisfrying
    uestions?"),PDFAisnotabovelyingoutrightintheirads.Inone ad,thewreckageofatra
    reethatno oneshouldattempttodriveatrainwhilehighonmarijuana.Buta man svoice
    arijuanaisharmless" islying,becausehiswifewaskilledinatrainaccidentcausedby m
    tsthedirectsworntestimonyoftheengineer responsibleforthatdisaster that"thisacci
    ijuana."Anditdeliberatelyignoreshisadmissionsofdrinking alcohol,snacking,watching
    ilingtopayadequate attentiontohisjob,anddeliberatelyjammingthetrain ssafety equ
    ident.Yet,foryearsthePDFAhasdescribed thetrainaccidentasbeingmarijuanacaused,
    aslegallydrunkandhadlosthisautomobiledriver slicensesix times,includingpermaentl
    inginthepreviousthree years.Inanotherad,asadlookingcoupleistoldthattheycanno
    sbandusedtosmokepot.Thisisadirect contradictionbothoftheclinicalevidencedevel
    nnabisstudiesandofthepersonalexperiencesofmillions ofAmericanswhohavesmokedcann
    tlyhealthy children.Andinyetanotherad,thegroupwassoarrogantinputting outlies
    e.Theadshowedtwobrain wavechartswhichitsaidshowedthebrainwavesofa14yearol
    cherDr.DonaldBlumfromtheUCLA NeurologicalStudiesCentertoldKABCTV(LosAngeles)Ne
    tthechartsaidtoshowtheeffectsofmarijuanaactually showsthebrainwavesofsomeone
    atheandotherresearchershadpreviouslycomplainedtothePDFA, andaddedthatcannabisu
    remuchdifferentand haveawellknownsignature,duetoyearsofresearchontheeffectso
    terthispublicrefutation,ittookthe stationKABCTVandPDFAweekstopullthespot,and
    tbeenofferedforthedeceit.Despitebeingordered bythecourtstostop,thePDFAhassh
    redsofTVchannelsthroughouttheUnitedStatesforthelast decade.**Groupsincludingth
    ,theFamily CouncilonDrugAwareness,andHelpEndMarijuanaProhibition(HEMP) havedeci
    suretoexposePDFAliesandget theirdistortionsbannedfromtheairwavesor,betteryet,
    nformationonthemedical,social,andcommercialuses ofhemp.Perhapsamorevalidadfor
    tworkstorunwouldshowaskillet("ThisisthePDFA.")andanegg frying("Thesearethef
    anda

    TheDARE(DrugAbuseResistanceEducation)program,anationalprogram thatwasinitiatedin
    esPoliceChiefDaryl Gates,hasbecomeyetanothertooldisinformingthepubliconhemp. T
    rtmentspokespersonwillconducta17week courseatalocalelementaryschooltopromotepe
    ehaviorbyyoungpersonswhileirresponsiblygivingthemdistorted informationandoutright
    abis.Mostofthecoursedoes notdealwithdrugsassuch,butratherwithmakingchoicesab
    rtunitiesorpressurestodrink,smoke, steal,lie,breaklaws,etc.However,theprogram s
    tforgoodbehaviorisunderminedbyanundercurrentofliesand innuendoaboutmarijuana s
    nterview, L.A. smainDAREinstructor,Sgt.Domagalski,gaveinformationonthe programan
    antiatedanduntruestatementsas marijuanaleadstoheroin,"Theguyacrossthestreetorn
    gmarijuanaforyearsandtheredoesn tseemtobeanything wrongwithhim. Thereissometh
    ous." And,"PeopleintheSixtiessmokedmarijuanaandthoughttherewas nothingwrongwith
    rayedandpamperedand they renotconcernedwhattheysprayitwith,either.Butparents
    eirinformationintheSixties,and they renotinterestedinthisnewinformation."(Downtow
    989.Alsoseeletterssection,July31,1989forBACH sreply.) Seechapter15,"Debunking"
    rmation."In 1999,DAREstillconsciouslyteachesthesesameliestoourchildren andthrea
    atdarestotellDAREtostoporceasein theirschooldisrict.However,in1997thecityo
    wfromtheDAREprogramandhassofarsufferedno consequences.WhatmakestheDAREprogra
    tprovidessomeaccurateinformation,butunderminesitselfandthe publicrecordbyusingl
    tmarijuana.Forexample, accordingtoteacherswhositinonthesessions,*thepoliceoffi
    ttellyouthatsmokingpotcausesbraindamage, becauseyouallknowpeoplewhosmokepota
    tthat swhatitdoes.Youjustcan ttellyet."*Someofthe teacherswetalkedtofind
    onof knowingtherealstudies,orhaveusedcannabisthemselvesandknowits effects,but
    ircaseforfearofbeingurine testedordismissed.Nosupportingevidenceisthenoffered,
    oeshomewiththechild(andispotentiallyseenby marijuanasavvyparents)tendstoappear
    hit referstomysterious"newstudies"showingthedangersofmarijuana. Butthroughoutth
    liceofficerreferstolung damage,braindamage,sterility,andotherunfoundedclaimsofh
    thbeingcausedbymarijuana.Ortheyreportonstudies detailingthecardiopulmonaryrisks
    ention marijuanasmokeunrelatedexceptbycontext.Orthe"wellintentioned" officertell
    ersonsheclaimstoknowwho"started" withmarijuanaandultimatelydestroyedtheirlivesw
    e,anddepravity thenlumpsmarijuanainwithgenuinelydangerous drugsanddescribeshowy
    iceofficerswere killedbythesedesperate,drugcrazedcriminals. Thentheofficerencour
    o"help"theirdrugusing friendsandfamilybybecomingapoliceinformant.Thesekindsof
    uendoandimplicationaregiveninanoffhand mannercalculatedtoleaveastrong,permanen

    consciousmind,withoutbasingitonanyresearchorothersourcesthat canbeobjectivelys
    lengedjustalasting, indistinctmentalimage.WhatmakestheDAREprogramuniquelydangero
    essomeaccurateinformationandhasgenuinevaluefor youngpeople,butunderminesitselfa
    sing theseirresponsible,underhandedtactics.IfDAREofficialswant responsiblebehavior
    ts,theymustalsoactresponsibly.If theyhaveinformationaboutmarijuanathatishidden
    eit.But,sofarasweknow,noDAREorganizationhasyet daredtodebateanymarijuanale
    lude theirliteratureinitsprogram.*Since1989,HelpEliminateMarijuana Prohibition(H
    ssAllianceforCommerceinHemp (BACH)haveissuedongoingstandingchallengestopublicly
    esentativesintheLosAngelesarea,whichhasyettobetaken up.Thesegroupshavealsoo
    te literatureoncannabisforDARE suse,butasofJuly1998,have receivednoresponse.
    eastronginjectionofreasonandfactintothecannabisdebate bythemediainthelate19
    as largelyfailedtodistinguishmarijuanaprohibitionfromthebroader "drugwar"hysteria
    ecopy"inthe1980s.Hemp activistshavebeenignored,theireventscensoredandexcludedf
    sevenpaidadvertisementsabouteventsorlegal,non smokinghempproductsarerefusedby
    ppened tofactchecking?Insteadofservingastheprobingwatchdogsof governmentandkeep
    ,corporatenewsgroups regardthemselvesastheprofitmakingtoolforforging"consensus"
    ."Penaltiesagainstpossessionofadrugshouldnotbe moredamagingtoanindividualthan
    esidentJimmyCarterAugust2,1977AccordingtogroupslikeFairness andAccuracyInReport
    cherslikeBenBakdikianand MichaelParenti,thesecorporationsdefineandprotectthe"nat
    "Oftenmeaningtheirownvestedfinancialinterestsand politicalagendas.Itmustberemem
    rgest publishershavedirectholdingsintimberlandforpaperdevelopment, andthepharmace
    trochemicalcompanies,etc.areamong themedia smajoradvertisers.Inanarticlepublishe
    gazineMay7,1989,entitled"NothingWorks,"(andsince mimickedinhundredsofmagazines,
    wsweek), StanleyMeiselerlamentstheproblemfacingschoolsindrugeducation programsand
    yrevealsthenewsmedia sownassumptionsand bias:"Criticsbelievethatsomeeducationpr
    pled byexaggeratingthedangersofdrugs.Principlesandteachers,watched closelybycit
    ssurednottoteachpupilsthat marijuana,althoughharmful,*islessaddictingthancigaret
    nowledgesuchinformationmeansschoolprogramscanlose credibility.Butmorehonestprogr
    eharmful." (Emphasisadded.)TheharmMeislerpredictsisanexpectedincreasein consumpt
    rnthehealthbenefitsandlackofphysical orpsychologicalrisksinvolvedwithcannabisco
    sonsdecidethattheypreferpot(whichapparentlydoesnotneedto advertise)toalcoholan
    yadvertising dollarsarespent.*Nospecificstudiesshowingtheallegedharmful effects
    le.Infact,cannabiswasbarely

    mentionedexceptforthisreferenceandanotethatdetoxification businessesreportsomesu
    gamilddependenceon marijuanaandalcohol." OngoingJustice PresidentJimmyCarteraddr
    notherkindofharmdone byprohibitionandthedrugissueAugust2,1977,sayingthat "pen
    onofadrugshouldnotbemoredamagingto anindividualthantheuseofthedrugitself."
    onamendingfederallawtoeliminateallfederalcriminal penaltiesforthepossessionofup
    a."However, hiseffortstoapplyeventhisbitofreasontoAmerica smarijuana laws21ye
    ressdeterminedtoshowthat itistoughoncrime,nomatterwhetheranactioniscriminalo
    ty,nomatterhowmanypersonsarehurtinthe process.Andthisattitudeofintoleranceand
    inthepostCarteryears.By1990,some30stateshadestablished "SpecialAlternativeIncar
    ps(called"bootcamps") wherenonviolent,firsttimedrugoffendersareincarceratedina
    tion,verballyabused,andpsychologicallyworndown tobreakthemoftheirdissidentattitu
    .Now,in 1999,thereare42stateswithspecialalternativeincarcerationcamps implement
    s.Theinmatesarehandledwithrobotic precision,andthosewhodon tconformaresubjectt
    tatepenitentiary.Mostoftheseoffendersareinformarijuana. Evenmorestatesareconsi
    imilarprograms.**In TheseTimes,"Gulagfordrugusers,"December20,1989,pg.4.What
    nalizethisantiAmericanpolicy?A handfulofofficialgovernmentreportsandstudiesthat
    liticians,andthemediatoshowthatmarijuanareallyis "damagingtoanindividual." LaRo
    ck NRoll IfyouthoughtAnslinger smusiccrazinesswasoverafterhewentafter jazzin
    rthis:Oneofthechief organizationsamongthe4,000orso"FamiliesAgainstMarijuana"ty
    nLaRouche s"WaronDrugs"committee,supported byNancyReagan,TVevangelistsJerryFalwe
    t,Pat Robertson,andotherrightwingactivists.InJanuary,1981,this authorandfiveme
    arijuanaInitiative(CMI) secretly,bypretendingtobeproLaRouche,attendedtheWestCoas
    isorganization,whoseguestspeakerwasEdDavis, formerLosAngelesPoliceChief,whowas
    te senatorfromChatsworth,California.Asweeachwalkedinseparately, wewereaskedtos
    gaDetroitreporterwhohad writtenanopenlettertothenewPresident,RonaldReagan,ask
    esidentialclemencyandmakeanationalheroof MarkChapman,whohadmurderedJohnLennono
    rlier.TheletterstatedthatJohnLennonhadbeenthemostevilman ontheplanetbecauseh
    nedon"theplanet to"illicitdrugs".Theevilsofrock n rollareaconstantthemeof
    eepupwiththepartwewere playing,wesignedthepetition.(John,forgiveuswewerepla
    overCMIantinarc.Werememberyoufor"Give PeaceaChance,""Imagine,"andalltherest.

    petition,theirleaderstookustothebackoftheroomtoshowussome ofthegoalsthatwo
    ullpower overthenextdecade.Onfiveorsolongtablessetupinthebackof theLosAng
    dredsofrecordings ofBach,Beethoven,Wagner,Chopin,Tchaikovsky,Mozart,andothers, an
    learpowerpublications.Theytoldusthatalong withnewmarijuanalaws,theyexpectedtoi
    portantgoal:anyoneinthefuturewhoplayeddisco,rock n roll, orjazzontheradio,on
    ncert,orjust soldrock n rollrecordsoranyothermusicthatwasn tfromtheir approve
    ailed,includingmusicteachers, discjockeys,andrecordcompanyexecutives.Schoolteache
    wedsuchmusicbystudents,wouldbefired.(LATimes KNBCTV.) Theyweredeadserious.Th
    aysspent morespacedenouncingmusicwiththe"evilmarijuanabeat"thanon heroin,cocain
    aviswasgenuinelyshockedand embarrassedaboutthisoutfrontaspectoftheirantimusicd
    n tbelievewecouldevergetlegislationatthistime outlawingtheseothertypesofmusic
    iththenewReaganLawandOrderAdministration,wearegoing tobeabletopasssomenewan
    hernalia laws,evenrecriminalizingmarijuanaaltogetherinthestatesthathave decriminal
    snow...That sthestart."Icalledhis officeafewdayslaterandwastoldbyanassi
    up smusicalfixationandthathehadaccepted theinvitationbasedsolelyonthename"War
    redictedthatdayhascomeabout.Thosevisionariesofanew society,onefreefromtheinf
    ad theirwayinthe1980s.RememberJamesWattandtheBeachBoysin 1986? Since1981,TV
    ,andpulledfromthe airforhavingapromarijuanaconnotationorevenmakingjokesabout
    ler",DetectiveFish(AbeVigoda)was toldthatsomebrownieshe dbeeneatingalldaywere
    rlornforamoment,thensaidwithasigh,"Wouldn tyou knowit,thisisthebestIeverfe
    isodehasbeenpulledfromdistribution.Thelate"screaming comic",SamKinison,stoodont
    rdayNightLive" in1986andbellowed"Goahead,youcanhavethecocaine!Justletus smo
    romaudioportionin subsequentreruns.TheReagan/Bushdrugczar,CarltonTurner,fromhis
    ouseChiefDrugAdvisorinthemid1980squoted tothepresspassagesofTheRiseandFallo
    ndinterviewersthatjazzmusiciansandrocksingerswere destroyingtheAmericahelovedwi
    ugbeatmusic. In1997,inanepisodeoftheTVseries"MurphyBrown",starring CandiceBer
    certreatmentfromwhichsheis vomittingconstantlyandhaslostherappetite.Finallyshe
    gallyusemarijuanafornauseaandappetite stimulation.Murphysmokespotandsheissaved
    hipForaDrugFreeAmericaandDAREtriedunsuccessfullyto stopthisepisodefromairinga
    ur children"Whatwrongmessage!?Thatmarijuanaisthebestantinausea andthebestappeti
    netandcansavemillionsof lives?

    PaulMcCartney&HisBandontheRun TimothyWhiteinterviewedPaulMcCartney,formerlyoft
    evelopeditintoaradioprogramcalled"McCartney:The First20Years".Heaskedthesongw
    ndon theRun",onthealbumofthesamename."Well,atthetime,bandslike usandtheEa
    dlike,outlawsand desperadoes,youknow,"repliedMcCartney."Imean,peopleweregetting
    s.Andthat saboutalltheyweregettingpopped for.Neveranythingserious."Andoura
    tlaws.Wejustwantedtobepartoftheregularscene, youknow,andmakeourmusicandliv
    etreatedlikecriminalswhenallwewantedtodowassmokepot insteadofhittingthebooze
    ut it wasmyreactiontothatwholescene...""Andthecountyjudge/who heldagrudg
    " From"TheFirst20Years",broadcastonKLSX97.1FM(LosAngeles)and otherstationsof
    kJanuary29,1990. McCartneyalsowrotethefamouslinethatgotthesong"ADayinthe Li
    adasmoke.SomebodyspokeandI wentintoadream."Avocalsupporterofmarijuanalegali
    edlybeenarrestedandwasimprisonedfor10days duringaconcerttourofJapan.TheJapan
    tourandbannedhimfromplayinginthatcountry,costinghimmillions ofdollars.Tohisc
    koutforpot smokers. TheUltimateHypocrasy Whilewagingitsselfstyled"WaronDrugs"
    antsandAmericancivilians,theReagan/Bush/Quayle/Clinton/Gore administrations(19811999)
    ncouragedandcoveredupdrug smugglinganddistributionbyhighrankingofficialsoftheU.
    ehand,Bushviolatedinternationallawbyinvading Panamatobringreputeddrugsmuggleran
    ployee ManuelNoriegatotheU.S.tostandtrial.Ontheotherhand,he refusedtoextradit
    miralPoindexter, GeneralSecord,LewisTambs,andotherAmericanstoCostaRica,where the
    entbythatgovernmentforoperatingadrug smugglingoperationthere.(TheGuardian,Britis
    aine shippedbycontranetwork",July22,1989.)Federalhearingsconducted byU.S.Senato
    committeeonTerrorismand Narcoticsin1988and1989documentedwidespreadactsbytheCIA
    yAgency(NSA)toblockinvestigationsbytheCustoms DepartmentandFBIintococainesmuggl
    eoperatives" undertheguiseofnationalsecurity.Noindictmentswereeverhanded down,
    edundergrantsofimmunitywithlittle mediaattention.SpecialIranContrainvestigatorsf
    nformationorevidencedevelopedbytheChristicInstitute implicatinggovernmentcomplicity
    rorism.AndwhenGeneral SecordwasconvictedinJanuary1990forcrimesrelatedtotheIra
    dal,hewasgivenafineof$50andabrief probationwhenafederaljudgedecidedthatthe
    denough".Thisfromanadministrationthatpromotesthedeath penaltyevenbeheadingForma
    ntheLarryKingShow inlate1989,thendrugczarWilliamBennett,apossibleRepublican p
    n2000,saidhehadnomoralproblemswith

    beheadingdrugdealersonlylegalones. CHAPTER15THEOFFICIALSTORY:DEBUNKING"GUTTER
    kingtestimonyandmorethanayear slegal deliberation,DEAAdministrativeLawJudgeFranc
    urgedtheDEAtoallowdoctorstoprescribemarijuana.InaSeptember 1988judgement,heru
    cordclearlyshows thatmarijuanahasbeenacceptedascapableofrelievingthedistress of
    lpeople,anddoingsowithsafetyunder medicalsupervision...Itwouldbeunreasonab
    heDEAtocontinuetostandbetweenthosesufferersand thebenefitsofthissubstanceinli
    ord. Instrictmedicalterms,marijuanaisfarsaferthanmanyfoodswe commonlyconsumema
    rmisoneofthesafest therapeuticallyactivesubstancesknowntoman."YetformerDEA Adm
    issuccessor,RobertBonner,andcurrentDEA AdministratorJohnConstantinenondoctorsal
    lyandhavecontinuedtodeprivepersonsofmedicalcannabis, accordingtotheirownpersona
    ingTime,WastingLives Morethan100yearshavepassedsincethe1894BritishRajcommissio
    rsinIndiareportedcannabisusewasharmless andevenhelpful.Numerousstudiessincehav
    minentbeingSiler,LaGuardia,Nixon sShaferCommission,Canada s LeDainCommission,andth
    aResearchAdvisoryCommission. Concurrently,Americanpresidentshavepraisedhemp,theUSD
    lumesofdatashowingitsvalueasanaturalresource,andin1942 theRooseveltadministrat
    ory,afilm glorifyingourpatriotichempfarmers.Thatsameyear,Germany producedTheHu
    icbook,writteninrhyme, extollinghemp svirtues.(SeeappendixIofthepaperversiono
    aneuseofhempformedicineisnowdenied. Askedinlate1989abouttheDEA sfailuretoim
    ove,JudgeYoungrespondedthatadministratorJohnLawnwas beinggiventimetocomply.More
    ing,Lawn officiallyrefusedtoreschedulecannabis,againclassingitasa ScheduleI"dan
    tevenallowedtobeusedas medicine.DecryingthisneedlesssufferingofhelplessAmerican
    nizationtoReformMarijuanaLaws(NORML)andtheFamily CouncilonDrugAwarenessquicklyd
    gnation.His successors,Bonner,andnowConstantine,retainthesamepolicy.What hypocri
    ficialstoscoffatthefactsanddenythe truth?Howdotheyrationalizetheiratrocities?
    rts. GovernmentDoublespeak Since1976,ourfederalgovernment(e.g.,NIDA,NIH,DEA*,and
    esponsoredgroups(likeDARE*),andspecialinterestgroups(like PDFA*)haveproclaimedto
    arentgroupsalikethat theyhave"absoluteevidence"oftheshockingnegativeeffectsof m
    ationalInstituteonDrugAbuse,National InstitutesofHealth,DrugEnforcementAgency,Dru
    nce Education,PartnershipforaDrugFreeAmerica.Allsubsequent

    researchersfoundHeath smarijuanafindingstobeofnovalue,because carbonmonoxidepois


    torsweretotallyleftout.When U.S.governmentsponsoredresearchpriorto1976indicated
    rmlessorbeneficial,themethodologyofhoweachstudy wasdonewasalwayspresentedindet
    dThe TherapeuticPotentialofMarijuana(1976)andyouwillseeexactlywhat themethodolo
    ywas.However,whenourgovernment bureaucratsdeliberatelysponsorednegativemarijuanare
    e andtimeagainPlayboymagazine,NORML,HighTimes,etc.hadtosue underthenewFreedo
    eactual laboratorymethodologythese"experiments"employed.Whattheyfound wasshocking.
    laneStudy,1974 TheHype:BrainDamageandDeadMonkeys In1974,CaliforniaGovernorRonal
    t decriminalizingmarijuana.AfterproducingtheHeath/TulaneUniversity study,thesocall
    municator"proclaimed,"Themost reliablescientificsourcessaypermanentbraindamageiso
    ableresultsoftheuseofmarijuana."(L.A.Times)Thereport fromDr.Heathhadconcluded
    ngthe equivalentofonly30jointsaday,begantoatrophyanddieafter90 days.Andever
    keyswhowereforced tosmokemarijuanahasbeengivenmaximumscareplayinfederal bookle
    oredpropagandaliteratureagainstpot. SenatorEastlandofMississippiuseditthroughoutt
    rrifyandstopnationallegislatorsfromsupportingNORML s decriminalizationbillsinCongr
    ponsoredbythelate SenatorJacobJavittsofNewYork.Reportsofthestudyhavealsobeen
    hyofdrugrehabilitationprofessionalsas partoftheirrationalizationforwantingtoget
    upposedscientificstudies.Itisusedtoterrorizeparentgroups, churchorganizations,et
    uteitstillfurther.Heath killedthehalfdeadmonkeys,openedtheirbrains,countedthed
    ntookcontrolmonkeys,whohadn tsmoked marijuana,killedthemtoo,andcountedtheirbrai
    gmonkeyshadenormousamountsofdeadbraincellsascomparedto the"straight"monkeys.Ro
    cementwasprobably basedonthefactthatmarijuanasmokingwastheonlydifferenceinthe
    sReagantrustedthefederalresearchtobe realandcorrect.Perhapshehadothermotives.
    hisiswhatthegovernmentballyhooedtopressandPTA,who trustedthegovernmentcompletel
    ORMLfinally receivedforthefirsttimeaftersixyearsofrequestsandsuingthe governme
    ngoftheresearchproceduresusedin theinfamousreport:WhenNORML/Playboyhiredresearch
    eportedresultsagainsttheactualmethodology,theylaughed. TheFacts:SuffocationofRese
    sreportedinPlayboy,theHeath"Voodoo"Researchmethodology involvedstrappingRhesusmon
    ndpumpingthemwith equivalentof63Colombianstrengthjointsin"fiveminutes,through g
    oke.PlayboydiscoveredthatHeathhad administered63jointsinfiveminutesoverjustthr
    inistering30jointsperdayoveraoneyearperiodashehad firstreported.Heathdidthi

    havingtopayanassistant swageseverydayforafullyear.The monkeysweresuffocating!


    ndeprivation causesbraindamage"deadbraincells."(RedCrossLifesavingandWater Safet
    ncentrationofsmokeused,themonkeyswerea bitlikeapersonrunningtheengineofacar
    esatatimeeveryday!TheHeathMonkeystudywasactually astudyinanimalasphyxiationa
    g.Among otherthings,Heathhadcompletely(intentionally?incompetently?) omitteddiscus
    bonmonoxidethemonkeysinhaled.Carbon monoxide,adeadlygasthatkillsbraincells,isg
    ject.Atthatsmokeconcentration,themonkeyswere,in effect,likeapersonlockedinag
    unningforfive,10,15minutesatatimeeveryday!Allsubsequent researchersagreethefi
    entregarding marijuanawereofnovalue,becausecarbonmonoxidepoisoningandother facto
    toutandhadnotbeenconsideredinthe report.Thisstudyandothers,likeDr.GabrielNa
    ehowconnecttheTHCmetabolitesroutinelyfoundinthe fattytissueofhumanbrains,reprod
    herfatty areasofthebodytothedeadbraincellsinthesuffocatedmonkeys. Now,in1999
    lewordofDr.Heath s orDr.Nahas researchhasbeenverified!Buttheirstudiesarestil
    pforaDrugFreeAmerica,theDrug EnforcementAdministration,cityandstatenarcoticsbur
    iansand,invirtuallyallpublicinstances,heldupas scientificproofofthedangersofm
    rnment propagandaanddisinformationatitsworst!Thepublicpaidforthese studiesandh
    nformationandhistorybeing taughtinourtaxpayersponsoredschools.In1996,GabrielNaha
    ishka,thetranslatoroftheFrencheditionofthisbook, "L EmperorestNu!",fordamages.
    tudies wereviewedbytheworldasgarbage.TheFrenchcourt,uponhearing allthetestimo
    dspentanquivalentof tensofthousandsofAmericandollarsonlegalfees,awardedhimits
    ,theequivalentofapproximately15cents Americanfordamages,andnolegalfees! Lingeri
    heHype:ItStaysinYourSystemfor30Days Thegovernmentalsoclaimedthatsince"THCmet
    attycellsforupto30daysafteringestion,justonejoint wasverydangerous inferringt
    se THCmetaboliteseventuallycoulddotothehumanracecouldnotevenbe guessedandothe
    etalk(e.g.,phraseslike: "mightbe,""couldmean,""possibly,""perhaps,"etc.)**"May,
    ssiblyarenotscientificconclusions."Dr.FredOerther, M.D.,September1986. TheFacts:
    nExpertsSayThatMetabolitesAreNonToxic,Harmless ResidueWeinterviewedthreedoctors
    ioneither currentlyworking(orhavingworked)fortheU.S.governmenton marijuanaresear
    lieder,M.D.,UCLA,appointedbyRichardNixonin

    1969tothePresident sSelectCommitteeonMarijuana,reappointedby Ford,Carter,andRea


    adofCalifornia s"Marijuana MedicalProgram " Dr.DonaldTashkin,UCLA,M.D.,forthel
    ment sandtheworld sleadingmarijuanaresearcheronpulmonary functions and Dr.TodM
    ionaladministratorandgrant distributoroftheU.S.government smarijuanaresearchprogra
    960s. IneffectthesedoctorssaidthattheactiveingredientsinTHCare usedupinthefi
    ver.Theleftover THCmetabolitesthenattachthemselves,inaverynormalway,tofatty d
    oseoflater,whichisasafeand perfectlynaturalprocess.Manychemicalsfromfoods,herb
    amethingallthetimeinyourbody.Mostarenot dangerousandTHCmetabolitesshowlesst
    y anyknownmetabolicleftoversinyourbody!*TheU.S.governmenthas alsoknownsince19
    isrequiredtokilla mouseisabout40,000timesthedoserequiredtoproducetypical symp
    uriya,Tod,MarijuanaMedicalPapers, 1976 Loewe,journalofPharmacologicalandExperiment
    cs, October,1946.)THCmetabolitesleftinthebodycanbecomparedto theashofacigar
    veraftertheactive cannabinoidshavebeenmetabolizedbythebody.Theseinert metabolit
    lysisstudiesshowwhentakento dischargemilitaryorfactoryorathleticpersonnelforusi
    enceofcannabiswithinthelast30days. LungDamageStudies TheHype:MoreHarmfulThanT
    ericanLungAssociation,cigarettesandtobacco smokingrelateddiseaseskillmorethan430,
    veryyear. FiftymillionAmericanssmoke,and3,000teensstarteachday.The Berkeleycar
    fthelate1970sconcludedthat "marijuanaisoneandahalftimesmorecarcinogenicthanto
    cumentedCaseofCancer Therearelungirritantsinvolvedinanysmoke.Cannabissmokecaus
    elargeairwaysofthelungs.Symptomsdisappear whensmokingisdiscontinued.However,unl
    nnabis smokedoesnotcauseanychangesinthesmallairways,theareawhere tobaccosmoke
    entdamage.Additionally,a tobaccosmokerwillsmoke20to60cigarettesaday,whileahe
    kefivetosevenjointsaday,evenlesswhen potenthighqualityflowertopsareavailable.
    ricanssmokepotregularly,cannabishasnevercausedaknown caseoflungcancerasofDece
    rica s foremostlungexpert,Dr.DonaldTashkinofUCLA.Heconsidersthe biggesthealthr
    sonsmoking16ormore "large"spliffsadayofleaf/budbecauseofthehypoxiaoftoomuch
    hkinfeelsthereisnodangerfor anyonetoworryaboutpotentiatingemphysema"inanyway"
    llytheoppositeoftobacco.Cannabisisacomplex,

    highlyevolvedplant.Therearesome400compoundsinitssmoke.Of these,60arepresentl
    ue.Cannabismay alsobeeaten,entirelyavoidingtheirritatingeffectsofsmoke. However,
    ctiveingredientsofsmokedcannabis areabsorbedbythehumanbodythanwhenthesameamoun
    tioninflatedpriceofblackmarketcannabis,combinedwith harshpenaltiesforcultivation,
    sonsfrombeingable toaffordtheluxuryofalessefficient,thoughhealthier,meansof i
    iltoReflecttheRealWorld Studieshaveproventhatmanyofthecarcinogensincannabisca
    pesystem.Ourgovernmentomittedthis informationanditssignificancewhenspeakingtoth
    oliticiansoutlawedthesaleofwaterpipes,labelingthem "drugparaphernalia." HowRumors
    76,Dr.Tashkin,M.D.,UCLA,sentawrittenreporttoDr.Gabriel NahasattheRheims,Franc
    alCannabisMedical Dangers".Thatreportbecamethemostsensationalizedstorytocome ou
    dconferenceoncannabis.Thissurprised Tashkin,whohadsentthereporttotheRheimsconf
    ght.WhatTashkinreportedtotheRheimsconferencewasthat onlyoneofthe29pulmonaryar
    helarge airpassagewayDidhefindmarijuanatobemoreofanirritant(by15 times)than
    icant,however,since Tashkinalsonotesthattobaccohasalmostnoeffectonthisarea. Th
    tnothingisstillalmostnothing.inany event,cannabishasapositiveorneutraleffect
    eechapter7,"TherapeuticUsesofCannabis.")(Tashkin, Dr.Donald,UCLAstudies,196983
    s,196995.) Afterwardsin1977,theU.S.governmentresumedfundingforongoing cannabisp
    ichithadcuttwoyearsearlierwhen Tashkinreportedencouragingtherapeuticresultswith
    tudies.Butnowthegovernmentlimitedfundingonlytoresearchto thelargeairpassageway
    ashkindozensof times.In1986Iaskedhimaboutanarticlehewaspreparingforthe New
    catingthatcannabissmokecaused asmanyormoreprecancerouslesionsastobaccoin"equal
    onotrealize,norarethemediatold,thatanytissue abnormality(abrasion,eruption,ore
    e cancerouslesion.Unlikelesionscausedbytobacco,theTHCrelated lesionscontainno
    ashkinhowmanypersonshad goneontogetlungcancerintheseoranyotherstudiesoflong
    tas,Coptics,etc.)SittinginhisUCLA laboratory,Dr.Tashkinlookedatmeandsaid,"That
    oonewe vestudiedhasgoneontogetlungcancer." "Wasthisreportedtothepress?""Well
    kinsaid."Butnooneinthepressevenasked.Theyjustassumed theworst."Hisanswert
    gcancerinsomeonewhoonlysmokedcannabis,haseverbeen reported.Itshouldberemember
    d predicted20yearsago,theircertaintythathundredsofthousandsof marijuanasmokersw
    evelopedlungcancer.

    AnotherFact:EmphysemaSuffersBenefit Duringalaterinterview,Tashkincongratulatedmeo
    himthatmarijuanausedforemphysemaproducedgoodresultsamong personsweknew.Helaughe
    ausehehadpresumed thatmarijuanaaggravatedemphysema,butafterreviewinghisevidence
    tintherarestofcases,marijuanawasactuallyof greatbenefittoemphysemasuffersduet
    thebronchialpassages.Andsothereliefreportedtousbycannabis smokingemphysemapatie
    rijuanasmokeisnotunique initsbenefitstothelungs.YerbaSanta,Colt sfoot,Horehou
    ditionallybeensmokedtohelpthelungs.Tobacco anditsassociateddangershavesoprejudi
    smoking" thatmostpersonsbelievecannabissmokingtobeasormoredangerous thantobacco
    ,thesepublichealthandsafety factsarenotreadilyavailable.InDecember1997,weasked
    nequivocablystatedthat"marijuanadoesnotcauseor potentiateemphysemainanyway."In
    eenone caseoflungcancereverattributedtosmokingcannabis. ...AndSoOn Mosto
    mineddoesnotciteas muchasonesinglesourceforustoreview.OthersonlyrefertoDEA
    otrackdownusuallyend upbeinganecdotalcasehistories,artificialgroupingsofdata,or
    ontrolsandneverreplicated.Reportsofbreast enlargement,obesity,addiction,andthelik
    ubstantiated,andaregivenlittlecredencebythescientific community.Otherreports,lik
    uctioninspermcount, arestatisticallyinsignificanttothegeneralpublic,yetgetblown
    nwhenpresentedbythemedia.Stillothers,like thehandfulofthroattumorsintheSacra
    juriesreportedinaBaltimoretraumaunitareisolatedclusters thatruncontrarytoallot
    everbeen replicated.ThespuriousresultsofHeath,Nahas,andthepregnantmice andmonke
    versityandUCDavis(wherethey injectedmicewithsyntheticthirdcousinanaloguesofTHC)
    nthebodyofscientificandmedicalliterature.Though thesestudiesarenotusedinscient
    ainsofDEA andpharmaceuticalcompanysponsoredliteratureaboutthelongterm possibleef
    bolitesonthebrainandreproduction stillgoestoparentgroupsasiftheywerebrandnew
    ionisstillverymuchaliveinU.S.government,DEA,DARE, andPDFAreports.(Readthe1982
    f Science sevaluationonpaststudies andtheCostaRicareport,1980.) NoHarmtoHuman
    sbeenusedinvirtually allsocietiessincetimeimmemorialasaworkmotivatorandto hig
    nergies. Naha sPrescriptionforBloatedPoliceBudges Incredibly,afamousstudywhichfou
    sreducestumors (seeChapter7),wasoriginallyorderedbytheFederalGovernmenton the
    heimmunesystem.Thiswasbasedon the"ReeferMadness"studiesdonebythedisreputableD

    ofColumbiaUniversityin1972.ThisisthesameDr.Nahaswhoclaimed hisstudiesshowedpo
    tosterone(malehormone) damage,andcountlessotherhorribleeffectswhichsuggestedthe b
    heimmunesystem.Nahas backgroundisinthe OSS/CIAandlatertheU.S.whereheworkedcl
    ndKurtWaldheim.In1998,Nahasisstillthedarlingfavoriteofthe DEAandNIDA(National
    oantimarijuana studiesofNahas haveeverybeenreplicatedincountlessother researcha
    iversityspecificallydisassociated itselffromNahas marijuanaresearchinaspeciallycal
    nferencein1975!Old,discreditedNahasstudiesarestilltrotted outbytheDrugEnforceme
    oday,anddeliberately giventounknowledgeableparents groups,churches,andPTAsasvalid
    rdingtheevilsofpot.ThedisseminationofNahas * dangeroushorrorstoriesispaidforwi
    ears aftertheNationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH)in1976specifically forbadeNahasfrom
    nyofU.S.governmentmoneyfor cannabisstudiesbecauseofhisembarrassingresearchinthe
    nDecember1983,underridiculefromhispeersanda fundingcutofffromNIDArenouncedall
    p anduniquechromosomepetridishtissuedamagestudies,conclusions, andextrapolations.
    ,VISTA,the"WaronDrugs,"and nowdeceasedwriterPeggyMann(inReader sDigestarticles
    ert,wilthforewardbyNancyReagan)haveusedthese discreditedstudiesonparents groups
    gFree Youth,etc.,oftenwithNahasasahighlypaidguestlecturer,without awordofhow
    redbythispeers.This,we assume,isdonetoscareparents,teachers,legislatorsandjudg
    erminologyandbogusnonclinicalstatistics, ultimatelyaimedatsellingmoreurinetesting
    efore, moreprofitsarecreatedforthedrugrehabilitationclinicsandtheir staffsofpro
    tainfundingfortheDEA,local police,judicial,penal,correctionsandothergovernmentpo
    estateinterests.The"WaronDrugs"isbigmoney,sothe shamelesspetitioningformorepo
    inues. Andwestillhavethousandsofjudges,legislators,police,Reader s Digestreaders,
    veforyearsusedandcitedNahas studiesinparticularastheprimereasonstocontinueth
    llionsofAmericansoverthelastdecade.TheDEA, afterNahas 1983wafflingrenouncement,
    minally continuestousehisstudiestopolarizeignorantjudges,politicians, press,andp
    reunawareofNahas denouncement. Thesegroupstrustthegovernmenttotellthemthetruth
    or.Mostofthemedia,press,andtelevision commentatorsstilluseNahas 1970s,unreplica
    , andmuchofthefrighteningfolkloreandstreetmythstahtare whisperedaroundschoolya
    tful"scientist s" work. Refutedandneverreplicatedresultsarestilltaught,whiletheh
    erfacesprisonifheattemptstotestanythoughtsaboutthe medicaluseofcannabis.Infa
    replicated syntheticTHCpetridishstudiesontheimmunesystem,hysterical FamiliesforD
    ustSayNo"organizationshave gottenthepresstosaymarijuanacouldcauseAIDSwhichha
    resspublishedallthisrhetoriccreatingmore ReeferMadness!GabrielNahas,in1998,isli

    aroundEuropeteachingasgospelthesameoldliestolessinformed Europeans.Whenaskedt
    nabisbeforethe worldpressonJune18,1993inParis,hefirstenthusiastically accepted
    uldbespeakingonallaspectsof thehempplant(e.g.paper,fiber,fuel,medicine).Then
    tallofhisrequirements. RadioactiveTobacco:TheUntoldStory Tobaccosmokingkillsmore
    anAIDS,heroin,crack, cocaine,alcohol,caraccidents,fire,andmurdercombined.Cigaret
    ictiveasheroin,completewithwithdrawalsymptoms, andthepercentageofrelapses(75%)is
    ng" cocaineandheroinusers.Itisfarandawaythenumberonecauseof preventabledeath
    rshavetentimes thelungcancerofnonsmokers,twicetheheartdisease,andarethree ti
    easeiftheydodevelopit. Yet tobaccoistotallylegal,andevenreceivesthehighestU.S
    iesofanyagriculturalproductinAmerica,allthewhile beingourbiggestkiller!Whatto
    ein sevendeathsarecausedbysmokingcigarettes.Womenshouldknowthat lungcanceris
    rinwomenwhosmokeand thatsmokingonthepillincreasescancerandheartrisksdramatica
    rsadaypromotesthetobaccobusiness,anditis estimatedthatthecigaretteindustryneed
    daytoreplacethosewhoquitordieeachdayfromsmoking.Kentucky s principalbusinessan
    rs(until1890)wasthe healthful,versatile,andusefulcannabishemp.Ithassincebeen
    ibrous,soildepletingtobacco,whichis growninsoilfertilizedwithradioactivematerials
    t studieshaveshowthatapackandahalfoftobaccocigarettesperday overayearforju
    gsofwhat some300chestxrays(usingtheold,pre1980sslowxrayfilmand withoutusin
    .Butwhileanx raydissipatesitsradioactivityinstantly,tobaccohasaradioactive ha
    veinthelungsfor21.5years.Former SurgeonGeneralC.EverettKoopsaidonnationaltel
    tycontainedintobaccoleavesisprobablyresponsiblefor mosttobaccorelatedcancer.No
    sincannabistars. (NationalCenterforAtmosphericResearch,1964 AmericanLungAssn. D
    ass.MedicalCenter Reader sDigest, March1986 Surg.Gen.C.EverettKoop,1990.) Some
    t TheCopticStudy(1981) NoHarmtoHumanBrainorIntelligence Hemphasbeenusedinvir
    meimmemorialas aworkmotivatorandtohighlightandrenewcreativeenergies. (Jamaicans
    icanstudy Vedas Dr.Vera Rubin,ResearchInstitutefortheStudyofMan etal)In1981,
    viestpotsmokers(fromtheCoptic religionandresidinginFlorida)actuallybelievedthat
    encyspliffs*adayhadimprovedtheirmindssomewhatovera periodof10years.Theyweres
    haeffer

    (UCLA)andwhoshowedabsolutelynobraindifferencesbetweenthemand nonsmokersnordidi
    QthattheCopticshad claimed.*OnespliffisgenerallyequaltofiveaverageAmerican jo
    rinkles Moststudies(matchedpopulations,pastandpresent)indicatethat everythingelse
    erageAmericanpotsmokerwilllive longerthanhiscounterpartwhodoesnodrugsatall wi
    allylessstresstherebyhavingfewerillnessesto upsettheimmunesystem,andbeingamore
    sta RicanandJamaicanStudies) JamaicanStudies(196874,1975) DefiniteBenefitsForMar
    hemostexhaustivestudyofhempsmokinginitsnaturalsettingis probablyGanjainJamaica
    calStudyofChronic MarijuanaUsebyVeraRubinandLambrosComitas(1975 Mouton&Co., T
    s,NY).TheJamaicanstudy,sponsoredby theNationalInstituteofMentalHealth(NIMH)Cent
    oticandDrugAbuse,wasthefirstprojectinmedicalanthropology tobeundertakenandist
    isciplinarystudy ofmarijuanauseanduserstobepublished.FromtheJamaicanStudy intro
    tsillegality,ganjauseispervasive,and durationandfrequencyareveryhigh itissmoke
    ierquantitieswithgreaterTHCpotencythanintheU.S.without deleterioussocialorpsych
    nces.Themajordifference isthatbothuseandexpectedbehavioursareculturallyconditio
    ywellestablishedtradition.""Noimpairmentof physiological,sensoryandperceptualmoto
    ,testsof conceptformation,abstractingability,andcognitivestyleandtestof memory."
    ttitudes Thestudyoutlinesthepositivereinforcementgivensociallytoganja smokersinJ
    rsalpraiseforthepracticeamongusers, whosmokeitasaworkmotivator.Subjectsdescrib
    gmakingthem"brainier",lively,merry,moreresponsibleand conscious.Theyreporteditw
    nandconcentration, andcreatedangeneralsenseofwellbeingandselfassertiveness. No
    or VeraRubinandhercolleaguesfoundnorelationofcannabistocrime (exceptmarijuanab
    otorskills,andsmokers andnonsmokersalikehadidenticalextroversionscoreswithno di
    rdsoradjustment.Heavyuseofganjawasnot foundtocurtailthemotivationtowork.From
    entthesmokersseemedtobemoreopenintheirexpressionsof feeling,somewhatmorecarefr
    tractable.There wasnoevidenceoforganicbraindamageorschizophrenia. NoPhysiologica

    MarilynBowman,inabatteryofpsychologicaltestsonchroniccannabis usersinJamaicain
    entofphysiological, sensoryandperceptualmotorperformance,testsofconceptformation,
    gabilityandcognitivestyleandtestsofmemory."These Jamaicanshadsmokedanywherefro
    rage) andtheaverageageatthefirstpuffwasat12yearsandsixmonths. Inthe1975stu
    erencewasfound inplasmatestosterone,nodifferenceintotalnutrition,slightly higher
    eintelligencesubtests(notstatistically significant),and"abasicmeasureofcellmedia
    ssvigorousintheusers"Finally,"Usersinourmatchedpairsample smokedmarijuanainadd
    garettesasdidtheir partners.Yettheirairwayswere,ifanything,abithealthierthan
    tativelyconcludeeitherthatmarijuanahas noharmfuleffectsonsuchpassagesorthatita
    ightprotectionagainsttheharmfuleffectsoftobaccosmoke.Only furtherresearchwillcl
    r,isthecase." No"SteppingStone"/GatewayEffect Astothesteppingstoneorgatewaydru
    st cannabis:"Theuseofharddrugsisasyetvirtuallyunknownamong workingclassJamaica
    s)hadevertaken anynarcotics,stimulants,hallucinogens,barbituratesorsleeping pills
    ringthelate1800scannabiswasusedintreating addiction.Opiate,chloralhydrate,anda
    ccessfullytreatedwithpotentcannabisextracts.Somepatients recoveredwithlessthana
    isextract.1Likewise, smokingcannabishasbeenfoundtobevaluableinmodernalcohol add
    2 CostaRicanStudy(1980) TheJamaicanresultswerelargelyconfirmedbyanotherCarribean
    nabisinCostaRicahAStudyinChronicMarijuanaUse editedbyWilliamCarterfortheIns
    (ISHI,3401ScienceCenter,Philadelphia.)Againresearchersfoundno palpabledamagetothe
    ion schroniccannabissmokers. Alcoholicsocialproblems,soevidentonneighboringcannabi
    ds,arenotfoundinCostaRica.Thisstudymakesclearthat sociallyapprovedganjausewil
    tetheuseof alcohol(rum)ifavailable. TheAmsterdamModel Sinceadoptingapolicyoft
    ionof cannabis/hashishsmokers(itisavailableincafesandbars)and rehabilitationand
    sforharddrugusers,Hollandhas seenasubstantialreductionincannabisconsumptionamon
    ropinthenumberofheroinaddicts.Thestrategyof separatingcannabissalesfromharddr
    ove groundhasbeenquitesuccessful.(L.A.Times,August1989).In1998, despiteconsta
    ernmentandtheDEA,the Dutchgovernmenthastotallyrefusedtorecriminalizemarijuana! F

    1."CannabisIndicaasanAnodyneandHypnotic,"J.B.Mattison,M.D., TheSt.LouisMedical
    ol. LVI,no.5,Nov. 1891,pg265271,reprintedinMarijuana:TheMedicalPapers,Tod Mi
    bstitution:AnAdjunctiveTherapeuticToolinthe TreatmentofAlcoholism,"TodH.Mikuriya
    es,vol. 98,no.4,April,1970,reprintedinMarijuanaMedicalPapers,Tod Mikuriya,M.D.
    tDeceptions ScientificAmericanreportedin1990:"Thealarmingstatistics,cited bytesti
    odemonstratethehighcostsofdrugabuse.. .donotalwaysaccuratelyreflecttherese
    meofthedatacouldbeusedto prove thatdrug usehasnegligibleorevenbeneficialeffe
    ftheexamplesgivenistheoftencitedstatisticformerpresident GeorgeBushutlizedin19
    ricanworkerscosts businessesanywherefrom$60billionto$100billionayearinlost pro
    ism,drugrelatedaccidents,medicalclaimsand theft."Yetaccordingtoa1989assessment
    erivefromasinglestudythatgrewoutofa1982surveyof3,700 households.TheResearchT
    ndthathouseholds whereatleastonepersonadmittedhavingusedmarijuanaregularly repor
    es28percentlowerthanaveragereportedincome ofotherwisesimilarhouseholds.RTIresea
    ncome differenceto"lossduetomarijuanause."RTIthenextrapolatedcosts ofcrime,heal
    entstoarriveata"costtosociety ofdrugabuse"of$47billion.TheWhiteHouse"adjust
    onincreasestoprovidethebasisforBush s statement.YettheRTIsurveyalsoincludedque
    ruguse.Theanswersrevealednosignificantdifferencebetween incomelevelsofhouseholds
    fillegaldrugs, includingcocaineandheroin,andotherhouseholds.Thusthesame statisti
    rentuseofharddrugsdoesnotresultin any"loss,"incontrasttoasinglemarijuanabing
    alCorruption:CarltonTurner Inalltheresearchthisauthorhasdoneaboutthemisapplicat
    dtrusts,nothing,itseems,compareswiththeeither totallyignorantorwillfulmanslaught
    ansbythe bureaucratsandpoliticiansofthefollowingstory: OneMan&HisDrugScams Th
    tartingintheNixonandFord administrationsandcontinuingunderCarltonTurner*(DrugCza
    11986),allowedfederalmedicalmarijuana,suppliedtothe individualstatemarijuanamedic
    onsistonlyofthe leafofthemarijuanaplant,eventhoughit susuallyonlyonethirdas
    tainthesamewholespectrumofthe "crudedrug,"i.e.theTHCandCBNs.*Priortobecoming
    ead:NationalDrugCzar)CarltonTurner,from1971to 1980,wastheheadofallU.S.governm
    gsby

    reasonofhispositionattheUniversityofMississippi.TheU.of MississippiMarijuanaRe
    tedbystatecharterto discoverinitiateorsortouttheconstituentsofThca"simple"cru
    sasamedicinethensynthesizethesubstances withbeneficialmedicinalpropertiestoattai
    ialfor pharmaceuticalcompanies.Forexample,theleaf sreliefofocular pressureforgla
    uchshorterlastingandtherefore unsatisfactory,comparedtothebud.Also,theleafsomet
    eadache.Thefederalgovernmentuntil1986usedonlythe leaf.Turnersaidtothepharmace
    erview, thatleafisallAmericanswouldevergetalthoughthebudworks better.Stilltod
    ijuanausersinthe U.S.onlygetleaf,branch,andbudchoppedupandrolledtogether. Alt
    emotherapy,glaucoma,etc.,the branchescanbeastoxicassmokingwood.Turnersaid,in19
    uanawill"never"begivenasamedicineand,asofApril 1998,itstillhasn t.(Exceptin
    ccessfullyvoted,inNovember1996,tooverrulethefederal governmentonmedicalmarijuana!
    ven: Budsaretoohardtorollthroughacigarettemachine.(Forgetthe 25millionAmeri
    veryday.) Byextractingcompoundsfromthe"crudedrug"ofthebud,therewould benopha
    eforenoprofits.Therefore,his programwouldhaveworkedagainsthisformeremployers,th
    ersity slegislativecharterandfunding.(InterviewsbyEd RosenthalforHighTimesMagazin
    l National OrganizationfortheReformofMarijuanaLaws,orNORML.)Althoughbuds workbe
    ,glaucoma,etc.,Turnersaidtheywill "never"begiven.Italsobecameevidentthefamous
    ppetitestimulation)werenotworkingforthecancer chemotherapypatientsusingfederallea
    hnostudies havebeenallowedtocompareleafwithbud,weknowofdoctorswho unofficiall
    heirwastingcancerpatients putonweight(NORML). PoisoningPotSmokers InAugustandSe
    erwentonnationaltelevisionto justifytheillegalmarijuanaspraying(byplane)ofparaq
    ucky,andTennesseebytheDEA.Hesaiditwouldteacha lessontoanykidwhodiedfrompa
    dtoresignafterannouncinghisconclusionsinpublicthat marijuanacausedhomosexuality,
    eimmunesystem, and,therefore,AIDS.Lookingintothetherapeuticpotentialof cannabisi
    edanddiscouragedresearch,butanytests pursuingnegativeorharmfuleffectsofcannabis
    hesetestsoftenbackfireorareinconclusive,eventhisresearchis rare.Turnerquoted"Th
    nEmpire"toshowhow jazz(rock)singersareerodingtheAmerica"he"loveswiththis hall
    na!Whichhemeanttostampout. PhonyParaquatKits Duringthe1978Mexicanmarijuanapar
    la

    privatecitizenworkingforthestateofMississippimarijuanafarm, thissameCarltonTurne
    agazinetoadvertisea paraquattester.UnknowntoTurner,HighTimeswasnotacceptingads
    sbecauseallevidenceshowedthetestersdidn t work.DeanLatimerthenaHighTimesassoci
    er alonginvirtuallydailyphoneconversationsforamonth,listeningto Turnertalkabout
    sgoingtomakefromsalesof thedevice.HighTimeswantedtoseeasample.WhenTurnerde
    heparaquattestkittoHighTimes,itwasa total"RubeGoldberg"typeripoff,"justlike
    paniestriedtobuyadspaceforatthistime,"wrote Latimerinanarticlepublishedin198
    houghtHighTimeswasethicalenoughtocheckthecontraptionout.He assumedtheywouldju
    ttheadandmake Turnerrich.Hedidn tcareifsomekiddiedorwasbilkedoutofmoney b
    .Afterthisattemptedmail fraud,thismanbecamePresidentReagan snationaldrugczarin
    eorgeBushandNancyReagan. AWantonDisregardForLife Turnerevensaidthathedoesn te
    efrom smokingpotthefederalgovernmenthasdeliberatelysprayedwith paraquat.Thenatth
    DEconferenceinAtlanta, Georgia,withNancyReaganand16foreignFirstLadiesinattendan
    daMarcos),Turnercalledforthedeathpenaltyfordrug dealers.Turnerwas,afterall,Rea
    harmaceuticalcompanies ownhiredgun,whosawhisentiremissionas notagainstheroin,PC
    eoutpotandjazz/rock musicCarltonTurnerwasforcedtoresignafterNewsweekmagazine e
    7,1986,inalargeeditorialsidebar.His resignationwasaforegoneconclusionafterbein
    ngtonPostandelsewhereasnootherpublicfigureinrecent memoryforhisconclusions(in
    rijuanasmoking causedhomosexuality,thebreakdownoftheimmunesystem,and, therefore,A
    dDecember16,1986.Whatshouldhavebeen frontpageheadlinenewswasburiedintheback
    dalthatexplodedthatweek. UrineTestingCompany Afterhisresignation,Turnerjoinedwit
    ormerhead ofNIDA,PeterBensinger,tocornerthemarketonurinetesting.They contracte
    gestcorporationstodevelop drugdiversion,detection,andurinetestingprograms.Soonaft
    ffice,NancyReaganrecommendedthatnocorporationbe permittedtodobusinesswiththeFed
    houthavinga urinepuritypolicyinplacetoshowtheirloyalty.JustasG.Gordon Liddy
    urityafterhisdisgrace, CarltonTurnerbecamearichmaninwhathasnowbecomeahugegro
    g.Thiskindofbusinessdeniesthebasicrights ofprivacy,selfincrimination(FifthAmend
    sonable searchandseizure,andthepresumptionofinnocence(untilproven guilty).Submiss
    ationofhavingyourmostprivatebody partsandfunctionsobservedbyahiredvoyeurisnow
    rivateemployment,ortocontractforalivingwage. Turner snewmoneymakingschemedemand
    ans

    relinquishtheirfundamentalrighttoprivacyandselfrespect. BushStrikesAgain Presiden


    ,attheurgingofthenVicePresidentGeorge Bush,appointedCarltonTurnerastheWhiteHo
    981.Atconventions(19811986)ofpharmaceuticalcompaniesand theirlobbyisttheAmerican
    cturers,Turnerpromisedto continuetheresearchbanonthe400chemicalcompoundsofcanna
    ontinuetodirectthiseffort,simplybynotallowing anygrantsforprivateorpublicresea
    cation tobeissuedbyNIDAorNIH,orapprovedanyrecentFDAapplications unlesstheypur
    hiswriting(July1998) PresidentClinton spolicyhasremainedthesame. ComparisontoAlc
    yterribledrughabits.Theworstofwhichisalcohol,in bothnumbersofusersandtheant
    th extremeuse.Alcoholismistheleadingcauseofteenagedeaths:8,000 Americanteenage
    0,000aremaimedfrom mixingalcoholanddriving.(MADD,MothersAgainstDrunkDriving SA
    unkDriving NIDA,NationalInstituteonDrug Abuse,etc.)Infact,U.S.government/police
    e followingstrangenumbers:Themortalityfigureforalcoholuseare 100,000annually,com
    ijuanadeathsin10,000years ofconsumption.From4050%ofallmurdersandhighwayfatalit
    d.Infact,highwayfatalitiesthatarealcoholrelated mightbeashighas90%,according
    Times.Alcoholisalsoindicatedinthemajority(6980%)ofallchild rape/incestcases wi
    reatmajority(60 80%)alcoholinfluenced.Heroinisindicatedin35%ofburglaries, robbe
    es,bankrobberies,grandtheftauto,etc.And thereweremorethan600,000arrestsforsimp
    onin theU.S.in1997(upfrom400,000in1992),accordingtotheUniform CrimeReporting
    entofJustice,Federal BureauofInvestigation. CHAPTER16THEEMPEROR SNEWCLOTHES Al
    tion Inconclusion,weseethatthegovernment scaseagainstmarijuanais wovenoftranspa
    er,webringtolightsome researchthatthegovernmentdoesnotlikethepeopletoknowabo
    isticalternatives.Butfirst,abrief fable: TheStoryoftheEmperor sNewClothes There
    dterribleKing/Emperorwhoheavily taxedhissubjectsinordertopayforhisincrediblyfi
    emostexpensiveclothing.Oneday,twoswindlers, representingthemselvesasgreattailors
    dandsought anaudiencewiththeEmperor.Theytoldofanamazingnewfabricthey hadinv
    dfiberthatonlythebest, purest,andwisestofpeoplecouldsee.Excited,theEmperoras

    seeasample,andthemenbroughtforthanemptyspool."Ah,isn tit lovely,"theyaskedt


    fraidtoadmit thathedidnotseeanythingbecausethatwouldmeanhewasadulland stupi
    ,theEmperorbroughtthemall intogettheiropinions.Oncethepowerofthefabricwase
    iswas,indeed,thefinestandmost beautifulclothintheworld.ThevainEmperorordereda
    ephonytailorstookhismeasurements.TheEmperor orderedthegoldfromthetreasurybegi
    o bespunintothread.Theysetaboutatonceworkingdayafterday, pretendingtocutand
    ters periodicallycamebytoadmiretheirhandiworkandtopaytheenormous billsthemerch
    ourseoftheiractivities. Finally,thebigdaycamewhenallthepeopleinthelandwereor
    ror snewoutfit,whichtheyhadpaidsomuch forandheardsomuchabout.Whenhenakedlys
    edindisbeliefandsaidnothing.Thentheysangthe praisesofthemiraculousnewcloth.
    veeverseen!""Magnificent!""IwishIhadsuchlovelyfabric!" Theyallcheered,afraid
    tupidand impureiftheydidotherwise.AndtheEmperorproudlyparadedinfront ofhissub
    fraidthathewouldlosethecrown ifthepeopleknewthathe,himself,couldnotseethecl
    assedthroughthecrowd,asmallboyperched onhisfather sshoulder,inhisinnocencecrie
    snothingon!""Justhearwhattheinnocentsays!"saidthefather. Andeachpersonwhisper
    dsaid.Theword spreadthroughouthissubjectswhatthelittleboyhadsaid.Then, everyo
    lhisministershadbeentricked byswindlers.Nowhisguardsandministers,aswellasthe
    ndlershadnotonlytrickedtheEmperor,buthe, theEmperor,hadspentalltheirtaxmoney,
    erorheardthepeoplemurmuring.Heknewtheywereright,buthe wastooproudtoadmithe
    rewhimselfuptohisfullheightandstareddownathisguards,until hecaughtoneguard s
    ervously, realizingthisvainEmperorcouldhavehimimprisonedorevenbeheaded, avertedh
    wnattheground.Thenanotherguard, seeingthathewasn tlaughinganymore,gotscaredan
    nd,too.Soon,alltheguards,ministers,andeventhe childrenpretendingtocarryhisinv
    ere staringattheground.Thepeople,seeingtheministersandguards,who amomentagowe
    ththem,nowstaringatthe ground,quakingintheirboots,stoppedlaughingandquicklybow
    elittleboywhohadfirstexclaimedthatthe Emperorwasnaked,seeingallthegrownupsar
    ompletelyscaredandsubdued,bowedhisheadinfear!Then theEmperor,pullinghimselfup
    edtohis subjects,ashemarchedproudlythroughhiskingdom,"Whoistosay thatthesear
    l?"TheEmperorheld hisheadhighandlookeddownhisnoseatthecrowddeterminedtosave
    ation.TheEmperorcontinuedhis processionactingasthoughhewereoblivioustohisnaked
    sheldthetrainofhisinvisiblecloakhigherthanever.The peoplelookedonindisbelief
    is ministerskeptmarchingdownthestreetparadingtheirnakedignorance. *Paraphrasedfr
    ndersen sFairyTale.

    TheMoraloftheStoryis: WecannotsimplycalltheEmperor(U.S.government)onhis(its)
    ionoffact.Hisguards(FBI,CIA,DEA,etc.) arefartoopowerful.Hisfearofshamefuld
    seshispower(throughfundingmuchoftheUnitedNation s andtheworld santidrugcrusade
    ughbribery andintimidation(foreignaid,armssales,etc.).ThoseAmerican citizenswhow
    gainstthistyrannyareoften slanderedas"druggies"or"dopers"andmaybethreatenedwith
    ncome,families,andproperty.Towin,wemustdrivea stakethroughtheheartof(theU.S.
    ,overand overandoveragainbyhammeringatthemrelentlesslywithhardcore factstode
    dEmperor(unjustcannabis laws)andevenimprisontheseperpetrators,ifnecessary,toset
    eLogicalAnalogy WecontendthatAmerica smarijuana/hemplawsareliketheEmperor s clot
    dprohibitionistsinthepast,thisEmperor reliesonbruteforce,intimidation,fear,anda
    ainhisauthoritarian,despoticreignwhiledrainingthefederal treasuryanddismantlingal
    illofRightswhile imprisoninginnocentsouls.Ourgreatcountrywasfoundedonthe princi
    as"inalienablerights"to"life,liberty, andthepursuitofhappiness,"andthateachpers
    ilityofmaintainingtheserightsbycastingherorhis individualballot.Itisacriminal
    ecutives oftheU.S.governmenttodirectorconspiretowageadeliberate campaignofmisi
    noffact,andoutrightlieswith ourtaxdollars.Onthesubjectofcannabis,RonaldReagan
    llClinton,haveactedthepartoftheEmperor. WemightaddthatNancyReaganhasactedthe
    enofHeartsinLewisCarroll sAliceInWonderlandwho decreed,"Sentencenowverdictlater
    ugCzars CarltonTurner,WilliamBennett,BillMartinez,LeeBrown,andnow GeneralBarryM
    artsoftheEmperor sadvisors, haveallupheldthefallacyofthe"purefabricthatonlyth
    nforthemoriginallybyAnslinger/DuPont/Hearstand theirmalevolentpolicestatebureaucra
    ntainedby energy,pharmaceutical,alcohol/beercompanies,drugrehab professionals,drugt
    olice,prisonguards,andprisonbuilders allwithenormousfinancialinterestsandpolices
    n agentsoftheU.S.governmentdeliberatelyactorconspirethiswaybe theyPresident,Vi
    lDrugCzar,headoftheDEA, FBI,orCIAtheyshouldbeimprisoned.AndinanhonestAmeri
    untableforthe14millionyears they vealreadysentencedsomanyAmericansforthe"crime"
    eaucraciesandtheU.S.SupremeCourtarerapidlychipping awayatourfreedomsasoutlined
    tenonhemp paper).Hemp/marijuanahasbecometheirprincipalexcusefortaking awayourg
    ionalrightsmoresothanallother crimes,policeactions,insurgencies,strikes,uprisings
    st200yearscombined!Andthelossbasicfreedomsisevenworse inoursatelliteCentrala
    ,wheretheir

    leadershaveactedatAmerica sofficialbehest.Whatdoesitmeanto driveaplantspecies


    iveusifweallow thesegreedytyrantstodestroyAmericaandperhapslifeonEarth?At co
    aceinAmsterdam,onecanquietly pondertheseissuesasyousmokeyourchoicefromawides
    shishsamples. TheSmithsonian sSuppressionofFactsAboutCannabisHemp Itshouldbenote
    080%ofalltheirdisplayed fibersforpaperandclothfromtheir"LifeinAmerica:1780st
    icanMaritimeExhibit,14921850"weremadeof hemp,theSmithsonianInstitutionhasremoved
    bis hempasitwasusedinpaper,textiles,ropes,andsails,referringto itonlyas"othe
    lax,sisal,jute,Manila hemp,etc.arespecificallymentioned.Cottonwaslessthan1%of
    asabout80%ofallfibers.Museumcurator Arkadero sresponsewhenquestionedonthistopic
    on tneedtoknowabouthempanymore,itconfusesthem,"andthe directoroftheSmithsonian
    astheprimary fiber,"Wearenotafibermuseum."Hedidnotmentionhowtheyhad determin
    outtheminorfibercropsin Americanhistory.Werechildren sinnocentquestionsabouthemp
    ingtheSmithsoniantourguidesuncomfortable?Andina June20,1989,letter,Institutions
    ormicAdams wrotethat,"WedonotseeacatalogingoffibersinearlyAmericaas partofo
    ibits."Attimesthisfocus doesleadcuratorstomentionfabricssuchaslinen,wooloroth
    fthisbookandtheU.S.government sown1942pro marijuanafilm,HempforVictorytous,
    g anyoftheinformation. InConclusion:TruthorConsequencesofProhibition WhenDuPont
    ng"BetterLivingThrough Chemistry",theydon ttellyouthatit sonlyfor100years,then
    rtheirprofit.EnglandandHollandtreattheir substanceabusersashumanbeingskeepingth
    gh affordablemedicantssotheydon tdisrupttheactivitiesofothers. Suchpoliciesallow
    seproductiveandnormallives. Thesepoliciesarenowfirmlyestablished,effective,andpo
    ntries.Inthemid1900s,Switzerlandbeganitsown experimentsinlocalizedtoleranceofp
    iss tried,in1997,torecriminalizecannabiswithaballotinitiative,it lostby79%oft
    wisepeaceful hemp/marijuanagrowersandusersbelabeledandpersecutedaslifetime crimin
    lrobberiesandburglariesarecommittedby heroinandalcoholaddicts,4055%ofmurders,r
    litiesarealcoholrelated*andheroinismoreavailableinjail thanonthestreets?Yetc
    lyhavethesameor lowerincidentsofcrimeandviolenceasthenoncannabisusing populat
    s,1993,1996.Infact,aside fromcannabisusage,takethemobandthedealersoutofheroi
    smuchas80%ofnonalcoholrelatedcrime. Asadirectexample,throughoutthe"RoaringTwe
    ibition,themurderrateroseconsistently,thendroppedeveryyear forthenext10followin
    3repeal.**FBIStatistics.

    Let sfindanotherwaytodealwithdrugusageorbepreparedfor continuedexponentialeros


    udingtherigthsof selfexpression,publicdebate,andafreepress,includingbooksand s
    talldrugrelatedcrimeendsifyoutreat addictsandusersinsteadofremovingthemfroms
    ncouragethembefinanciallyproductive.In1999,thetop priorityoftheU.S.government,N
    fthe RepublicanPartyistotrytoenactlegislationthatwillautomatically takeaway100
    oprivacyandfreedomfrom unwarrantedsearchasifthedrugwarwereatruestateofemerge
    scistic,police,andprisonstateagenda. HighTechRepression InorderforAmericatobem
    mokersandnon smokersalike,willhavetogiveupourBillofRightsforever!You willh
    ouche,JerryFalwell, NancyReagan,EdwinMeese,WilliamBennett,Gen.BarryMcCaffrey,and
    ulousilk.Each,intheirsmugignorance, contributingtothepermanentpoisoningoftheEa
    ltheirmighttocompletelyannihilatetheonethingthatcansave us:hemp.Thecomputer,t
    ,willironically allowthepolicetofinish,today,thejobtheRomanCatholicChurch s In
    eChapter10:DarkAges)becausethechurch couldnotstandthe"commoners"laughingatthem
    f,amongotherthings,hygiene,astronomy,andhemp.Using computers,thepotpolicecanpe
    amily background,hisorhersalesreceipts,incometaxes,andsoforthto enablethemtob
    ricansaswellasdetroytheir politicians,judges,andotherVIPsbyexposingissuesliket
    rpersonaldruguse.Forexample,thesonof Clinton sformerSurgeonGeneralJocelynElders
    yand perpetuallybadgered,oversixmonths,byhisfriend(whohadbeen previouslybusted
    overfortheDEA, specificallytosetupyoungElders)togethimtopurchaseasmall amoun
    sson,whohadneverbeenknown todeal,consistentlyrefused,buteventuallygaveintothe
    ure.Thegovernmentrevealedtheinformationaboutthis transactiontonooneforanothersi
    lduseitto directlyblackmailSurgeonGeneralEldersintorecantinghersoft stanceonme
    ead,refusingtobesilenced,Elders resigned.Withsuchblatantlyunderhandedtactics,the
    ngusclosertoOrwell s1984nightmare.Apostscript:asofthis writing,youngEldersiss
    oundsof entrapment. WastingourTaxMoney Approximately50%ofalldrugenforcementmoney
    , duringthelast60yearshasbeendirectedtowardmarijuana!Some70 80%ofallpersons
    mericawouldn t havebeenthereascriminalsuntiljust60orsoyearsago.Inother words
    nspired)ignoranceand prejudice,haveplacedapproximately800,000ofthe1.2millionpeopl
    isons(asofAugust4,1998)forcrimesthatwere,at worst,minorhabits,upuntiltheHarr
    . SupremeCourtin1924firstruledthatdrugaddictsweren tsick,they

    wereinsteadvilecriminals).Eightypercentofthesegovernment"War onDrugs"victimswere
    ebeenincarceratedfor simplepossession.Andthisdoesnotincludethequarterofamilli
    ember,just20yearsago,in1978,beforethe ""WaronDrugs,"therewereonly300,000perso
    llcrimescombined.Someradioandtelevisionpreachershaveadded tothehysteriabycallin
    ndvoodoo"and associatingitwiththedrugculture.Theywanttooutlawrock,burn albums
    ewhodoesn tagreewiththem.So doesCarltonTurner.SodoesLyndonLaRouche.SodoesW
    esGeneralBarryMcCaffrey.Duringthelast threegenerations,Hearst sandAnslinger sprop
    ave beenrelentlesslyjammeddownAmericans throatsasunimpeachable gospeltruthresultin
    edrainontaxpayer smoneyto buildthegovernment santidrugmachine(see"FightingtheP
    ndixofthepaperversionofthisbook).And virtuallyeverystateisinthemidstofthebi
    merica sandtheworld shistory,whilepoliticalvultures, concernedonlyforgrowthofthe
    ndustriesandjob security,demandthatwebuildmoreprisonsandexpandtaxbasesto pursu
    essagainstformerlymisdemeanoror evennonexistentoffenses. DoubleStandards Inthe19
    emeCourtJusticeWilliamRehnquist(now ChiefJustice)was"noddingoff"inCourtandsendi
    risonfortheirhabitshejustkeptfeedinghis"eightaday"Placidyl habit.Thiswasthe
    "andmentaleffect ofa$70to$125adaystreetabuser sheroinhabit.Placidyl,acousin
    own,"popularonthestreetsfor impartingaveryplacidfeelinginusers.Thephysicaldepe
    ctsofusingthelegaldrugsPlacidyl,Dilaudad,Quaaludes, etal.,arevirtuallythesamea
    rates,opium, morphine,andheroin.Inessence,theydisturbthebody s"endorphin" (pain
    fiers)balance.Rehnquist,whowassaidto haveusedPlacidylfarinexcessofnormallimits
    s,physicallyassaulthisfellowcitizens,orcommitanyofthe antisocialbehaviorsattrib
    shabitwaseasily maintainedbecausethePlacidylwasbothlegallyavailableandwithin hi
    s.Placidylwasalsowelllabeledastopurity andfrequencyofdosage,whilepersonswith
    etbyona"dimeoftar"(a10dollarbag),thepurityofwhich whether5%or95%Isunknown
    rity ofdrugoverdosesarecausedbyunknown,unregulated,andunlabeled purityfactor.The
    knowledgesthat90%ormoreof overdosesbyillegaldrugswouldprobablybeavoidedwithacc
    priatewarnings. PoliciesBasedonIgnorance Whileresearchingthisbookoverthelast24y
    d questionedsenators,legislators,judges,police,DAs,scientists, historians,NobelPriz
    ,dentists,andMDs.Allknewlittle bitsandpiecesofthehistoryandusesofcannabis,b
    boutmarijuanainits360degreeentiretyexcept longtermmedicalresearchers,suchasUnge
    ,etal

    andwriterslikeEdRosenthal,DeanLatimer,andDr.MichaelAldrich, etal.Forexample,15
    rniaNORML fundraiserinFebruary1983,wespokeprivatelywiththenSenate MajorityWhipT
    exico.Hehasbeenaleading promarijuanapoliticianforadecadeandwas,atthattime,p
    leelectedgovernmentrepresentativeonthesubject ofmarijuana,intheUnitedStates.We
    ent didn tjustcomeoutandlegalizemarijuana,especiallywitheverything weknewmedical
    y,andhistoricallyaboutcannabis.We wereshockedwhenherepliedthathewasnotawareof
    galizationofmarijuana,excepttoendthelunacyof criminalizationforatworstaminorac
    lly outlinedthefactsandentirehistoryofhemp/marijuanatohim, figuringhemusthaveh
    iterallyinawe ofwhathewashearingfortheveryfirsttime.Whenwefinished speaking,
    tlinedanddocumentedfor measyoujusttoldit,thegovernment,police,andjudicialsyste
    cutingpot.""Butisittrue?"headdedThiswas inFebruary1983andherewereAmerica st
    allydidn tknowenoughabouthemptofillasinglepageofa book,andsomeleftofficein
    vinglearnedenoughtopubliclysupporthemp/marijuana.Butnow,many doknowhempispotent
    beronecropandthatthe presentlawsareunjustifiable,andthatthegovernment sposition
    ndcan tstandthesimplelightoftruth. WhatistheLaw? "Alllawswhichcanbeviolated
    e laughedat."Spinoza,(c.1660)Tocontrolmarijuanaistogiveupour freedoms,forours
    skids,forever.And that,myfriends,iscalledfascism andsimplyput,ifthelawson ca
    resentEarthdestructive practices,suchasstripmining,oildrilling,clearcuttingoftre
    ollutionofwaters,anduseofpesticidesandherbicides arenotdiscontinued,ourplanetwi
    hese ignorant(notknowingand/orevil)politicianswhothinktheyhavea righttopassmor
    ofillmoreandbigger prisonsandjailswithsomeofourmostdecentcitizens.Thesesame
    lvesasbeingmotivatedpurelyoutofconcern forchildren.Meanwhile,theypromotethemas
    mentalpoisoningofthesesamechildreneveryday!Buttotruly understandwhytensofmilli
    rescaredsillyof potafter60yearsofdisinformationthatcontinuestothisday, conside
    cterofformerLosAngelesPoliceChief DarylGates(19781992),whohasadmittedtohelping
    hingaccuratehempinformationandorderingthearrestand harassmentofCaliforniaMarijuan
    rkersfordoingtheir civicandConstitutionaldutytocollectpetitionsignatures.In Sept
    visionandthroughapolicespokesman,Gates calledhempreformadvocates"wellintentioned
    e regardingmarijuanaand[they]reallydon tknowmuchaboutit."In January,1984,Gates
    rnandoValley, CA,publicschool,"WhatcanIdoifIfindoutmychildhasused marijuana?
    ey vesmokedone marijuanacigarette,theyarelosttousforever!"**Theseexactwords we
    .IraReinerinhis1990campaignfor

    StateAttorneyGeneral.Helost.Afewmonthslater,thethen Californiaattorneygeneral,
    edtheAugust 17,1990,reportbyhisownadvisorypanelthatcalledforhempre legalizat
    eU.S.SenateJudiciary CommitteeonSeptember5,1990,that"casualdrugusersshouldbeta
    hispositionforalmostaweek,until publicoutcryforhisdismissal*forcedhimtomodify
    cterpenalties.FormerDrugCzarWilliamBennettsaid,"I havenoproblemwithbeheadingma
    alones(in beheadingthem)"andoneMississippilegislatorsaidin1998that marijuanapun
    udeseveringofhands,arms,feet,and legs(seriously!).Afewmonthslater,onMarch3,19
    earnthatGates officerswereindeedcapableofsuch brutalandheinousbehaviorwhenthev
    e officerssavagelybeatingadefenselessRodneyKing(accusedof speedingabdevadingcapt
    otheworld.Aurinetest laterrevealedtracesofTHC.Gatescontinuedtobackhisoffice
    eoftheriots.*Reinerwasalmostthe onlyofficialtopubliclysupportGates.InJulyof
    y,onafactfindingmissiontoEurope,addedinsultto ignorancebyproclaimingtoaStockh
    atein Holland[where"soft"drugsaretreatedasalegalproduct]isdouble thatintheUn
    "Actually,theAmericanmurder rateis8.2per100,000.TheDutchmurderrateis1.7per
    heU.S.Thiswasonlythelatestin McCaffrey scontinuingstreamofludicrousmisinformation

    You might also like