Camels, Oil, and Fire and the Marijuana Conspiracy


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Marijuana is a leading drug threat to the country (USA). Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) in a report prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 2003. In the recent years, marijuana (weed) has gained tremendous popularity in the American public, and the media is creating hype on its beneficial uses medical or recreational. The marijuana traders and growers have started making huge profits, and it is becoming a prolific industry. The marijuana growers have devised multiple ways to cross-seed various varieties and have made weed in a more potent forms available than before. Arent the days sooner when school-going children may have marijuana cookies, gums, and candies for breakfast and school lunch? How about cigarette companies add a blend of marijuana along with tobacco and advertise as mild, light, and strong blends. There will be a boom in the tobacco industry, and smokers will have already made out cigarettes for smokers that are blended with marijuana at their local stores alongside other regular tobacco products. Are we going to make all America a smoking heaven for marijuana and years later think that we might have gone too far in promoting marijuana, so start banning this menace?







Hemp & the Marijuana Conspiracy


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Reviews the history and literature of marijuana use.










The Marijuana Conspiracy


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Marijuana Unleashed


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Marijuana Unleashed is a fascinating and well-documented look at the history of the Marijuana drug laws and the people who made the prohibition happen. As I read this well-written work, I couldn't help but be saddened by the parallels of that history with the current political climate regarding people of color and immigrants. And I was infuriated by the thought that our virgin old-growth woodlands could still be standing but for the greed of those who thought only of lining their pockets. McCaslin shows how a perfect storm of racism, xenophobia, and greed gave the marijuana drug laws their start and how a prisoner-dependent system is fighting to stop the legalization efforts for its own survival. Marijuana Unleashed is a most compelling read for anyone who's ever wondered about how and why Marijuana was demonized and who's been just a bit skeptical about the concept of marijuana being a gateway drug. McCaslin also includes the definitive bibliography for anyone wanting to research the topic further for themselves.







Marihuana


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Of all the plants men have ever grown, none has been praised and denounced as often as marihuana (Cannabis sativa). Throughout the ages, marihuana has been extolled as one of man's greatest benefactors and cursed as one of his greatest scourges. Marihuana is undoubtedly a herb that has been many things to many people. Armies and navies have used it to make war, men and women to make love. Hunters and fishermen have snared the most ferocious creatures, from the tiger to the shark, in its herculean weave. Fashion designers have dressed the most elegant women in its supple knit. Hangmen have snapped the necks of thieves and murderers with its fiber. Obstetricians have eased the pain of childbirth with its leaves. Farmers have crushed its seeds and used the oil within to light their lamps. Mourners have thrown its seeds into blazing fires and have had their sorrow transformed into blissful ecstasy by the fumes that filled the air. Marihuana has been known by many names: hemp, hashish, dagga, bhang, loco weed, grass-the list is endless. Formally christened Cannabis sativa in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus, marihuana is one of nature's hardiest specimens. It needs little care to thrive. One need not talk to it, sing to it, or play soothing tranquil Brahms lullabies to coax it to grow. It is as vigorous as a weed. It is ubiquitous. It fluorishes under nearly every possible climatic condition.