Happy Birthday 21st Amendment
September 23rd, 2008 by Perry
The good people of the Marijuana Policy Project point out some interesting irony on the 75th anniversary of the end of prohibition. While they passed an amendment to commemorate the successful regulation of alcohol since its decriminalization, no such motion was ever suggested for marijuana.
Additionally, even though many representatives don’t have strong opinions against weed, they are forced to push for criminalizing offenses because they do not want to be labeled soft on crime or advocating illegal drug use. Hopefully it won’t be 75 years before we’re laughing about a time where you used to be thrown in the slammer for some ganja.
Antique Cannabis Cough Medicine
December 5th, 2006 by Alex
Here is an old-school image from the Antique Cannabis Book. Way back, cannabis was used for things that you’d never imagine in this day and age. One of the more interesting applications was as a cough medicine ingredient.
Above, is one of many different cough medicines which had cannabis as a major component. Made by Columbus Pharmacal Co., this medicine contained some highly questionable substances such as: opium, chloroform and aromatics. Aromatics? That must be like seeing ‘natural flavorings’ as an ingredient on today’s products but still having absolutely no clue what that actually means.
The company behind it, which later became known as Roxanne Labs, now makes a popular synthetic form of marijuana called Marinol.
Man am I glad science has come a long way since the 1920s. And the irony of it is that weed is responsible for way more coughs these days than cures.
Popular Mechanics - Hemp the Super Crop
November 30th, 2006 by Alex
Here’s a really cool set of pictures from Jack Herer. It’s an article from a February 1938 issue of Popular Mechanics.
Hailed as the new cash crop of the millenium, it looks like things didn’t quite turn out as they predicted.
Still illegal under federal law, California (as usual) took the first step towards the legalization of hemp, just to see Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger screw it all up.
Now, honest farmers who could be earning hundreds of thousands for an environmentally sound crop have to search for other ways to support their families.
More images after the jump…
