Veblen-Inspired Reflections on the Recent Federal Anti-Drug Campaign If you’re not already acquainted, allow me to introduce you to Thorstein Veblen, an early 20th century economist who provided a biting analysis of upper middle class and wealthy citizens in modern nations. He called them the leisure class. They’re also the governing class. In Veblen’s view, […]
(To the tune of Jingle Bell Rock) by Carol Pudwell Cannabis, cannabis, cannabis puff Cannabis seeds and cannabis trees Growin’and showin’ how big they can get No, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet Cannabis, cannabis, cannabis puff Cannabis tokes and cannabis smoke Huffin’ and puffin’ in Cannabis Hall At the Ganja Ball In […]
In 1964 Raphael Macheoulam, an Israeli professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, isolated the key component THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) from an extract of a Cannabis Sativa plant. THC is the compound in Cannabis (Marijuana) that causes the euphoria and other medicinal effects. He also isolated cannabidiol, cannabigerol […]
