Many will suffer and die from loss of their gardens By Ted Smith War is seldom a simple affair. This includes the War on Drugs. This drug war is a fight for power: control of the economy, control of one’s health, control of government resources. It is a war which forces patients to suffer […]
By Ted Smith By the end of the 1800s, hemp had fallen from the top of the fibre world. Cotton, flax, jute and other crops had chipped away at the dominant position hemp held in agricultural world trade. Ironically, the strong fibers in the hemp plant made it difficult to harvest and process, something economically […]
Cannabis in the Modern Era In the second part of this series on Cannabis Extracts in History I looked at references from 1CE to the 17th century when cannabis began to emerge in the west as a prominent medicine. The modern era is dominated by prohibition. Check out this ‘History of marijuana law in the […]
