by Ted Smith As new uses of hemp became discovered in the early 1900’s, the number of competitors also grew. These industries colluded with influential political figures to gradually eliminate cannabis from the marketplace by any means possible. In Canada, no one was more driven to create laws punishing so-called drug users than Emily Murphy. […]
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Bulletin 404
by Ted Smith While paper has historically been made out of hemp, it was not until 1916 that a method was devised that turned the inner cork into paper, making much more profitable for farmers to grow it almost overnight. The Department of Agriculture release Bulletin #404 that year, expecting this announcement to generate a […]
Lyster Dewey
by Ted Smith One of the most important figures in American hemp history is Lyster Dewey. His efforts to revitalize hemp brought a new wave of interest in the plant at the turn of the 20th century. Farmers and industrialists alike were drawn to his vision. As the person in charge of the USA Department […]
High Artists: The Hicks
By Andrew Brown They’re rude, crude, funny, and shocking—so offensive that the plug was pulled during a gig at a local gay bar. And they are proud of that. They are The Hicks, and indeed they are. Some folks just don’t enjoy satire on this level, and take it too much at face value, in […]
What’s up Doc? Strain Science and The Hemp Car (EP 013)
What’s up Doc?; Strain Science; The Hemp Electric Car and more from the Cannabis Digest this week December 6th – December12th, 2014 with Owen Smith Subscribe to the Youtube Channel! NOTES/LINKS Saturday Dean Schwind I once overheard a young #doctor say to another on an elevator ride, “So, I said to the nurse, […]
Hemp Machines
by Ted Smith After decades of attempts by inventors around the world, George Schlichten announced the successful creation of a decorticator in the summer of 1917. Just one year after the fact hemp hurds could be used for paper was discovered, this seemed to give hemp the boost it needed to retain its place as […]
HC Hustle; Concentrated Oil and Vapor Lounges (EP 012)
The Health Canada Hustle; Concentrated Cannabis Oil; Toronto Vapor Lounges and more from the Cannabis Digest this week November 29nd – December 5th, 2014 with Owen Smith Subscribe to the Youtube Channel! Saturday Al Graham part of a new commercial industry—a business that caters to consumers in a way to allow them to consume […]
Early 20th Century Hemp Paper
By Ted Smith In 1916, the USA Department of Agriculture published Bulletin #404, announcing to the world an important new discovery in hemp processing. This discovery should have lead to a huge wave of interest in hemp, but ironically it was the trigger that lead to Reefer Madness as I will discuss in a later […]
John Conroy; Internet Activism and the Supreme Court GoFundMe (EP 011)
John Conroy: Master of the Courtroom; Cannabis Internet Activism; the Supreme Court Extract GoFundMe and more from the Cannabis Digest this week November 22nd – 28th, 2014 with Owen Smith Subscribe to the Youtube Channel! NOTES/LINKS Nov 22nd Al Graham John Conroy leads the MMAR Coalition Against Repeal that has saved patients […]
The Right to Grow; Extract Interveners and Baker Basics – Cannabis Video Digest (EP 010)
The Right to Grow; Extract Interveners and Baker Basics and more from the Cannabis Digest this week November 15th – 21st, 2014 with Owen Smith Subscribe to the Youtube Channel! LINKS/NOTES Nov. 15th Matt Mernagh Canadian Cannabis Champ Matt Mernagh weighs in on the Right to Grow our own Medicine . http://cannabisdigest.ca/right-grow-medicine/ The […]