6000 B.C. - Cannabis seeds used for food in China
2000 B.C. - 1400 B.C. Cannabis mentioned in the Atharvaveda (Science of Charms) as "sacred grass". Refered to as bhang or bhanga. The legend of Shiva, Lord of Bhang.
1500 B.C. Cannabis cultivated in China for food and fiber, but not hashish...
This last March the newspapers were full of headlines about the Taliban regime in Afghanistan destroying ancient Buddhist relics in the remote valley of Bamiyan. The most notorious act was the blowing up of two giant statues of the Buddha, carved centuries before Mohammed ever walked this earth...
Saleh Heisa Cairo's cannabis-smoking literati relied during the 1990s on an African bango supplier named Soliman. When Soliman was finally arrested, confusion reigned, frustrated "owners of the high humour" (as the Arabic expression has it) scouring the lengths and breadths of the city for a...
I think 6.5 is their limit. In the old days when I went fishing, I used to go out back and sprinkle sulphate of ammonia on the grass, and the worms would all come to the surface to escape the acid. Easy pickings lol, and greened the grass at the same time.
It's interesting to see what the forestry folks say about hemp paper. They seem very misguided about preserving our precious forests lol
Detractors of the agricultural production of annual fiber from hemp farms are just as vocal as farmed hemp fiber advocates. Their own reasoning is that hemp...
The extent of marijuana use and distribution in the United States was brought to nationwide attention in the spectacular failure of "Operation Intercept," an elaborate and determined effort by the government to shut off the flow of smuggled marijuana from Mexico. The program was based on the...
LEAP in Action September 2008
This issue...
- Make the LEAP
- Volunteer of the Month
- State by State
- Making Media
- International Overtures
Make the LEAP
Volunteer of the Month
"Tried and true activists bring LEAP into what they do"
Rob Ryan is both tried and true. Rob...