Recent content by wm97

Click on the link already provided.

That was Harry Anslinger. If we ever got the opportunity to punch him, it would be a looooong line.

It isn't a logical issue with a lot of people. They aren't looking at the evidence. They just believe that because it is illegal, then any use is abuse. It is closer to a religious moral definition than it is to common sense. Ed Meese, Ronald Reagan's Attorney General, believed this way.

It is pretty much de facto legal in California right now. There are so many people operating openly that the risk is quite low. There is real market competition going on -- and the prices still haven't dropped to nothing, or anything close to it. There is a good reason why. Anybody can grow...

This piece, which comes from Legalization of Marijuana isn't entirely correct. For one thing, the story it tells comes originally from the documents I posted at Schaffer Library of Drug Policy long ago. The page makes no reference to those documents but you can find the basic story at History of...

And BTW, tintala, I have known both Jack and his co-author Chris Conrad, for about twenty years now. I have appeared many times with them and I consider them both good friends. I think Jack tells a good story and did a lot of good work, but I think he overstates the case. Now if you want to...

If the initiative in 2010 does not pass, there will certainly be another one in 2012 that will. The polls are in favor of it at this point. The only real issue is that the polls have to be waaay in favor of something for the initiative to win.

I have the largest online collection of historical research on the subject. You wouldn't even know about the documents you referenced if I had not posted them on the web. As for Ben, hemp was grown throughout the colonies in the early days. You are the first person I have heard mention the...

I am saying that the original article posted here is wrong. As for the piece you quoted, I am aware of it. In fact, I am the person who originally posted it on the web. Now for the problems with what you posted above. 1) When the new hemp ventures began to emerge as a real threat to the...

There is another point of view at Was there a conspiracy to outlaw hemp? This is an interesting tale, but it has a lot of problems. For one thing, it doesn't explain why marijuana was already illegal in 30 states before Anslinger was appointed to the FBN. For another, nylon is NOT a...

The original of this document can be found at Marijuana - The First Twelve Thousand Years UKCIA copied it from this site.

As stated in other threads, this is an interesting idea, but it doesn't explain how marijuana became illegal in 30 states before these folks came along.

There are lots of problems with the DuPont-Anslinger theory. For one thing, it doesn't explain how marijuana became illegal in 30 states before Anslinger ever took office. Hemp was such a declining product at the time that even the farmers who grew it said they wouldn't miss it much if it...

Your experience with cannabis and alcohol is more the rule than the exception. The best research to date on this topic is being done by Dr. Tom O'Connell. He has done life medical histories on thousands of medical marijuana users. He has found that a large number of them are using...

Nice story, originally put forth by Jack Herer in The Emperor Wears No Clothes. It is an entertaining story and I love and admire Jack, but there are a few holes in it. First, there is no smoking gun. There is no document that lays out the conspiracy. Second, there was no reason for any...