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France forgets own golden age of medical marijuana
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Tommy Chong busting into a nice bud of Humboldt Skunk, 1983
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CANNABIS INDICA (31 December 1894)
In Dr L. L. Smith's Medical Almanac (1895)
Louis Smith, a proponent of commercialised medicine, opened a surgery in Bourke Street, Melbourne, in 1853.
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Gaetano Previati's Hashish (also known as The Hashish Smokers or Le Fumatrici di Haschisch) is a seminal work of Italian Symbolism, painted in 1887.
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From The Vision of Hasheesh, Putnam's Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science and Art, New York, 1854, 3, pages 402-408.
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Sinsemilla Salon; Kids day, every Wednesday - 1980s Amsterdam
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‘Zulu men smoking Dakka’ South Africa. postcard dated 1928
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A Brief History of Cannabis in Western Medicine
Cannabis has been recognized for its medicinal properties almost as long as people have been using it.
First documented references to cannabis medicine date back to 2800 BCE.
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A cannabis plant on display at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Picture: Daniel Solander Library at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Late 1800s
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A Hashish-House in New York
By H. H. Kane
Harper's Monthly, Vol. 67 (November, 1883), 944-49.
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In a 1916 report, U.S. scientists tested hemp for papermaking.
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‘A large block of hash rests on a copy of The Daily Telegraph’ photographed by John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins, London 1963
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Laurence Cherniak's The Great Books of Hashish Vol.1 Book.1. The late 70's first edition.
We need common fucking sense policies, not bullshit that's just perpetuation of the same prohibitionist's bullshit, built on the same lies.
We need to start over, and the conversation on their end needs to start with - we lied.
For posterity
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The San Francisco call, June 24, 1895
Prices for an ounce of hash in San Francisco in 1895? 65cents domestic / 75cents import
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Mr A. Young and the cannabis plant he grew in his Arbroath garden in 1933.
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Prohibition - it still doesn't work
Feb. 9, 1949, actor Robert Mitchum, center right, and actress Lila Leeds, left, are sentenced to 60 days in jail on charges of conspiracy to possess marijuana cigarettes in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
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Got hash?
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Ganja harvest at Naogaon in the Ganja Mahal, India, 1890s. The Ganja Mahal is a tract of loamy, well-irrigated land of approximately 60,000 acres in East Bengal, now Bangladesh.
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Prohibition - it still doesn't work
‘Deputy Police Commissioner John Morris holds marijuana plants as piles of confiscated marijuana burn in the background.’ New York City 1942
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Hashish - Suomi La Valle
Edited by Suomi La Valle. Quartet Books. 1984, first edition. The most thoroughly researched, beautifully presented, super cool book on the subject.
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“EGYPTE – fumeur de Hachiche” The Hashish Smoker, Egyptian postcard from around 1900
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DJ Short posing with homegrown Thai weed. Oregon 1979.
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Growing Medicinal Plants in America, Allerton S. Cushman
American Journal of Pharmacy, Volume 90
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science., 1918
the University of California
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Early 1900’s apothecary set.
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A cannabis plant on display at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Picture: Daniel Solander Library at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Late 1800s
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The Pot Book 1968
Beautifully produced informative booklet on various topics surrounding marijuana in the 1960s, including six recipes.
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