Project E206, 1969

“There has been little evidence in Canada to support an association of cannabis with crimes of violence. Nor is there any suggestion that cannabis users are obliged to engage to any significant extent in a career of petty crime to Read More …

Threshing Hemp, 1929

Lyster H. Dewey, with a scoop devised for taking up /”threshing” hemp seed from individual selections beaten out on canvas, Office, November 1929   Picture of Lyster Dewey and his threshing hemp technique from his personal journal found at a Read More …

Rope of Hemp around the Neck of Liberty, 1859

“it is better that this union be a rope of sand around those who are willing to stay together, than a rope of hemp around the neck of Liberty” -Carl Schurz   Interesting speech by Carl Schurz leading up to Read More …

UMISS Garden for Higher Learning, 1968

“Most of the illicit material in the 1960s came from Mexico. So, in collaboration with the D.E.A. And the Mexican government, we acquired those seeds. Later, we acquired others from Colombia, Thailand, Jamaica, India, Pakistan and places in the Middle Read More …

America’s Truth Serum, 1943

“It was fun, fun, fun. Where else could a red-blooded American lie, kill, cheat, and rape with the sanction of the all-highest?” – Col. George Hunter White George Hunter White in 1955 America’s Truth Serum May 27, 1943 was another Read More …

Plant Wizards fight Wartime Drug Peril, 1943

Popular Science, Magazine September 1943 Titled: Can we have rope without dope?   Plant Wizards fight Wartime Drug Peril In this 1943 article, Uncle Sam gives some interesting points including how to breed cannabis…