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“Poor pilgrims blithe and jolly, in penance for past folly.” -Seceders in limbo -Vagabonds made useful. 1798 etching Hemp: The Prison Pounding As I’ve discussed in my earlier story ‘The Poor House’ (link to the story here ), many institutions Read More …
“The ship was moor’d—the oars were plied— The boats moved on athwart the tide, And steered their course direct to land, Well fraught with goods, though contraband. The landsmen gathered there in swarms, Receiv’d the same with open arms; And, Read More …
“He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sun rise.” -William Blake 1920 ‘Buddhist Flapper’ in themed photoshoot Humane Hemp In Japan, hemp Read More …
Snakes in the grass by John Knudsen – 1971
“It isn’t by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.” Read More …
The Marihuana Story, movie poster from 1950 (Spain / Argentina)
Grow Yer Own Stone – Alexander Sumach, 1974 book cover Grow Yer Own Stone Canada was much like the U.S. during the 70’s with high penalties for small cannabis infractions. In 1974 Author Alexander Sumach published a book proposing a Read More …
“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 …
The United States’ independence “ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shews, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of the continent to the other.” –John Adams, in a letter to his wife Abigail, 1776 Read More …
1873 engraving of a Bernese woman beating hemp Page from a Antique Book, 1873