The History of Cannabis in Canada – Part 6: 1960s, Psychedelics, Hippies and The Summer of Love
CANNABIS CULTURE - Despite draconian laws, cannabis use dramatically increased in Canada during the 1960s.
Browsing: History
Emily’s Garden
CANNABIS CULTURE - Born in 1830, Emily Dickinson is widely regarded, along with Walt Whitman, as the premier American poet.
Dr. Lester Grinspoon: Whither Cannabinopathic Medicine
CANNABIS CULTURE - Given all the excitement and activity surrounding cannabis as a medicine over the last few decades, one might think that this is a new therapeutic discovery. Actually, its use as a medicine is ancient.
A Hundred Years’ Failure
How did a law to regulate heroin traffic turn into the costly, futile War on Drugs?
The History of Cannabis in Canada – Part 5: Cannabis Use Spreads, Prohibition Intensifies
CANNABIS CULTURE - The close of World War II marked the end of cannabis hemp cultivation in Canada, but also the start of marijuana smoking becoming mainstream.
The History of Cannabis in Canada – Part 4: Hemp Farmers Struggle Against Extinction
CANNABIS CULTURE - Although "marihuana" had been banned, cannabis hemp was still being grown across the country for industrial purposes, but the market for commercial cannabis products had been shrinking for decades.
Vancouver Pot Museum Goes Up in Smoke
For the last decade, $2.50 would get you a 30-minute tour through the ins and outs of herbal medicine – from the story behind Absinthe to a brief history of magic mushrooms in Canada to ancient cannabis use.
The History of Cannabis in Canada – Part 3: Canada’s War on Marijuana Begins
CANNABIS CULTURE - In the 1920s, Maclean's magazine and other media portrayed opium and marijuana as tools used by Chinese and blacks to snare white women and dominate the white race.
The History of Cannabis in Canada – Part 2: The Golden Age of Cannabis in Canada
CANNABIS CULTURE - The late 1800s was a peak time for cannabis in Canada. Along with widespread production of hemp textiles, cannabis tincture was also becoming a popular medicine.
Russian Hemp Honored in Statues and Stories (Yet, Still Repressed)
CANNABIS CULTURE - I've been informed that in between sheaves of wheat depicted on the Peoples Friendship Fountain in Moscow are sunflowers and cannabis leaves.
