The conclusions from Dr. Robert Heath’s 1970s “pot smoke kills brain cells in monkeys” fraudulent research would be repeated over and over again in the mass media in the 1980s
The 1970s. Prohibitionist tactics became much more sophisticated. Instead of the ancient techniques of limiting cannabis use to those of special status or associating unsanctioned use with devil worship
In this chapter, DML provides many examples of the 3 conceptual devices used by prohibitionists in the second decade of the 20th century to set the stage for cannabis prohibition
If it’s true that the best-loved child has many names, cannabis must be one of Mother Earth’s favorite children. Jonathon Green, who wrote the definitive Green’s Dictionary of Slang, estimates that there are at least 1,000 different names for weed
As a writer covering the weed beat, I hear about lots of quirky ideas and concerns, some of which I’ve affectionately characterized as “cannabispiracies.”