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The Marijuana Conspiracy

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Jack Herer, author of “The Emperor Wears No Clothes,” the seminal resource for marijuana and hemp information, explains that after the Spanish-American War in 1898, Hearst had developed a personal dislike and prejudice toward Mexicans, prompted by the “seizure of 800,000 acres of his prime Mexican timberland by the ‘marihuana’-smoking army of Pancho Villa.” Hearst papers, the chief purveyors of “yellow journalism” at the time, slapped terrifying headlines across their front pages: “Marihuana Makes Fiends of Boys in 30 Days” and “Hotel Clerk Identifies Marijuana Smoker as ‘Wild Gunman’ Arrested for Shootings,” screamed the bold type, stoking a new hysteria. Before long, the public was well aware of this new and threatening drug menace. Hearst’s prejudices weren’t restricted to Mexicans, as Herer tells it:

Hearst’s stories portray[ed] “negroes” and Mexicans as frenzied beasts who, under the influence of marijuana would play anti-white “voodoo-satanic” music (jazz) and heap disrespect and “viciousness” upon the predominantly white readership. Other such offenses resulting from this drug-induced “crime wave” included: stepping on white men’s shadows, looking white people directly in the eye for three seconds or more, looking at a white woman twice, laughing at a white person ... For such “crimes,” hundreds of thousands of Mexicans and blacks spent, in aggregate, millions of years in jails, prisons and on chain gangs, under brutal segregation laws that remained in effect throughout the U.S. until the 1950s and ’60s.

But that’s not the conspiracy.
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As Anslinger continued his lecture about the upcoming marijuana legislation, interrupted occasionally by outbursts from Hearst, Lammot DuPont reached into a leather satchel he’d placed in front of him and pulled out a sheaf of papers. “I have managed to secure the information we spoke about earlier,” he said in a low whisper, spreading the papers across the table for all to see. Before them was the draft of an article being compiled by the editors at Popular Mechanics Magazine about hemp — industrial marijuana. One headline in particular stood out because of words that even this group of the wealthiest Americans rarely came across, and perhaps had never seen in print: “Billion-Dollar Crop.”

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6 comments // The Marijuana Conspiracy

  • LuckyTripps
    • 0
      LuckyTripps  

    • If it's not legal by 2012. Then we will declare a real drug war, a civil war against our oppressors, and who are we, we are your very own children, your brothers and sisters, your neighbors, your mail man, your teacher, your lawyer, your fucking God! Do not fuck with us! Legalize or we Improvise!

    • 1 year ago
  • Zouave
    • +1
      Zouave  

    • well its about time start seeing the productive side of such a cash crop. would bring lots of good fortune for the country and if was done properly even, global wide trade. its would be a plus on the home front as well as abroad. love weed.

    • 1 year ago
  • figgdimension
  • Conniepae
    • +6
      Conniepae  

    • I actually think it was 'the cannabis conspiracy'. Cannabis hemp historical facts were removed from educational material, enabling 'Reefer Madness' to be used in American politics, with reckless abandon.

      When people don't learn the 'true' facts about things, people are able to spin disinformation and ordinary Americans are vulnerable to propaganda, due to the lack of 'real' facts.

      For years, the disinformation about cannabis hemp, led parents to turn against their own children, due to lies. Something is wrong with a government, who spins disinformation, which leads to fractured families. When family members are thrown in jail based on lies and disinformation, it's a problem with government, not the people.

      Jack Herer has let the Genie out of the bottle. The facts are now available. Our government should not continue the spin. Historical facts about cannabis hemp could lead us in a new direction.

      http://www.jackherer.com/chapters.html (complete with documentation to back up the facts).

      Chapter 1 - OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF CANNABIS HEMP
      Chapter 2 - BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE USES OF HEMP
      Chapter 3 - NEW BILLION DOLLAR CROP
      Chapter 4 - THE LAST DAYS OF LEGAL CANNABIS
      Chapter 5 - MARIJUANA PROHIBITION
      Chapter 6 - MEDICAL LITERATURE ON CANNABIS MEDICINE
      Chapter 7 - THERAPEUTIC USE OF CANNABIS
      Chapter 8 - HEMPSEED AS THE BASIC WORLD FOOD
      Chapter 9 - ECONOMICS ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
      Chapter 10 - MYTH, MAGIC & MEDICINE
      Chapter 11 - THE (HEMP) WAR OF 1812, NAPOLEON & RUSSIA
      Chapter 12 - CANNABIS DRUG USE IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA
      Chapter 13 - PREJUDICE: MARIJUANA AND JIM CROW LAWS
      Chapter 14 - MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS OF SUPPRESSION
      Chapter 15 - THE OFFICIAL STORY: DEBUNKING "GUTTER SCIENCE"
      Chapter 16 - THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

      Cannabis hemp could lead us to a 'new' recovery, leading us to jobs, jobs, jobs.

    • 1 year ago
  • s_peak
    • +5
      s_peak  

    • Personally... I think it goes back to Dupont vs. Ford. I think there was motivation to supress hemp (as BEFORE the advent of gas, all farmers in the US were REQUIRED to grow hemp) in order to keep it from being used to make fuels, plastics, clothing, etc.

      Oil makes a lot more money. If we used hemp for fuel, then anyone could make anything they needed practically for free...

      Just like how forced obsolescence makes cell phones and cars break down over time (generating endless waste) ... other tactics are employed by huge companies to keep us coming back for more... when that isn't at all necessary. It comes down to how to make more money... hemp can give people freedom from several aspects of consumerism right off the bat.

    • 1 year ago
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