Since President Nixon began the War On Drugs in 1971, more than 8 million Americans have been arrested on charges related to cannabis. Many of these charges were simple possession charges despite them being treated as distribution and trafficking charges. This month, October 2022, President Biden has announced an executive...
Narcotic Use of Cannabis in the Americas In its early days, cannabis as a narcotic in the Americas was used in Brazil and Jamaica by the Portuguese and British to subdue their enslaved populations. At the 1876 World’s Exposition in Philadelphia, the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid II gifted Americans with cannabis...
Outside of medical, recreational, and ritual use in the ancient world, cannabis —oftentimes referred to as "hemp" — held a long standing in textile production. The Romans, along with many other ancient cultures, used hemp fiber for clothing as well as maritime necessities such as sails and rope. This tradition...
Did you know that over 2.3 million Americans are behind bars today? Many are locked up for non-violent drug crimes, especially for the possession of cannabis in illegal or gray-area states. While there is a clear moral distinction between illegal drug trafficking and just possession of a small amount of...
Cannabis became one of the earliest cultivated plants in the world during the Neolithic (circa 1900 BCE) in Eastern Asia. With a spread spanning Eurasia and the Americas, humans have used cannabis for 10,000+ years according to historical research. A study published in Science Advances found fourteen plant samples and...
Why are Delta 9 edibles legal? The 2018 Farm Bill defines hemp as: The plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more...
