Hemp (Marijuana)

This page contains materials related to hemp (marijuana), cannabis sativa.

Marihuana Tax Act of 1937

Did you ever wonder why hemp was illegal? Here are some of the actual transcripts from the hearings for the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 -- an interesting piece of lunacy. It is not all there yet, but it is coming soon. Please see the Historical References page for the full history of the marijuana laws in the United States.

Contents

Reefer Madness Comic Books

Reefer Madness Through the Ages

Cannabis-based Medicines Throughout History

Other Hemp/Marijuana Links of Interest

General Hemp/Marijuana Information

Medical Information

Commercial and Industrial Uses of Hemp

Historical Information

Alan D. Bryan's Hemp Facts 1-100

Other Hemp/Marijuana Links of Interest

Hemp in Canada - Hemp British Columbia Home Page - Lots of good information about the history and current facts regarding hemp in Canada.

Marijuana Policy Project - Lobbying Congress for reform. Lots of current information on laws and legal initiatives.

Marijuana drug test - DrugTest.org offers a full line of professional detoxification that is the best defense for marijuana drug tests.

Commercial and Industrial Uses of Hemp

Dave West's Hemp Page - A lot of interesting material from David P. West, Ph.D.

Journal of the International Hemp Association

Hemp As a Crop For Missouri Farmers - 1991

Hemp For Fuel - Excerpted from "Energy Farming in America," by Lynn Osburn

Hemp Speech - Colorado This is a rough draft of a speech for the 1995 Agricultural committee of the Colorado congress, which will be deciding on a bill to re-classify industrial cannabis as legal. (below 1.3% THC)

Letter from a DEA Agent to Colorado Legislature re the Hemp Bill

This is a letter written by a DEA agent with the specific intent of killing a bill in the Colorado Legislature which would have permitted the cultivation of hemp for industrial purposes. Because of the lies in this letter, the DEA agent was later relieved of duty.

Reply to the DEA Agent's letter - Thomas J. Ballanco, Environmental Action Committee, Co-Chair This is the reply to the DEA agent's letter which led to the agent's retirement.

Hemp and Related Fiber Crops Task Force, As authorized by the Governor of Kentucky , 11-23-94

Hemp Industry in Australia The status of the hemp industry in Australia, as of 2/17/95.

Government of Canada Agricultural Report on Hemp 12-16-94

Hemp As Weed Control, by D. West

Industrial Hemp Farming - History and Practice

Report on Australian Hemp Trials from James Davis to Joe Hickey

An Amazing Plant by Bill Leuders From ISTHMUS, "the weekly newspaper of Madison" Feb 8-14, 1991

Hawaiian Industrial Hemp Report

Pharmacology of Fibre Hemp

Optimisation of breeding for agronomic traits in fibre hemp

Seasonal fluctuations of cannabinoid content in Kansas marijuana

The CPRO Cannabis germplasm collection

The US Hemp Market by Richard A. Adams, Baker College Center for Graduate Studies

Effects of Public Opinion on the Marketing of Hemp Products via the Internet by Richard A. Adams, Baker College Center for Graduate Studies

Characterisation of Cannabis accessions with regard to cannabinoid content in relation to other plant characters 

Putting Cannabis in Cars - From Popular Mechanics - March, 1997

Industrial Hemp in the United States: Status and Market Potential

Ecolution - USDA White Paper on Hemp 1995

Hemp Facts by Alan D. Bryan

Below are a number of interesting files that Alan D. Bryan has accumulated relative to hemp. There is all sorts of good information here, including a lot of stuff you probably didn't know, even if you were already familiar with the hemp issues.

Hemp Facts 1-10

1. HEMP FOR FUEL
2. Dewey and Merrill, "bulletin #404, Hemp Hurds As Paper-Making Material" U.S.D.A. Washington, D.C. Oct. 14, 1916.
3. Pinch Hitters for Defense - Popular Mechanics - December 1941
4. Paints and Varnishes
5. Building Materials and Housing
6. HEMP FOR VICTORY - transcript of Dept. of Agriculture 1942 film
7. Introduction from "Marijuana: Medical Papers," Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D.,
8. More Info on Medical Uses.
9. More Interesting Medical Stuff
10. Even more good medical stuff....

Hemp Facts 11-20

1. More Misc. Med. Stuff
2. Marijuana MYTH # 1 Marijuana causes brain damage
3. Marijuana Myth #2. Marijuana damages the reproductive system
4. Marijuana Myth # 3.Marijuana is a "gateway" drug it leads to hard drugs.
5. Marijuana Myth #4. Marijuana suppresses the immune system.
6. Marijuana Myth #5. - Marijuana is much more dangerous than tobacco.
7. Marijuana Myth #6. Legal marijuana would cause carnage on the highways.
8. Marijuana Myth # 7. Marijuana "flattens" human brainwaves

Hemp Facts 21-30

1. Marijuana Myth #8. Marijuana is more potent today than in the past
2. Marijuana Myth #9. Marijuana impairs short-term memory
3. Marijuana Myth #10. Marijuana lingers in the body like DDT
4. Marijuana Myth #11. There are over a thousand chemicals in marijuana smoke
5. Marijuana "Myth"#12. No one has ever died of a marijuana overdose
6. SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO
7. MEDICINE, MAN
8. Part Deux of an article that appeared in the Guardian Newspaper on 9/18/93
9. part Three of an article that appeared in the Guardian Newspaper on 9/18/93
10. Pt. IV of an article that appeared in the Guardian Newspaper on 9/18/93.
11. Part 5 of an article that appeared in the Guardian Newspaper on 9/18/93
12. Part 6 of an article that appeared in the Guardian Newspaper on 9/18/93

Hemp Facts 31-40

1. Part VII of an article that appeared in the Guardian Newspaper on 9/18/93.
2. final part of an article that appeared in the Guardian Newspaper on 9/18/93
3. Legalization of Marijuana Long Overdue - by William F. Buckley
4. Legalization of Marijuana Long Overdue - part 2
5. This is Part 1 of an article that appeared in The Hartford Courant. It shows the lies perpetrated by the Partnership for a Drug Free America.
6. This is part 2 of an article that appeared in The Hartford Courant
7. Part 3 of an article from The Hartford Courant
8. The Dark Side of DARE by Pastor Jaymes Douglass Fyr
9. A World Gone Mad Part 1 By Ronald W. Rose United States Magistrate Judge In Police News Spring 94

Hemp Facts 41-50

Hemp Facts 51-60

Hemp Facts 61-70

Hemp Facts 71-80

Hemp Facts 81-90

Hemp Facts 91-100