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Chloroformic Visions Love the poetic writing in this article. They just don’t write the same anymore… “My last sane recollection is of the surgeon applying the handkerchief to my mouth” “So swift are the evolutions of thought Read More …
“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. The checks he endeavors to give it, however warrantable by ancient usage, will, more than probably, kindle a flame, which may not be easily extinguished; tho’ for Read More …
“The happy effects of the smoke of tobacco in restoring drowned persons to life” – Dr. Brubier of Paris (in ‘A Physical Dissertation on Drowning:’) 1746 A Calm at a Mediterranean Port – Claude-Joseph Vernet – 1770 – Read More …
“The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.” – Queen Victoria Queen Victoria by RafkinsWarning The English Patient In the middle of the 19th century, Queen Victoria had very Read More …
“If a man, after anointing his ligham with the mixture of the powders of the white thorn apple (Datura stramonium), the long pepper, the black pepper and honey, engages in sexual union with a woman, he makes her subject to Read More …
Cannabis Marching Song The sweet cadence of a marching song echoed through time. This one from Mexico had a little bit of cannabis soul… Many historic marching songs have been sung by armies all over the world. The steady rhythmic Read More …
Cupid Chastised – Bartolomeo Manfredi – between 1605 and 1610 A Mexican Priest Flogs the Corpse of a Dead Wizard I couldn’t even make this stuff up if I tried… “Yesterday at Villa Libre, the parish priest, in Read More …
The Nation Makers, by Howard Pyle, c. 1902 First shot’s in America’s war on Cannabis That single moment, however dilute, that wars are started… That moment was when the United States declared cannabis as a “Poison”, April 16, 1860… Read More …
“If” -The Spartan Ephors, 346bc Greek Vase – black-figure krater, c. 530 BC “Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.” -Buddha In 346 bc, King Philip of Macedon (Alexander the Great’s dad) Read More …
“It’s about trying to frame something. And draw attention to it and say, “Here’s the beauty in this. I’m going to put a frame around it, and I think this is beautiful.” That’s what artists do. It’s really a pointing Read More …