The Body of Medical Literature on Cannabis Medicine
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer The Body of Medical Literature on Cannabis Medicine Our authority here is the ‘Body of Literature,’ starting with ancient materia medicae; Chinese…
The Bush / Quayle / Lilly Pharmaceutical Sellout
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer The Bush / Quayle / Lilly Pharmaceutical Sellout In America, marijuana’s most outspoken opponents are none other than former First Lady Nancy…
Criminal Misconduct
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer Criminal Misconduct Before Anslinger started the pacifist zombie-marijuana scare in 1948, he publicly used jazz music, violence, and the “gore files” for…
A Secret Program to Control Minds and Choices
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer A Secret Program to Control Minds and Choices Through a report released in 1983 under the Freedom of Information Act, it was…
Pot and the Threat of Peace
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer Pot and the Threat of Peace However, from 1948 to 1950, Anslinger stopped feeding the press the story that marijuana was violence-causing…
Moving to Crush Dissent
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer Moving to Crush Dissent After the 1938-1944 New York City “LaGuardia Marijuana Report” refuted his argument, by reporting that marijuana caused no…
Marijuana Prohibition
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer Marijuana Prohibition Anslinger got his marijuana law… “Should we believe self-serving, ever-growing drug enforcement/drug treatment bureaucrats, whose pay and advancement depends on…
Man-Made Fiber…The Toxic Alternative to Natural Fibers
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer Man-Made Fiber…The Toxic Alternative to Natural Fibers The late 1920s and 1930s saw continuing consolidation of power into the hands of a…
Self-Perpetuating Lies
The Emperor Wears No Clothe by Jack Herer Self-Perpetuating Lies In fact, FBI statistics, had Anslinger bothered to check, showed at least 65-75% of all murders in the U.S. were…
Protecting Special Interests
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer Protecting Special Interests As the AMA’s Dr. Woodward had asserted, the government’s testimony before Congress in 1937 had in fact consisted almost…
Others Spoke Out, Too
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer Others Spoke Out, Too Also lobbying against the Tax Act with all its energy was the National Oil Seed Institute, representing the…
“Did Anyone Consult the AMA?”
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer “Did Anyone Consult the AMA?” However, even within his controlled Committee hearings, many expert witnesses spoke out against the passage of these…
The Prohibitive Marijuana Tax
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer The Prohibitive Marijuana Tax In the secret Treasury Department meetings conducted between 1935 and 1937, prohibitive tax laws were drafted and strategies…
Blatant Bigotry
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer Blatant Bigotry Starting with the 1898 Spanish American War, the Hearst newspaper had denounced Spaniards, Mexican-Americans and Latinos. After the seizure of…
Hearst, His Hatred and Hysterical Lies
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer Hearst, His Hatred and Hysterical Lies Concern about the effects of hemp smoke had already led to two major governmental studies. The…