[Work-in-progress]
“Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man..” and “In strict medical terms marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly consume.”
– Francis L. Young (Drug Enforcement Agency judge, 1988, after 2 weeks of medical testimony )
Top links to circulate
1. Nature.com study: Cannabis 114 times safer than alcohol and nearly 10x safer than nicotine
2. Documentary: Prescribed Grass
3. TedTalk (19min) on medical Cannabis used to “cure” kids with Epilepsy – link (There’s also a slide showing part of a 1949 telegram from the US Federal government about Cannabis being a “cure” for Epilepsy)
4. Documentary: The Scientist
5. Mini-Doc (15min) – Leaf
6. Sanjay Gupta (CNN-fame) “Weed” series – one | two | three (shows the “line between life & law”)
7. Doug Fine, author of Hemp Bounddiscusses his numerous findings from traveling all over the world visiting hemp farms and talking with people dealing with industrial hemp.
8. Documentary: Bringing It Home: Industrial Hemp and a Greener Future (not free, unfortunately. torrents ). Also, efforts to legalize hemp growing –> VoteHemp.com
9. US government patent from cannabis, an “illegal” plant! (and there are many other patents)
Hemp (some hemp products such as paper and clothing are in the Products section)
- American government video from 1942: Hemp for Victory
- Video: Upstate New York construction using hempcrete/hemplime building materials
- Documentary: Bringing It Home: Industrial Hemp and a Greener Future – Vimeo (pay on-demand, torrents)
- VoteHemp.com
- USES of hemp
- Unexpected uses of hemp and cannabis
- Info-graphic for industrial hemp
- Timeline of cannabis (oldest hemp found in modern-day Taiwan in 8,000 BCE)
- George Washington and hemp and this link
- Documentation of Thomas Jefferson and hemp
- Congressional Research Service: Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity (2015, PDF)
(Issue not discussed enough = cotton/agriculture subsidies)
- Chemists use hemp composite to create efficient battery
- Interconnected Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Hemp for Ultrafast Supercapacitors with High Energy – link
- Environmental analysis of the energy use of hemp’s analysis of the comparative life cycle: diesel oil vs. hemp-diesel – link (pay per view)
- Kentucky as epicenter for US hemp
- National Geographic feature (2015)
- Entrepreneurs use hemp in home-building
- Highland Hemp House (Washington)
- http://www.greenbuilt.co/
- Hemp Industries Association
- History: repression and racism; using law and media to stamp out hemp production in the USA, creating “reefer madness,” prohibition, and the “drug war’s” insane waste.
- Hemp.org
- Industrial Hemp Farm Act 2015
- Hemp Fabric and Sustainable Textiles (including materials for hospitals)
- BOOK: The Hempcrete Book: Designing and Building with Hemp Lime by William Stanwix and Alex Sparrow – torrents
- Hemp Technologies Collective (insulation company)
- 3D-printed hempcrete proposal
- Oregon company planning 10,000 acres
- Hemp for Haiti
- Treehugger.com article from 2010
Language (History & opinion)
- “Marijuana” or “Marihuana” history – early 1900’s, foreign sounding word used by people in the Federal government who were obviously anti-Cannabis. Why use this word when it’s the word preferred by anti-Cannabis activists who use deadly force if they feel it necessary?
- “Weed” is generally used in a negative context – wikipedia
- “Pot” is more neutral but simplistic and used to identify plant soil containers.
Links to sort
- Cannabis Journal – link
- Cannabis Laws – State by State
- The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act
- Massroots.com (social network app banned by the Apple store and returned after 10,000 emails were sent by fans to Apple employees)
Science
- Cannabinoids in the Treatment of Epilepsy (PDF, New England Journal of Medicine)
- Cannabis 114 times safer than alcohol (referencing this Nature.com study)
- Huge amount of cannabis science articles
- Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (Univ of Calif San Diego)
- International Centre for Science in Drug Policy reports
- 60 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Medical Cannabis *derivatives*
- International Cannabinoid Research Society (26 yrs of research)
- 12 years of research by people at the Univ of Minnesota & Mississippi showing the genetic basis of differences among Cannabis varieties … further challenging the position that all Cannabis should be regulated as a drug.” What does the Federal government(and the United Nations) have for evidence of their position?
- German researchers making THC from yeast
- Testing Lab: Green Leaf Lab
- Anti-inflammatory benefits against acne (health/medical)
- Start-ups bringing science to dispensaries (Newsweek)
- Environmental analysis of the energy use of hemp’s analysis of the comparative life cycle: diesel oil vs. hemp-diesel – link (pay per view)
- Taming THC research paper
Business
- New Cannabis Ventures
- Financial Times: Cannabis: Silicon Valley’s hot new sector (August, 2015)
- Marijuana Business Daily
- MJBizWire.com
- Investing in Cannabis podcast (soundcloud) and Twitter-feed
- Daily Dab Cannabis stock review
- MarijuanaStocks.com
- Technical420.com (stock analysis)
- GreenRushReview.com
- Women in the industry (Newsweek)
- GreenHaus Inc (resources to start/maintain your business)
- 5 jobs you might not know exist in the industry
- CannabisJobsBoard.com
- Veterans found a cannabis biz
- Massroots goes public (IPO)
- 9 hot start-ups (Inc.com)
- The Rise of Cannabis Capitalism (Economist, Jan 2015)
- MarijuanaVenture.com
- MJBizConference.com
- CannabisCapitalSummit.org
- TheCannabisIndustry.org
- WeedClub.com (Twitter-related)
- Jobs (PDF) – http://thcuniversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/TheGreenRushPDF.pdf
- Cannabis Commodities Exchange
- Luxury businesses (example: spa/resorts)
- Drone delivery service in San Francisco
- Cannabis delivery in California (Trees) (accompanying article)
- Drones + Bitcoin (SF)
- Cannabis Tech Assoc
History
- Timeline of cannabis (oldest hemp found in modern-day Taiwan in 8,000 BCE)
- Cannabis in the Ancient World (video lecture) – link
- A history of the negative social stigma of the plant
- Listed in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia from 1850 to 1942 under the name extractum cannabis
- Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission (1893-1894) and Wikipedia entry
- Antique Cannabis Book (pre-1937 medical cannabis uses)
- LaGuardia Committee (New York city government) report (1944) and Wikipedia entry
- 1949: Epilepsy “cure” known
- Shafer Committee report (1972, rejected by Nixon)
- Videos: The infamous Harry Anslinger (the Federal fanatic who ushered in the “Drug War”). And according to an interview between Joe Arpaio & the author of Chasing the Scream, Anslinger is the hero of Joe Arpaio who runs the Maricopa County prison in Arizona
- Short history of America’s cannabis breadbasket that co-evolved with the solar-power movement
- Debunking the hemp conspiracy (2008)
- Hemp history (Hemp shopper)
Law
- Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 (opposed by the American Medical Association, written/passed in secret)
- Laws for the United States
- 5 reasons cops want to legalize cannabis
- Uruguay – first country to make cannabis legal
- Saudi Arabian royal family-led goverment BE-HEADS cannabis dealers
Health/Medical
- Meet Irvin Rosenfeld, the man who’s received medical cannabis from the US gov for 30 years – link
- The American Medical Association originally opposed the criminalization of Cannabis. The current members oppose legalization! Same group, opposing views.
- Cannabinoids in the Treatment of Epilepsy (PDF, New England Journal of Medicine)
- Cannabis 114 times safer than alcohol (referencing this Nature.com study)
- 60 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Medical Cannabis
- Cannabis Backed By More Studies Than Most FDA Approved Pharma Drugs (May 2015 )
- Report by someone from the American Academy of Neurology
- 50 benefits
- Interactive cannabinoid guide/info-graphics
- Cannabinoid guide to health benefits
- Society of Cannabis Clinicians
- Antique Cannabis Book (pre-1937 medical cannabis uses)
- Harborside Healthcare Center (largest facility in the USA)
- Realm of Caring and their research section and Twitter feed
- The importance of lab-testing medical cannabis due to lack of quality standards
- ‘Gateway’ to addiction-recovery and harm-reduction
- Benefits of eating hemp seeds
- SafeAccessNow.org
- International Association of Cannabinoid Medicines (English)
- Benefits against Alzheimer’s/for patients
- Project CBD
- American Cannabis Nurses Association
- https://cwbotanicals.com
- Health benefits and myths & 6 Reasons cannabis is good for you before exercising & it’s considered a performance enhancing drug by the World Anti-Doping Association!
- Health benefits from “Business Insider”
- Cancer.gov cannabis statements
- Cannabis resources for patients
- How safe is your vape pen? (be aware if it contains polypropylene glycol)
- Cannabis test kit (for THC and cannabinols)
- Pesticides in medical cannabis
- Medical cannabis dispensaries in New York state starting to sprout
- Note: when taking too much cannabis, take some pepper/grinded peppercorns and/or inhal
Books:
- (audio & text) Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari (an incredible book that obviously goes far beyond cannabis) – official site | torrents
- The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer – PDF | torrents | online text version (Highly recommend buying the print version since it’s loaded with great illustrations)
- Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution by Doug Fine – torrents (Doug Fine books: Too High to Fail, Hemp Bound, and others – link )
- Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana – torrents
- Smoke Signals – A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific – torrent
- The Cannabis Manifesto: A New Paradigm for Wellness by Steve DeAngelo – torrent
- Marijuana: Gateway to Health by Clint Werner – torrents
- Marijuana Horticulture – The Indoor & Outdoor Medical Growers Bible by Jorge Cervantes – torrrents
- The Pot Book: A Complete Guide to Cannabis (many contributors) – torrents
- Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana – torrents (OK, not great)
- The Hempcrete Book: Designing and Building with Hemp Lime by William Stanwix and Alex Sparrow – torrents
- The Gospel of Hemp – torrents (free at Amazon, too)
- The Cannabis Health Index by Uwe Blesching – official site
Documentaries
- Prescribed Grass – Vimeo (Director Zach Klein, whose mother suffered from cancer)
- The Scientist – youtube (Director Zach Klein, whose mother suffered from cancer)
- “Leaf” (15min) – on the benefits of raw cannabis
- Sanjay Gupta (CNN-fame) “Weed” series – one | two | three
- The Cannabis Manifesto (12 min)
- Bringing It Home: Industrial Hemp and a Greener Future – Vimeo (pay on-demand) – torrents
- The Future of Weed: HIGH COUNTRY – youtube
- The Union: The Business Behind Getting High – torrents
- Grass (narrated by Woody Harelson)
- The Culture High – official site | torrents
- AKA Tommy Chong (insane plot against Mr. Chong by the Federal government) and interviews
- Prince of Pot
- Magic Weed – History Of Marijuana
- The History of Marijuana
- Emperor of Hemp (torrent) based on the book The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer
- True High
- Rolling Papers – official site
- Hempsters
- VICE: Inside America’s Billion-Dollar Weed Business: The Grass is Greener – youtube
- TV series: Strain Hunters – youtube
- TV: Marijuana country: the cannabis boom (2015) – youtube link
- TV series: Weed Wars (Discovery channel) – youtube
- TV series: Pot Barons of Colorado (MSNBC) – youtube
- TV series: American Weed (National Geographic) – youtube
Talks/Videos
- High Maintenance: online fiction series about a New York City cannabis deliverer biker and his customers.
- Doug Fine, author of Hemp Bound discusses his numerous findings from traveling for 2 yrs all over the world visiting hemp farms and talking with people dealing with industrial hemp – youtube (at The Strand bookstore in NYC) | his radio appearance (Coast2Coast)
- Getting “seniors” off of prescription drugs
- Clint Werner, author of Marijuana: Gateway to Health – youtube
- Jorge Cervantes at YouTube (Ultimate Grow)
Info resources
- Hash museum
- The Cannabist (by the Denver Post) and their sections on Colorado research grants
- Antique Cannabis Book (pre-1937 medical cannabis uses)
- LeafScience.com
- Leafly
- HempToday.net
- Cannabis section from The Guardian
- International Cannabinoid Research Society (26 yrs of research)
- MarijuanaMajority.com
- Green Flower Media
- Marijuana.com/higher-learning
- Wikiweed.com
- Erowid.org’s cannabis section
- Congressional Research Service: Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity (2015, PDF)
- Weeds That Please
- Weedmaps.com
- Whaxy.com
- Dispensary search: Best Buds
- Dispensary search: Wikileaf.com
- Vaporpedia (yes)
- My Twitter Cannabis.list
- Real-time Twitter posts about Cannabis
- Get data on cannabis companies using TetraTrak (pay) and New Leaf (from this this article)
- http://forums.strainhunters.com/
- “$MMJ” tag-search at Twitter
- Plant anatomy (more coming)
- Get Meadow
- DrugLibrary.org (from StoptheDrugWar.org)
- Cannabis.net
- ProhibitionCosts.org
Growing
- Book: Marijuana Horticulture – The Indoor & Outdoor Medical Growers Bible – torrrents
- MarijuanaGrowing.com
- Vancouver Seed Bank
- Indoors:
- Key points for harvest time
- DIY Space Bucket! – subReddit | SpaceBuckets.com | article
- How-to-Grow YouTube channel
- Leaf’s “plug-N-‘plant” ($1,500 two-plant grower “box”)
- Outdoors:
- Interactive guide to harvesting outdoors (particular strains)
- Dealing with mold and animal infestation
- Indoors & Outdoors:
Products
- HempUSA.org
- Lighting: Spectrum King
- TreeFreeHemp.com (wide variety of paper products) part of the Colorado Hemp Company
- Hemp paper office supplies
- “Marley Natural” (would Bob approve?)
- Dixie Elixirs
- Hospital textiles
- GlobalHemp.com
- CBD store (site needs to be redesigned)
- Cannabis strains that energize and uplift
- “Strains” that help you sleep/defeat insomnia and this link and this link (50 strains)
- Strains with aphrodisiac qualities
- Medical-grade CO2-heated vaporizer pens (Oregon-only) no propolyene glycol
- Curved papers
- Wickiepipes.com (much more than just pipes)
- Elevate accessories
- Clothing: blank tees, custom tees (ReCreator’s, made in California)
- Clothing: expensive
- Stylish weather-proof, smell-proof pocket cases & other items (promo code: MRSTINKYS)
- Mr Stinky’s
- “Elementium” butane-free lighters (innovative stuff)
- “Genius pipe”
- Foldable, silicone bong
- Cannabis gum
- Gpen
- Party Pretzels (pipes made from pretzels, you can make these yourself)
Technology
- TechCrunch article (Sept.2015)
- Americannex
- Cannabis Hemp Exchange
- MJFreeway.com
- iBreedit software system
- Green Bits (POS)
- Agrilyst
Politics
- Legalizing cannabis was the #1 issue at the Whitehouse’s petition site when it launched in 2011
- Marijuana Policy Project
- 2016: The Cannabis Election
- United Nations hasn’t updated it’s Cannabis policy since 1961 yet they claim to have a Universal Declaration of Human Rights (which seems full of empty words when you put the two together)
- Marijuana Reform Party (New York)
- MarijuanaPolitcs.com
- The 2 pieces of legislation for hemp and medical cannabis (Industrial Hemp Farm Act & C.A.R.E.R.S.)
- Movie from 1936 called Reefer Madness, created to demonize cannabis (no, it’s not a poorly-made comedy!) – youtube | Wikipedia entry
- Movie from 1936 called Marihuana: The Devil’s Weed – youtube
- Electoral Reform Act needed to end the “two party tyranny” and enable more American voices/diversity of American voices.
- Technology of politics: Dismal State of Voting Machines (Wired, 2015)
Casualties of the“Drug War”
- Much more will be added
- After requesting police protection, a motorcycle mechanic was murdered by Tampa SWAT team before finding 0.2 grams of cannabis ($2 worth) in his house – Tampa Bay Times
Events (also see the Business section)
Misc.
- The DEA’s drug policy states that applicants who “experimented with or used narcotics or dangerous drugs, except those medically prescribed for you, will not be considered for employment,” though it makes exceptions for“limited youthful and experimental use of marijuana.” (HuffPost, 09/29/15, “DEA Employees Fail Drug Tests, Shockingly Face No Serious Consequences” by Nick Wing)
- DEA employees fail drug tests and face no major consequences (HuffPost, 09/29/15)
- “Gateway” myth – Atlantic article | Time article
- RAND [Corporation] study finds less crime near cannabis dispensaries (2011)
- Colorado’s “sweeping success” after one year of cannabis “legalization” (Jan. 2015)
- Cannabis and the NFL (national football league) – Ironically, this article lists cannabis as useful for treating concussions.
- Report from News21 (Foundation-supported) – For some reason, they don’t like using the term Cannabis; they like using “weed,” “marijuana” and “pot.”
- Short videos of non-stereotyped people smoking cannabis (Drug Policy Institute’s “B-Roll”)
- Incredible response on Twitter to the “Drug Free America” organization after they posted insulting, factless crap about cannabis legalization – link
- Why aren’t these 10 poisonous plants illegal?
- Future idea: scanning green-houses and crop areas (Lidar?) each day combined with sensors of moisture, light, etc. All of this pulled into 3D data visualization for record-keeping.
- SHOW YOUR GROW (D.C.) “Legalization ends discrimination”
- http://www.hemphelps.org/pages/why-choose-hemp
- Random info: 58% approval in Gallup poll; estimated at 80%, but there’s no complete info. Everyone will never be polled.
Graphics/media
Legal chemicals that have led to death (work-in-progress)
- Methylene chloride / Dichloromethane (used in paint strippers)
- What kind of drugs kill the most people?
- Numerous pharmaceuticals (list)
- Vicodin
- OxyContin
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