Astonishing Facts About Marijuana You Absolutely Won't Believe
The first internet transaction was a drug deal. In 1972, Stanford students using Arpanet accounts at Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory engaged in a commercial transaction with their counterparts at Massachussetts Institute of Technology. Before Amazon, before eBay, the seminal act of e-commerce was a drug deal. The students used the network to quietly arrange the sale of an undetermined amount of marijuana.
After Tupac was cremated, his ashes were mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of his hip-hop group, Outlawz.
In 1977 a plane crashed into Yosemite Park, containing almost 10,000 pounds of marijuana. Local rock climbers were first on the scene and amassed a fortune from the wreckage.
The word “canvas” is derived from the word “cannabis” because canvas used to be made from hemp fiber.
The University of Mississippi operates the United States’ only legal marijuana farm, on behalf of the government.
Jazz musician, Louis Armstrong asked Richard Nixon to carry his bags through customs for him because he ‘was an old man’. The bags had marijuana in them.
A 2-year-old girl was placed in foster care after her parents got busted with marijuana. Shortly after, she suffered fatal head injuries at the hands of her new government-assigned foster parents.
Marijuana is technically illegal in Amsterdam, law enforcement simply turns a blind-eye to the “coffee shops” that sell it.
On Jan. 1, 1976 a prankster played a word game with the Hollywood sign. He hung curtains to make it read “Hollyweed.”
Colorado switched mile marker “420” to “419.99” in order to stop people from stealing it. The number 420 is often used as a reference to smoking marijuana.
In 1970 cannabis was placed in the Schedule-1 category of controlled drugs “Temporarily” while the Nixon Administration awaited the Shafer Report, which ended up calling for the immediate end to cannabis prohibition. So far, its been a Temporary 45 year-prohibition.
Cameron Diaz allegedly bought marijuana from Snoop Dogg while the two were High School together before either achieved fame.
Dr. James C. Munch (no etymological relationship to the word that would later be used to describe the insatiable hunger one feels after smokin a doob) testified in court, under oath, that he had smoked marijuana, and it turned him into a bat. Dr. Munch was the “official expert” on marijuana for the U.S. government from 1938 to 1962.
Scientists have created a scientific version of marijuana called ‘Dimethylheptylpyran’. When smoked, it’ll keep you high for at least 2 days
Willie Nelson says he smoked what he called “an Austin Torpedo” on the rooftop of the White House as Secret Service looked on.
A quadriplegic man, Jonathan Magbie, was sentenced to 10 days in jail for a first time offense of possession of marijuana, despite the prison not having sufficient medical equipment for him. The 27 year-old died after four days in custody.
The only country where cannabis is completely legal and claimed to be a legal right to possess, is North Korea who doesn’t even consider Marijuana to be a drug.
Alcohol and beer companies, fearing competition for the dollars Americans spend on leisure, are one of the top five opponents to marijuana legalization. Also included on the list are
Police Unions: who have become dependent on federal drug war grants to finance their budget.
Private Prisons Corporations: that make millions by incarcerating people who have been imprisoned for drug crimes, including marijuana.
Pharmaceutical Corporations: who’s pharmaceutical interests would like to keep marijuana illegal so, that Americans, of course, don’t have the option of cheap medical alternatives to their products.
Prison Guard Unions: who have a vested interest in keeping people behind bars just like for-profit prison companies.
Snack food companies, on the other hand, are all for the idea of MJ legalization – hmm, I wonder why.
Polls indicate that 42% of people in the U.S. have tried MJ at least once
Beer and Marijuana are cousins: Beer’s hops are in the same family of flowering plants as MJ
Study after study shows that MJ is much less harmful than alcohol or tobacco
Over 800,000 people are arrested for marijuana in the U.S. each year
Research has found the Delta-9 tetrahydracannabinol, also known as THC (the main active component of Marijuana) as well as CBD has proven to be extremely effective in reducing and even stopping seizures and specializes in eradicating cancer cells. Now let’s see, who on earth would keep such a life enhancing, life-saving compound from the people? Oh, yeah a criminally run government.
Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are said to have grown fields of hemp.
In Colorado, Medical Marijuana dispensaries outnumber Starbucks 3 to 1
Legal marijuana is the fastest growing industry so far in the U.S. in 2015
61-year-old Jeff Mizanskey, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute.
In 2008, a British man was sentenced to four years in jail in Dubai after Customs officers found 0.003 grams (0.0001 ounces) of cannabis in a cigarette stub stuck on the sole of one his shoes.
During Prohibition, Pharmacies sold “Medicinal Whiskey,” much like today’s Medicinal Marijuana.
According to studies, a pot smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response.
Marijuana seeds are a source of all amino acids. They are one of only a handful of substances that can indefinitely sustain mankind with no other food and provides all known amino acids.
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I have a legal marijuana farm.
It’s not on behalf of the Government tho.
“The University of Mississippi operates the United States’ only legal marijuana farm, on behalf of the government.”
Great. Truthful article.thx for this i been growing for 20 years and can say this i have not had seizure in 11 year’s. Cannabis is medicine
Claiming or ruling that something is ILLEGAL is not an argument against that thing. It is an appeal to authority. Laws are an ARBITRARY judgement made by whoever has political power at the time.
Laws are a means for so called government to regulate people in the way they see fit but that does not make them a universal standard of morality.
Illegality is not an argument!
AMEN! You’re singing my song. Well put. Are those your words?
~ ”IN THE NEXT LIFE, EVERYTHING GREEN WILL BE TURNED INTO MARIJUANA, THAT IS THE SWEETEST AROMA / SCENT, THAT RISES TO THE HIGHEST HEAVENS, THAT TRULY PLEASES ME = BURNT OFFERINGS” ~
THUS SAYS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY ~ I AM…
Great article, but you what about henry ford,he grow hemp and wanted to use it to make plastic,cloth and bioethanal
Fuel for his car,Dupont and others didn’t like or want that.!!!
Your .other article about religion,why do people have so much faith in it.
Does it not say do not worship false idols so why is the only image in a church Jesus.????
Why no image of God.???
Who told us Jesus was the son of God….. Wasn’t it man or the bible which was written by man,and God forbid man
Wouldn’t lie,would he.!!!!!
Please don’t got me wrong I have faith,but not in what church or man have spouted as truth.
Can the church provide any evidence that they have any devine writes over man,or is it just there word.!!!!???
Or was the church setup,to control,which has failed so now they have to find a new way of controlling the human population. What does any human need to have a fulfilling life.???
Sound mind…..well that’s being distroyed by the pills and vacine industry.!!!!
Food ….well that being distroyed and controlled.!!!!
Water….well that been polluted for years.!!!!!
We are our own Gods,we can take life which we know is bad and wrong. And we can create life which can be very fulfilling. l know how to live a good life,so why should I pay a church for spiritual enlightenment, and pray in their churches for this when I die. I have this now.
When will the people wake up, I hope its sooner than later.
Ghostlea a human soul many thanks.
It permanently lowers IQ in young people. Drugs are for losers.
And what evidence do you bring to the table except what’s in your tiny mind.
So it’s not the mercury and legal drugs that start five minutes after they are born and the reports that confirm this.
VERITAS ODIUM PARIT. THE TRUTH WILL AFEND YOU
A HUMAN SOUL
THC is an unnecessary aspect of Marijuana and has been proven conclusively to have very negative effects on the brain including lowering young adults IQs.
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/47/16913.abstract
http://www.pnas.org/content/109/40/E2657.abstract
Consider actually educating yourself instead of just blindly believing what Big Marijuana puts out there because it goes along with your agenda. Marijuana should be legalized, but THC should be heavily regulated, especially considering Zero THC strains exist. CBD is one of nature’s medicines my friend.
Good Luck.
Marijuana is not a drug you IDIOT
Sight your research and then we will talk. There is no research that actually proves that Marijuana lowers IQs
Does the opposite dumass you were lied to.
Yeah, and it’s got electrolytes.
Unless most people cannot do math, the little social engineering figure they do insofar as “32% of possession arrests are black males” (boo, hoo), evidently that number is LOW, because 68% are probably Caucasian males. And if someone considers 32% a disproportionate number; you have my condolences.
It’s a weird choice of stat for sure. But you don’t really think women are never arrested for possession?
It’s to remind the government that they work for us!!!
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Where’s my mm? there it is, I am so f ing sick of this prohibition, I haven’t been complying since I was 16 multiple decades ago! Its far past time to allow for consumption at a legal age. The teens have better buds then us old granny’s with arthritis
Grew up in a ski area, we started smoking early. We called the Gondola the “Gondoobie”. When Colorado finally made it legal, it felt so nice to be able to smoke it without fearing the law was looking over your shoulder. It’s totally changed the mood of smoking. Very nice. I suggest other states do the same.
Marijuana is a wonderful plant full of benefits
Have never smoked it and have never done any drugs of any kind, ever. But would like to know the true stats about cooked cannabis in regards to glaucoma. My eye doctor says THC only lasts a short time and only lowers the pressure a few points. Does anyone have any honest data on this???????
Look into CBD heavy plants. THC has little to no medicinal value, but the other cannabinoids in the Marijuana plant do. The problem with Marijuana is that it is being genetically altered to produce ever higher amounts of THC to get the user high. Marijuana has very high medicinal value and absolutely no need for THC. Consider reading about a strain called Charlotte’s Web to begin with.
Good Luck.
Good for you that you never smoked it,it was not intended to be smoked but to be eaten raw.
Have you ever smoked celery or parsley?
Smoking is a bad habit regardless of what you smoke,even worse is the fact that smoking before the brain is fully developed(pre 21st birthday) it will cause paranoia and anxiety in later life.
Regarding your problem with glaucoma I recommend that you take Vitamin C 500mg daily for for a few weeks.
Than switch to one every 2 days.
It is scientifically proven that wiseoldladies and wiseoldgents are Vitamin C deficient which is not so wise.
Two years ago my eye specialist told me that I am a border line glaucomist and recommended that I start doing eye drops,which he said I had to do so for the rest of my life once I started, which put me off to say the least.
Good luck and Peace be with you.
“Facts”???
Laughable.
Actually that 7 billion figure (3rd paragraph from the top) is wrong. It should be 25 billion minimum. My friend did a study for an article he wrote back in the late 80s where he found out that the US would save that amount just on paper products if they were made from cannabis as opposed to wood, most of which is imported from Canada at the rate of 70 thousand trees per week. Granted, with the internet and e-mail specifically, you have a decline in the use of paper products today vs. the 80s. Same goes for places like Scribd, Internet Public Library, Project Gutenberg, and technologies like Kindle reducing the demand for physical printed books. I know this personally because I used to own a bookstore. The general reading public nowadays wants it all in digital form and that’s understandable. Have you ever had to move 50 thousand books?
Concerning the legality of Marijuana in North Korea, I’d say that it’s a moot point when nobody over there could possibly afford to buy it when the whole GNP of the country is in the toilet. But I can tell you that it, as well as most common drugs are completely legal to possess in Czech Republic, where I’m from. Each adult has the right to grow up to 4 plants per year for personal consumption. I don’t know the specific amounts, but you can possess relatively large amounts of acid, mesc, coke, all that. I heard Portugal has similar laws there as well. But honestly I’ve never ever heard of anybody getting arrested for any drugs anywhere here in Europe, even in countries where it’s not technically legal like Germany. Even back in the Communist era, peopel in CZ would grow weed and nobody ever got busted for it because it was never a priority for the Police. Matter of fact, in CZ you had a whole subculture of people addicted to inhaling ordinary gasoline, which in my opinion is probably fairly detrimental to one’s health, much more so than any of the “illegal” drugs. And the same goes for all the legal highs out there. Back in CZ I knew a guy who would get high off fly agaric mushrooms he’d collect in the woods, but when I read up on that, that can can cause liver and kidney failure. Same with nutmeg, morning glory and datura. Datura is especially dangerous because the person basically loses their mind. We had an incident here in Germany where a kid took some datura, had a completely normal conversation with his mom, then went to the garden shed and cut off all his genitals, in such a way that the doctors were unable to reattach them. Poor kid.
And it’s interesting to note that after legalisation in CZ, one of my friends grew her allotted 4 plants in her greenhouse, tried it and didn’t enjoy it so she gave it to me. That was 4 years ago and I still have all of it because I don’t know why but I just don’t feel compelled to smoke it as much as I used to. I guess I’m really getting old.
I also tried ibogaine 4x since legalisation and I did it to cure my addiction to cigarettes, and IT’S A HOAX. Ibogaine will make you trip out in a not-very-good way and what they say about it curing addictions of all kinds is simply not true. And the last time I took 10 really big pinches, exactly like I saw the Bwiti people do it in a YouTube video.
As for marijuana decreasing IQ, all I can say is that it obviously did NOT do that for me where last time I had to take an IQ test I got 155, and the smartest person I personally know is a heavy user himself, the same for my richest friend.
If there’s anything that will actually make you stupid and poor, it’s ALCOHOL. The UN did a study correlating alcohol use and poverty and found a direct causal link between the two. And you don’t need some suspicious organisation like the UN doing an expensive study to see that for yourself. Same goes for the causal link between alcohol and crime, including car accidents. Here in Germany you still have a large percentage of fatal car accidents caused by alcohol because in Germany you can have up to 0.05% BAC. In Czech Republic there are almost no alcohol-related car fatalities because there’s literally zero tolerance. Even if you have 0.01% BAC you get charged with DUI, and anytime there’s any car accident, that’s the first thing the Czech Police check for. If they find any alcohol on any of the affected parties, the accident is automatically that person’s fault, even if they’re a pedestrian.
Alcohol is actually the most dangerous drug of all, and here’s why. With cocaine or heroin, the lethal dose rises with the user’s tolerance of that drug, but for alcohol, increased use causes increased tolerance, but that lethal dose (about 0.40% BAC) remains the SAME.
So basically if you want to party you’re actually safer by doing “illegal” drugs and steering clear of alcohol, nutmeg, fly agaric, bath salts, and all these weird designer drugs from China.
I as bin are smokin’ for um years, and er I is, er, what ? oh look a squirrel……..
what was I saying, er…
got any food ???
You were smoking crack, my dear.
Now, pull your finger from,…. ……no don’t put it in your mouth……..run along and get on that short bus. Quickly now, before your pants fall back down.
EAT MORE GMO
(Gotta keep it going for MooCow until his return)
I’ve not done any weed in years but boy would i like too now and then
The government will not allow weed because it makes people think for themselves and they don’t want any of that as they keep robbing you of taxes.
Stick to the stuff that looks like it’s been grown, not resin, i’ve known that cut with something, wanted to end my life the next day and so did a freind. Takes hours for you to work out it’s what ever cut with the weed and not you.
Now just because David Cameron did a bit of weed does not mean that i agree to haveing sex with a dead pig now.
Excellent words of advise. And matter what Uncle Nobby above would have you believe, the leaves will not make one stupid. (well it might make you laugh like you are.)
It’s the only drug I am aware of, that actually shows in scientific studies, a positive effect on the building of new neural pathways. It is being considered for a possible treatment in head trauma and stroke patients. The studies are not complete but they are promising.