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When the Federal Bureau of Narcotics Writes the Article
On September 16, 1934, the New York Times published a piece entitled, Use of Marijuana Spreading in West: Poisonous Weed Is Being Sold...
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Aug 27, 2024

The ABCs of ABV: Attitudes, Beliefs, & Values
It's a couple of years old, but remains true today. Resharing from the ES blog, Fall 2022. “What’s her problem? She has such an...
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May 22, 2024

Needing Anecdotal and Scientific Evidence
There is always something new to learn when it comes to cannabis history. The plant has been around for thousands of years; no wonder...
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Oct 18, 2023

Do newspapers from the 1930s influence today?
Yes, it's possible that media from nearly a century ago influences today. Prompting associations is a form of messaging. Those...
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Sep 18, 2023

28 Million+ Candles for the Cannabis Birthday Cake
When did humans first discover cannabis? It's hard to find one definitive answer. There are as many origin date theories as there are...
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Aug 23, 2023

Views on Cannabis in the Garden State
In March 2023, the Rutgers University, New Jersey State Policy Lab, shared a data brief, "Perceptions Concerning Cannabis Use: A Survey...
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Jul 25, 2023

Information Literacy & Cannabis
If you've been waiting for some encouragement to learn more about cannabis on your own, please read on. If you google marijuana, you get...
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Jun 20, 2023

Forward It to a Friend
In John Corry's 1966 New York Times article, "Drugs a Growing Campus Problem," he reports on a variety of things regarding drug use on...
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May 24, 2023

Is there a marijuana problem here?
It depends on who is defining the problem. In the 1987 movie Good Morning Vietnam, the main character, Adrian Cronauer (played the late,...
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Apr 21, 2023

Exploring Terpenes
What IS a terpene? If we look at the actual definition - noun: terpene; plural noun: terpenes any of a large group of volatile...
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Mar 21, 2023

Results: Smiling and Hunger
There’s evidence to support the claim that cannabis has been around for 28 million years. Some of the first writings referencing it are...
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Feb 26, 2023

A Ransom for Cannabis
Where was the first documented, verifiable planting of cannabis in North America? Just like ice hockey, the odometer, and instant mashed...
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Jan 13, 2023

Uncle Sam Wants...Cannabis?
During WWII, cannabis was a much sought-after commodity...by the US government. (Yes, there really was a government-orchestrated,...
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Dec 6, 2022

The Truth in Print in 1944
There have been many instances of official reports being disregarded because of extreme bias. Consider the study initiated by New York...
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Oct 25, 2022

This isn't about the plant
Why does cannabis continue to remain a villainized substance? Why does it remain a tactic for the targeting Black and Brown people? Why...
Elucidation Strategies
Sep 26, 2022

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