Hemp & The Ultimate History Lesson (Transcript)

[Richard]Last,butnotleast,wetalkedabouthemp.GeorgeWashington, [Richard]Last,butnotleast,wetalkedabout hemp.GeorgeWashington,ThomasJ ThomasJ efferson,allthesecharacterswhowherefound efferson,allthesech aracterswhowherefoundingfathers,selfreliant ingfathers,selfreliant,wherea ,wherea lsounderstandingandveryvocalaboutthevalueofhemp. [Lisa]And,foranyoneinterestedinlearningmore,IwouldsuggestJac [Lisa]And,foranyoneinterestedinlearning more,IwouldsuggestJackHerer's kHerer's ,TheEmperorWearsNoClothes:TheAuthoritat ,TheEmperorWearsNo Clothes:TheAuthoritativeHistoricalRecordof iveHistoricalRecordofCannabis Cannabis andtheConspiracyAgainstMarijuana(download andtheConspiracyAga instMarijuana(downloadableref.1).Wherein,ri ableref.1).Wherein,rightinch ghtinch apteronehedefinescannabis,hemp,marijuana apteronehedefinesc annabis,hemp,marijuanaetcetera,andalmostta etcetera,andalmosttakesatri kesatri viumlikeapproachtogivingyouallofthehi viumlikeapproachto givingyouallofthehistoricalreferencesetce storicalreferencesetcetera.And tera.And ,thebookitselfisverycomprehensive,but ,thebookitselfis verycomprehensive,butinthefirstchapterunde inthefirstchapterunderAmerica rAmerica nHistoricalNotesitreads,"In1916(misread nHistoricalNotesit reads,"In1916(misread,itreads1619,rathert ,itreads1619,ratherthan1916) han1916) ,America'sfirstmarijuanalawwasenactedat ,America'sfirstmari juanalawwasenactedatJamestownColony,Virgin JamestownColony,Virginia,"orde ia,"orde ring"allfarmersto"maketryal[sic]of"(gr ring"allfarmersto" maketryal[sic]of"(grow)Indianhempseed.More ow)Indianhempseed.Moremandator mandator y(must-grow)hempcultivationlawswereenact y(must-grow)hempcul tivationlawswereenactedinMassachusettsin16 edinMassachusettsin1631,inCo 31,inCo nnecticutin1632andintheChesapeakeColoni nnecticutin1632and intheChesapeakeColoniesintothemid-1700s. esintothemid-1700s. EveninEngland,themuch-sought-afterprizeo EveninEngland,them uch-sought-afterprizeoffullBritishcitizenshi ffullBritishcitizenshipwasbes pwasbes towedbyadecreeofthecrownonforeignersw towedbyadecreeoft hecrownonforeignerswhowouldgrowcannabis,a howouldgrowcannabis,andfines ndfines wereoftenleviedagainstthosewhorefused. Cannabishempwaslegaltender(money)inmost Cannabishempwaslega ltender(money)inmostoftheAmericasfrom163 oftheAmericasfrom1631untilt 1untilt heearly1800s.Why?ToencourageAmericanfar heearly1800s.Why?T oencourageAmericanfarmerstogrowmore. merstogrowmore. Youcouldpayyourtaxeswithcannabishempth Youcouldpayyourtax eswithcannabishempthroughoutAmericaforover roughoutAmericaforover200year 200year s."Readingfurtherdown,"GeorgeWashingtona s."Readingfurtherdo wn,"GeorgeWashingtonandThomasJeffersongrew ndThomasJeffersongrewcannabis cannabis ontheirplantations.Jefferson,whileenvoyt ontheirplantations. Jefferson,whileenvoytoFrance,wenttogreate oFrance,wenttogreatexpense- xpense- andevenconsiderablerisktohimselfandhis andevenconsiderable risktohimselfandhissecretagents-toprocur secretagents-toprocureparticu eparticu larlygoodhempseedssmuggledillegallyinto larlygoodhempseeds smuggledillegallyintoTurkeyfromChina.TheCh TurkeyfromChina.TheChineseMan ineseMan darins(politicalrulers)sovaluedtheirhemp darins(politicalrule rs)sovaluedtheirhempseedthattheymadeitse seedthattheymadeitsexportatio xportatio nacapitaloffense." [Richard]Thatbegsthequestion,howdidhempcometobeprohibitedin [Richard]Thatbegsthequestion,howdidhemp cometobeprohibitedinoursoci oursoci ety?Whatconnectionwouldpropagandapublicat ety?Whatconnectionw ouldpropagandapublication,pooreducationhave ion,pooreducationhaveonsomeon onsomeon elikeWilliamRandolphHearst,andhisabilit elikeWilliamRandolp hHearst,andhisabilitytomakesomethinglike ytomakesomethinglikehemp,whi hemp,whi chisuseful,intoadirtywordthatnooneis chisuseful,intoad irtywordthatnooneissupposedtobringupany supposedtobringupanymoreatt moreatt hedinnertable.Right?And,thisisthesubte hedinnertable.Right ?And,thisisthesubtextofCitizenKane,orRK xtofCitizenKane,orRKO281,or O281,or thebattleoverCitizenKane;thisiswhatHe thebattleoverCitiz enKane;thisiswhatHearstwasreallydoingbut arstwasreallydoingbutcouldn't couldn't bepointedoutdirectly.And,Ithinkit'shi bepointedoutdirect ly.And,Ithinkit'shisreallegacy,isgetting sreallegacy,isgettinghemppro hemppro hibited,andgettingourforestsdecapitatedb hibited,andgettingo urforestsdecapitatedbythewholeprocessofou ythewholeprocessofourdepende rdepende nceonwoodpulppaperbecauseoftheprohibit nceonwoodpulppaper becauseoftheprohibitionofthepanaceaofthe ionofthepanaceaofthesituatio situatio n. [Lisa]IwouldaddthatBenjaminFranklinstartedoneofAmerica'sfirs [Lisa]IwouldaddthatBenjaminFranklinstar tedoneofAmerica'sfirstpaperm tpaperm illswithcannabis.And,inchapterfourofHe illswithcannabis.An d,inchapterfourofHerer'sbookunderthesect rer'sbookunderthesection,ACo ion,ACo nspiracytoWipeOutTheNaturalCompetition, nspiracytoWipeOutT heNaturalCompetition,quote,"Inthemid-1930s, quote,"Inthemid-1930s,whenthe whenthe newmechanicalhempfiberstrippingmachines newmechanicalhempf iberstrippingmachinesandmachinestoconserve andmachinestoconservehemp'shi hemp'shi gh-cellulosepulpfinallybecamestate-of-the gh-cellulosepulpfina llybecamestate-of-the-art,availableandaffor -art,availableandaffordable,th dable,th eenormoustimberacreageandbusinessesofth eenormoustimberacre ageandbusinessesoftheHearstPaperManufactur eHearstPaperManufacturingDivis ingDivis ion,KimberlyClark(USA),St.Regis-andvir ion,KimberlyClark(U SA),St.Regis-andvirtuallyallothertimber, tuallyallothertimber,paperand paperand largenewspaperholdingcompanies-stoodto largenewspaperholdi ngcompanies-stoodtolosebillionsofdollars losebillionsofdollarsandperha andperha psgobankrupt. Coincidentally,in1937,DuPonthadjustpaten Coincidentally,in193 7,DuPonthadjustpatentedprocessesformaking tedprocessesformaking plasticsfromoilandcoal,aswellasanews plasticsfromoiland coal,aswellasanewsulfate/sulfiteprocessfo ulfate/sulfiteprocessformaking rmaking paperfromwoodpulp.AccordingtoDuPont'sow paperfromwoodpulp. AccordingtoDuPont'sowncorporaterecordsandh ncorporaterecordsandhistorians istorians ,*theseprocessesaccountedforover80perce ,*theseprocessesacc ountedforover80percentofallthecompany'sr ntofallthecompany'srailroadc ailroadc arloadingsoverthenext60yearsintothe19 arloadingsoverthen ext60yearsintothe1990s(*thisisatypointh 90s(*thisisatypointhebook,i ebook,i *Author'sresearchandcommunicationswithDuPont,1985-1996." tshouldreadthe1890s). [Jan](correctlystating)Youmeanintothe1890s. [Lisa]Well,thebookreadsintothe1990s,but.. [Richard]IwouldnotethatDuPontisoneofthosepowderintereststha [Richard]IwouldnotethatDuPontisoneoft hosepowderintereststhatcongres tcongres smanOscarCallowaytalksaboutwhenhesayst smanOscarCallowayta lksaboutwhenhesaysthatJ.P.Morganhadbough hatJ.P.Morganhadboughtoff.J. toff.J.

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P.Morgan,thepowderinterest,that'sDuPont,theymakeblackpowderf P.Morgan,thepowderinterest,that'sDuPont, theymakeblackpowderforwar;t orwar;t heymakeammunition;theyhavealottogainb heymakeammunition;t heyhavealottogainbygoingonapetroleumst ygoingonapetroleumstandard.T andard.T heywouldpartnerupwithRockefeller,whohas heywouldpartnerupw ithRockefeller,whohasapetroleumindustry;th apetroleumindustry;theywould eywould figureouthowtomakeplastic.Whileatthes figureouthowtomake plastic.WhileatthesametimeoverhereHenry ametimeoverhereHenryFordhad Fordhad justfiguredouthowtomakeplasticfromhemp justfiguredouthowt omakeplasticfromhemp,andhewasextremelyco ,andhewasextremelycompetitive mpetitive withtheseotherforces.And,theywenttoba withtheseotherforc es.And,theywenttobattlethatwasneverpubli ttlethatwasneverpublicized,bu cized,bu tthat'smorehistorythanâ¦ [Jan]And,HenryFordactuallyhadstartedmakingamodelofcaroutof [Jan]And,HenryFordactuallyhadstartedmak ingamodelofcaroutofhemp,an hemp,an dwhathappenedwas,asfarasIrecall,andt dwhathappenedwas,a sfarasIrecall,andthanksforreadingJackHe hanksforreadingJackHerer'sboo rer'sboo k,Iwasagoodfriendofhisfor18years,buthuhâ¦Whattheydidwasputgaslines inthecars.Dupontbasicallyhelpedtostart inthecars.Dupontb asicallyhelpedtostarttheGeneralMotorsCorpo theGeneralMotorsCorporation.T ration.T heyputgaslinesinthecarsthatwouldroti heyputgaslinesint hecarsthatwouldrotifanythingotherthanpet fanythingotherthanpetroleumga roleumga solinewasrunthroughthem. [Richard]Becausethefirstengineswererunningonalcoholthatcould [Richard]Becausethefirstengineswererunni ngonalcoholthatcouldbeproduc beproduc edbyfarmersonafarm,byastilljustlike edbyfarmersonafar m,byastilljustlikeyouproducedrinkingalco youproducedrinkingalcohol.They hol.They couldfueltheirownvehiclesandeveryonecou couldfueltheirownv ehiclesandeveryonecouldbeautonomous. ldbeautonomous. [Jan]Andnotonlythat,buttheycouldpowertheirdieselenginesonv [Jan]Andnotonlythat,buttheycouldpower theirdieselenginesonvegetable egetable oilpressedoutofthehempseedthattheywer oilpressedoutofthe hempseedthattheyweregettingdirectlyoffth egettingdirectlyoffthefarmas efarmas well. [Paul]Youknowwhat'sinteresting,tokindofjuxtaposethistohowGa [Paul]Youknowwhat'sinteresting,tokindof juxtaposethistohowGatto'sbee tto'sbee npresentingallthisinformationisthathow npresentingallthis informationisthathowquicklyandhowpowerfull quicklyandhowpowerfullymediah ymediah asbeenusedtocontrolus,becausereallywha asbeenusedtocontro lus,becausereallywhatweareseeinghereisa tweareseeinghereisallthese llthese differentcharactersbehindthescenes,wheni differentcharactersb ehindthescenes,whenitcomestoHearst,forex tcomestoHearst,forexample,co ample,co ntrollingsomuchofthenewspaperindustryin ntrollingsomuchoft henewspaperindustryintheday,beingabletos theday,beingabletospinsuch pinsuch astory,whenthereissuchanunbelievable,s astory,whenthereis suchanunbelievable,substantialhistorybehind ubstantialhistorybehindhemp,fo hemp,fo rexample.And,beingabletospinthisstory rexample.And,being abletospinthisstoryalongwithRockefelleran alongwithRockefellerandthewho dthewho leprohibitionandwhathappenedwithalcohol. leprohibitionandwha thappenedwithalcohol.Thatalsokindoftiesi Thatalsokindoftiesinwithso nwithso meoftheeffectsofwhatonduringthattime meoftheeffectsofw hatonduringthattimeaswell.ThenafterWorld aswell.ThenafterWorldWarIIa WarIIa ftertheybanneditagain,evenaftertheynee ftertheybanneditag ain,evenaftertheyneededitduringWorldWarI deditduringWorldWarII.Right? I.Right? Tomakeropesandallofthesedifferentmech Tomakeropesandall ofthesedifferentmechanismsforthearmy.So, anismsforthearmy.So,whenwel whenwel ookatitinperspective,it'sinterestingthe ookatitinperspecti ve,it'sinterestingthepowerthatmediahas,an powerthatmediahas,andtheinf dtheinf luenceithasbecausewewerejustmakingare luenceithasbecause wewerejustmakingareferencetoGordonWasson ferencetoGordonWasson(download (download ableref.2),HenryLuce,andhuhC.D.Jackso ableref.2),HenryLu ce,andhuhC.D.Jackson(siteref.A),andall n(siteref.A),andallthesepeo thesepeo plethatreallyworkedinmediasoheavilyand plethatreallyworked inmediasoheavilyandwellpsychologicalwarfa wellpsychologicalwarfare... re... [Richard]Whatyoursayingis,it'stheconditioningandschoolingfor [Richard]Whatyoursayingis,it'sthecondit ioningandschoolingforadults,f adults,f orpeoplewhohavegraduatedthroughthepubli orpeoplewhohavegra duatedthroughthepublicschoolsystem.Afteryo cschoolsystem.Afteryougetout ugetout ,yourcontinuededucationisprovidedthrough ,yourcontinuededuca tionisprovidedthroughthepsychologicalwarfar thepsychologicalwarfarethatis ethatis Time,Life,People,allofthesedifferentpl Time,Life,People,a llofthesedifferentplaces,AOL,whathaveyou. aces,AOL,whathaveyou.Andso, Andso, tobringitback,whatyouseeisapatternth tobringitback,what youseeisapatternthatcanonlyprecipitatei atcanonlyprecipitateifpublic fpublic schoolinghadbeencorruptedfirst,thenyouc schoolinghadbeencor ruptedfirst,thenyoucouldbesubjecttoallth ouldbesubjecttoallthispsycho ispsycho logicalwarfare.Butifyouhadbeentrainedi logicalwarfare.Buti fyouhadbeentrainedinschoolhowtointellect nschoolhowtointellectuallydef uallydef endyourself,howtoaskquestionsandattain endyourself,howtoa skquestionsandattainvalidanswersthatcheck validanswersthatcheckoutwith outwith objectivereality,thenyouwouldnotbedefen objectivereality,the nyouwouldnotbedefenseless,andyouwouldnot seless,andyouwouldnotbesubje besubje cttothepropagandaandthepsychologicalwar cttothepropagandaa ndthepsychologicalwarfare.Whatyouseetoday, fare.Whatyouseetoday,isthat isthat adultsaretotallyboughtintothereactionary adultsaretotallybou ghtintothereactionary,emotiondriven,psychol ,emotiondriven,psychologicalwa ogicalwa rfareculture.And,thatisachecklistatthe rfareculture.And,th atisachecklistatthebottomofthepage,wher bottomofthepage,wheretheirl etheirl ike"howdoweknowthisworks?"Well,let'sp ike"howdoweknowth isworks?"Well,let'sputmorestupidshitoutt utmorestupidshitoutthereand hereand seeifnooneprotest,ornoonedoesanything seeifnooneprotest, ornoonedoesanythingeffectiveagainstit.An effectiveagainstit.And,people d,people justlaughitup,whetherit'sthecontenton justlaughitup,whe therit'sthecontentonT.V.,thecontentonthe T.V.,thecontentonthenewspape newspape

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1.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jack_Herer_-_The_Emperor_Wear 1.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jack _Herer_-_The_Emperor_Wears_No_Clot s_No_Clot hes.pdf 2.http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esr 2.http://www.google.c om/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0 c=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDQQFjAA& CDQQFjAA& url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnosticmedia.com%2Ftxtfil url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.g nosticmedia.com%2Ftxtfiles%2FGordonWasson_TheMan_ es%2FGordonWasson_TheMan_TheLegend TheLegend  _TheMyth_byJanIrvin.pdf&ei=gBPdUMTFEoL-9QSHxoC  _TheMyth_byJanIrvin.pd f&ei=gBPdUMTFEoL-9QSHxoCgBw&usg=AFQjCNH7DV83y_-ggBw&usg=AFQjCNH7DV83y_-g-jvzuD50mU jvzuD50mU 8L-d9nFQ&sig2=Ic0oJCV1iUoWda_6PQjKoA&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.eWU SiteReferences: A.http://www.gnosticmedia.com/SecretHistoryMa A.http://www.gnosticm edia.com/SecretHistoryMagicMushroomsProject gicMushroomsProject B.http://www.jackherer.com/thebook