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holy shit that police story made my stomach turn. WTFFFFFFF
"Governments of opium-producing Parties are required to "purchase and take physical possession of such crops as soon as possible" after harvest to prevent diversion into the illicit market."
-from the The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961
Opium meditations in a Szechuan poppy field. Prof. E.D. Burton - 1909
The World War on Weed
Before WW2 many world powers followed treaties signed by The League of Nations. Following the mayhem of WW2 the United Nations was set up to take the League's place in policing the world...
With cocaine and opium already illegal under The League of Nations treaties, it was time to broaden the war...
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs - 1961
"The work of consolidating the existing international drug control treaties into one instrument began in 1948, but it was 1961 before an acceptable third draft was ready."
-from the The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961
In 1961 the UN held The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. This single meeting would start a World War with Weed...
"In 1961, the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the bedrock of the United Nations drug control system, limited “the production, manufacture, export, import, distribution of, trade in, use and possession” of cannabis “exclusively to medical and scientific purposes”.
During the negotiations on the Convention there was even a failed attempt to make cannabis the only fully prohibited substance on the premise that “the medical use of cannabis was practically obsolete and that such use was no longer justified”.
Instead, it was included under the strictest controls in the Convention. Cannabis is listed twice: in Schedule I, as a substance the properties of which give rise to dependence and which presents a serious risk of abuse; and in Schedule IV, among the most dangerous substances, including heroin, by virtue of the associated risks of abuse, its particularly harmful characteristics and its extremely limited medical or therapeutic value."
China, cannabis field with village in background 1931
Not only did this Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs declare war on weed worldwide, but also required each country in the treaty to enforce the new laws in there own country.
Article 36 requires Parties to adopt measures against "cultivation, production, manufacture, extraction, preparation, possession, offering, offering for sale, distribution, purchase, sale, delivery on any terms whatsoever, brokerage, dispatch, dispatch in transit, transport, importation and exportation of drugs contrary to the provisions of this Convention,"
adding,
"Intentional participation in, conspiracy to commit and attempts to commit, any of such offences, and preparatory acts and financial operations in connexion with the offences referred to in this article"
The World War on Weed had begun...
China, woman with opium pipe, sitting next to a spinning wheel (notice the hemp to the left) - 1940
While this Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs declared a war on weed worldwide, it also loosed restrictions on the opium trade...
The 1953 New York Opium Protocol limited opium production to seven countries; the Single Convention lifted that restriction...
Adding...
Cultivators must deliver their total crop to the agency, which must purchase and take physical possession of them within four months after the end of harvest. The agency then has the exclusive right of "importing, exporting, wholesale trading and maintaining stocks other than those held by manufacturers."
East Indian Trading Company weighing opium at a government factory, 1890's
-from the The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961
Opium meditations in a Szechuan poppy field. Prof. E.D. Burton - 1909
The World War on Weed
Before WW2 many world powers followed treaties signed by The League of Nations. Following the mayhem of WW2 the United Nations was set up to take the League's place in policing the world...
With cocaine and opium already illegal under The League of Nations treaties, it was time to broaden the war...
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs - 1961
"The work of consolidating the existing international drug control treaties into one instrument began in 1948, but it was 1961 before an acceptable third draft was ready."
-from the The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961
In 1961 the UN held The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. This single meeting would start a World War with Weed...
"In 1961, the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the bedrock of the United Nations drug control system, limited “the production, manufacture, export, import, distribution of, trade in, use and possession” of cannabis “exclusively to medical and scientific purposes”.
During the negotiations on the Convention there was even a failed attempt to make cannabis the only fully prohibited substance on the premise that “the medical use of cannabis was practically obsolete and that such use was no longer justified”.
Instead, it was included under the strictest controls in the Convention. Cannabis is listed twice: in Schedule I, as a substance the properties of which give rise to dependence and which presents a serious risk of abuse; and in Schedule IV, among the most dangerous substances, including heroin, by virtue of the associated risks of abuse, its particularly harmful characteristics and its extremely limited medical or therapeutic value."
China, cannabis field with village in background 1931
Not only did this Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs declare war on weed worldwide, but also required each country in the treaty to enforce the new laws in there own country.
Article 36 requires Parties to adopt measures against "cultivation, production, manufacture, extraction, preparation, possession, offering, offering for sale, distribution, purchase, sale, delivery on any terms whatsoever, brokerage, dispatch, dispatch in transit, transport, importation and exportation of drugs contrary to the provisions of this Convention,"
adding,
"Intentional participation in, conspiracy to commit and attempts to commit, any of such offences, and preparatory acts and financial operations in connexion with the offences referred to in this article"
The World War on Weed had begun...
China, woman with opium pipe, sitting next to a spinning wheel (notice the hemp to the left) - 1940
While this Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs declared a war on weed worldwide, it also loosed restrictions on the opium trade...
The 1953 New York Opium Protocol limited opium production to seven countries; the Single Convention lifted that restriction...
Adding...
Cultivators must deliver their total crop to the agency, which must purchase and take physical possession of them within four months after the end of harvest. The agency then has the exclusive right of "importing, exporting, wholesale trading and maintaining stocks other than those held by manufacturers."
East Indian Trading Company weighing opium at a government factory, 1890's
Hemp as a War Crop during WWII
An April 1943, Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph newspaper photograph titled, "Hemp is Seeded" states "Stover Dameron and B. L. Stover, north of Towanda, finished seeding their new war crop, hemp, this week. A good share of the 4,000 acres contracted in the Lexington District has been seeded. An ideal seedbed was produced in this field by disking soybean stubble three times. About half the hemp crop was seeded in the Lexington district before the rain Thursday night."
An April 1943, Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph newspaper photograph titled, "Hemp is Seeded" states "Stover Dameron and B. L. Stover, north of Towanda, finished seeding their new war crop, hemp, this week. A good share of the 4,000 acres contracted in the Lexington District has been seeded. An ideal seedbed was produced in this field by disking soybean stubble three times. About half the hemp crop was seeded in the Lexington district before the rain Thursday night."
'The Turned on Army'
"a conservative estimate is that a minimum of 400 pounds of grass is consumed monthly at the military installation... the marijuana brought in from Mexico, and the grass harvested from the bases' target ranges"
"LSD is manufactured in the Army's own labs by a hip chemist"
Kaleidoscope, Wisconsin, Volume 1, Number 19, 1968
"a conservative estimate is that a minimum of 400 pounds of grass is consumed monthly at the military installation... the marijuana brought in from Mexico, and the grass harvested from the bases' target ranges"
"LSD is manufactured in the Army's own labs by a hip chemist"
Kaleidoscope, Wisconsin, Volume 1, Number 19, 1968
A lot of people watch this thread I think- it's got some great content. I just rated it 5 stars, some of you might want to do the same, or even tell somebody else on icmag about it, or something.
I just feel like this is one of the better threads on icmag, and billycw deserves a lot of credit for starting it, and keeping it going. Great cannabis history!
Cheers!
I just feel like this is one of the better threads on icmag, and billycw deserves a lot of credit for starting it, and keeping it going. Great cannabis history!
Cheers!
Agreed and done
Appreciate the nod and kind words, feel like we're just getting started...
Putting this thread in a overlooked area of ICmag I'm just glad its being seen.
Welcome all who are arriving at D'Scene!
D'Scene psychedelic nightclub, Philadelphia 1970
Honor America Smoke-In July 4, 1970
Honor America, Smoke In
Nixon's closest supporters organized Honor America Day after the U.S. was wracked by protests following Nixon's April 30 announcement that America was expanding the war in Vietnam by invading Cambodia.
Set to host this 'Honor America Day' for the supporters was comedian Bob Hope and evangelist Billy Graham.
Protesters had a different idea and commemorated Honor America Day by holding a "Smoke-in" to demand legalization of marijuana.
As Reverend Billy Graham took the stage in front of the Lincoln Memorial, a sea of 'Smoke-In' protesters in a cloud of cannabis smoke started stripping off cloths and wading into the Reflection Pool.
Honor America Smoke-In July 4, 1970
Police would later use tear gas to break up several thousand protesters...
Honor America Smoke-In July 4, 1970
The Smoke-In would become an instant American tradition, this year marking its 47th annual July 4th Smoke-In on Washington...
Honor America Smoke-In July 4, 1970
Honor America, Smoke In!
Honor America Smoke-In July 4, 1970
