Hybrid Cultures and the Roots of Cannabis
The new podcast with Growroom420 focuses on sacramental use of Cannabis and looks at the recent PRC study on origins, Scythian death rites and warfare, anarchist qalandars, battlefield yogis, orgiastic […]
Did Cannabis and its Cultivation Originate in China?
The recent PRC study on origins marks a new era in the racialization of Cannabis Politics doesn’t stop at people. Watch as plants and seeds rapidly get caught up in […]
The Ancient Indian Origins of the ‘Sinsemilla Technique’
The so-called “sinsemilla technique” was already employed in southern India at least 500 years ago. There is no debate about this. Reason being, there is the evidence to prove it. […]
The Real Seed Company on the Growroom420 podcast
Endangered Cannabis strains and wild populations, ancient centres of cultivation in Central Asia, what “landrace” really means, the Indian origins of sinsemilla, and more… A new chat on the Growroom420 […]
Landrace: A Dirty Word
[Note: Since I wrote this, a genomics study on the origins of Cannabis has emerged from the PRC. The study marks a new era in the racialization of Cannabis. Deeply […]
Cannabis Use by Yogis in India
This is a pretty good talk for SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies by Dr Matthew Clark, who’s also written the most persuasive and rigorously researched book to date on Soma. […]
Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution
[Edit: As people have noted, this podcast never got published – reason being, Jason and I thought better of it. However, a recent chat with Growroom420 looks at this topic […]
Do ‘Landrace Farmers’ Need Modern Hybrid Strains?
Finally, “icons” from the world of pot are starting to talk about landrace preservation. To date, the biggest corporate foray into the landrace realm has been the now-infamous Strain Hunters. […]
Support Landrace Farmers Hit by Covid-19
Old friends of ours in Chitral are organising food aid to the hardest-hit households along Yarkhun and other valleys. Jason has made a page at Curious About Cannabis where you can donate. […]
Extinction by Hybridization
Hybridization is the main cause of extinction and biodiversity loss in Cannabis. Indigenous Asian populations hold the vast majority of Cannabis biodiversity. For “drug-type” Cannabis (aka, subsp. indica) that particularly […]
