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 […]
Category Archives: history
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. […]
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. […]
Yamnaya Lecture by Colin Renfrew
Among the earliest evidence of Cannabis cultivation comes from sites on the Western Steppe associated with tthe Yamnaya culture (3300–2600 BCE). Recent studies indicate the Yamnaya are also the strongest […]
Endangered Varieties of subsp. indica: A Few Thoughts
According to Genesys, of some 1400 Cannabis accessions in global genebanks, as few as five are of subsp. indica. A classification of endangered high-THC cannabis (Cannabis sativa subsp. indica) domesticates and […]
Scythian lecture by Barry Cunliffe
The Scythians were history’s original dope fiends. First-class Scythian chat here from Barry Cunliffe, ace archaeologist. Check out his new book, The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe.
On Indicas & Afghanicas
[NOTE: A week or so before I posted this to the blog, John McPartland and Ernest Small’s new taxonomy for Cannabis was published without my having realized – i.e., although […]
‘Curious About Cannabis’ Landrace Interview on Youtube
The full deep dive into landraces with the excellent Jason of Curious About Cannabis is now up at Youtube. NOTE: In passing, I inadvertently misrepresent the Schultes taxonomy as it […]
