Afghanistan: Fortress of Cannabis
Now available as a hard copy or e-book, Afghanistan: Fortress of Cannabis is a wonderful photographic book by Lucas Strazzeri which documents his 2018 journey through Balkh Province during the […]
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Cannabis & Alchemy Podcast Episodes
All three parts of the Cannabis & Alchemy podcast episode I recorded with the most excellent Conor of CANNAMANtv are now up. For clarifications of a few of the inevitable […]
Those Scythian Bongs Don’t Exist
Those 2400-year-old solid-gold bongs unearthed in southern Russia – not actual things. Scythians never smoked bongs because no Scythian bongs ever existed. What Scythians did do is burn cannabis using […]
Cannabis ramble at CANNAMANtv
New at CANNAMANtv – enjoyed this and looking forward to the next one on Cannabis & Alchemy. The homepage image shows – at the Royal Albert Dock in East London […]
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 PRC genomics study on origins marks a new low in the racialization of Cannabis What follows is about the PRC and its bullshit. Not Chinese people or even China […]
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. […]
What’s the Real Meaning of ‘Landrace’?
‘Landrace’ was once an obscure technical term employed only by botanists and other experts who understand what it means. Now it’s used worldwide by non-experts who mostly clearly don’t. Confusion […]
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 […]
The Real Seed Company: The Honest Online Source for Cannabis Landraces Est. 2007 