Charas or Hashish? The Straight Dope on Old-School Cannabis Resin
Charas! What is it? Where does it come from? Ask most Western experts and aficionados and the answer you’ll get is that it’s hand-rubbed Cannabis resin from the Indian and […]
Nanda Devi: Landrace Strains and Tall Tales from the Himalayas
Bullshitting about cannabis has a long and inglorious tradition. It’s a particular problem among Westerners—not just prohibitionists in the mould of Harry Anslinger or Richard Nixon but also enthusiasts with […]
10 Quick Questions with The Real Seed Company
In the first of a brand new series of articles, Seedsman sat down with Angus from The Real Seed Company to ask him 10 quick questions about his seedbank. 1. […]
BBC journalist never tried Thai ganja, feeds ‘skunk’ hysteria
David Shukman of the BBC claims that “The weed so familiar to many of my generation was characterised by a relatively balanced amount of THC and CBD” when compared to […]
Won’t you please think of the Vietnamese slave children? (Part 2)
Slavery has a ‘shocking presence in modern Britain’, says Theresa May. But the hundreds of slave children locked inside Britain’s prohibition ‘skunk farms’ still go unseen and unheard. “It is […]
Won’t you please think of the Vietnamese slave children? (Part 1)
Cannabis is a human rights issue. Has the reform movement forgotten? Campaigners should ask themselves if the ‘medical route’ to legalisation is a dead end. Back in November 1997, enthusiastic […]
Is the whole problem really the blacks?
It’s past time for Britain’s Labour opposition to get its act together about cannabis. If you’re black and going about your day in England and Wales you’re 6.3 times more […]
