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Bob Marley: The Global Voice of Liberation
How a musician, mystic, and revolutionary turned cannabis into a symbol of peace, resistance, and spiritual awakening Bob Marley didn’t set out to become the world’s most recognizable cannabis icon — he became one because his life, music, and philosophy…
The Emperor of Hemp: Jack Herer
The firebrand historian, street preacher, and relentless evangelist who reshaped the world’s understanding of cannabis Jack Herer, known as the Emperor of Hemp, didn’t just advocate for cannabis — he reframed it. He took a plant that had been demonized…
Dennis Peron: The Relentless Heart of Medical Cannabis
How a Vietnam veteran, gay rights activist, and rebel entrepreneur helped legalize compassion Dennis Peron didn’t just advocate for cannabis — he redefined it. To Peron, marijuana wasn’t a recreational indulgence or a political wedge. It was medicine. It was…
Faces of the Movement: The People Who Changed Cannabis History
The activists, healers, rebels, and visionaries who reshaped the world’s relationship with the plant Cannabis didn’t legalize itself. Behind every ballot measure, every dispensary, every shift in public opinion, there were people — stubborn, brilliant, compassionate people — who pushed…
The Visual History of the Cannabis Leaf
How a plant became one of the most recognizable symbols on Earth The cannabis leaf is instantly recognizable — seven serrated points radiating like a green starburst. But the symbol we know today didn’t appear overnight. Its visual identity evolved…
Cheech & Chong and a Cultural History of Cannabis Comedy
Cheech & Chong’s story begins in Vancouver in 1969, when Richard “Cheech” Marin, a young Chicano from Los Angeles avoiding the Vietnam draft, crossed paths with Tommy Chong, a musician and improv performer already steeped in counterculture. Their chemistry was…
The rise and fall of High Times magazine
High Times Cover High Times has always been more than a magazine—it was a contraband atlas, a seed catalog of rebellion, and a pulsing soundtrack to counterculture. What began in the 1970s as a brazen underground experiment became the de…
The Legalization Wave: Cannabis in the 21st Century
The Spark in 2012 The modern cannabis legalization wave began in 2012, when voters in Colorado and Washington approved ballot measures that allowed adults to possess and purchase cannabis for recreational use. These victories were groundbreaking: cannabis remained federally illegal…
Brownie Mary: The Grandmother of Medical Marijuana
Mary Jane Rathbun, born in 1922 in Chicago, grew up in a strict Irish Catholic household in Minneapolis. Defiant from a young age, she left home as a teenager and worked as a waitress for most of her life. Activism…
The Rise of Medical Marijuana: From Ancient Remedies to Modern Reform
Ancient Roots of Cannabis Medicine Cannabis has been used medicinally for millennia. In China, the Shennong Bencaojing (c. 100 AD) described cannabis as a treatment for pain, menstrual disorders, and wounds. The surgeon Hua Tuo (140–208 AD) reportedly used cannabis…
