A Weedy History
This type of material was grown during the Colonial period in the United States and was used in the production of paper, clothing, and rope.
What is hemp?
Originating from California teenagers, this afternoon time has come to be associated with marijuana culture worldwide and could be thought of as the equivalent to alcohol's obsession with it being 5 o'clock somewhere.
When is 4:20?
In this year, both Colorado and Washington State became the first two state governments to legalize marijuana for recreational use among adults.
When is 2012?
Signifying a new type of business owner, this slang term describes those looking to make their fortune in the marijuana industry.
What is Ganjapreneur?
Looking at how society views marijuana, these are the two designations that marijuana is given when being purchased or used by a consumer.
What are medicinal and recreational?
This alternative name for marijuana comes from the Middle East and refers to when the plant comes in a pressed form that is thought to have originated in central and east Asia in the 12th century.
What is hashish (hash)?
Since 1974, this magazine has been providing readers with news on cannabis culture all the way from DIY grow stations to interviews with celebrities involving their marijuana escapades.
What is High Times?
Currently the maximum amount of cannabis in flower form that is allowed per person recreationally in Colorado.
What is 2oz?
For anyone looking to work with marijuana in Colorado, they'll need to fill this out before doing so.
What is the Marijuana Employee License Application?
Leading to the outlawing of marijuana in the 1930's, this type of event was preceded by the lies surrounding marijuana that H.J. Anslinger told the public.
What is a moral panic?
He wrote in the 1930's about marijuana, "There must be a constant enforcement and equally constant education against this enemy, which has a record of murder and terror running through the centuries."
Who is Harry (H.J.) Anslinger?
Focusing on the spiritual aspects of marijuana, this religion treats cannabis use as a sacramental ritual.
What is Rastafari?
Following the classification for drugs under federal guidelines, marijuana is in this class along with MDMA and LSD.
What is schedule 1?
This type of cannabis business is the most common in Colorado with over 500 of them across the state.
What is a dispensary?
The preconceived notions that members of society may have regarding marijuana or people that use marijuana.
What is a stigma?
Created by Nixon in the 1970's, this federal agency originated with the purpose to solely focus on enforcing federal drug laws.
What is the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)?
He was a pioneer in the genre of "stoner comedy" until it went up in smoke and he went to prison on federal marijuana charges back in 2003.
Who is Tommy Chong?
Founded in the 1970's, this organization has worked tirelessly across a number of states in the attempt of trying to pass adult-use marijuana laws in the US.
What is the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)?
With the expansion of the cannabis industry, this will be an important consideration for business owners and investors as it relates to sustainability and brand image within the "natural" industry of cannabis.
What is the environmental effects of marijuana?
This substance is the one most commonly cited as being comparable to marijuana in a legal and societal sense, even though the two produce completely different effects.
What is alcohol?
Enacted in 1937, this act didn't outlaw Marijuana outright but rather made it a criminal offense if you didn't pay your taxes on it.
What is the Marijuana Tax Act?
According to Becker, only when an individual learns to "...smoke in a way that produces real effects, learns to recognize and connect them with the drug use, and learns to enjoy the sensations..." will the person finally be able to do this.
What is use marijuana for pleasure?
Beginning in 2001, this European nation became one of the first in the world to decriminalize all drugs including marijuana.
What is Portugal?
While certainly not the norm, this event led to an increase in cannabis sales that is just now starting to slow down.
What is the Covid-19 pandemic?
Coined by C. Wright Mills, this term refers to the style of thinking that connects a person back to their place in society. How someone who uses marijuana may look at the totality of their use as it relates back to the world around them.
What is the sociological imagination?