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Jack Herer Smokes Grass First Time in 1969:

Jack Herer, the iconic advocate of cannabis legalization, self-described “Emperor of Hemp,” and author of the manifesto, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, died in Eugene, Oregon at the age of 70.

Herer, the driving force behind a competing marijuana legalization initiative aiming for the November California ballot, had suffered heart attacks and strokes in recent years. A major stroke in 2000 left him with difficulty speaking and partial paralysis on his right side. He made a significant recovery and credited his resilience, in part, to psychoactive mushrooms. Most recently, he was hospitalized for a debilitating heart attack that struck him while attending the September, 2009, Hempstalk Festival in Portland, Oregon.

In his book, Herer borrowed from Hans Christian Andersen’s tale The Emperor’s New Clothes to explain his belief that government has conspired to mislead the public about the dangers of cannabis, partially to protect investments in the “pharmaceutical, energy and paper industries; and to give these poisonous, synthetic industries and inside advantage over natural hemp.” Herer believed that modern agricultural technology could, potentially, make hemp the “single biggest agricultural crop in the world today,” making it a major threat to industrial interests. Throughout his life, he touted it as a renewable resource that could be beneficial in the areas of medicine, energy and food.

Herer’s activities as an activist brought him to the field of politics as a Presidential candidate in 1988 and 1992, fronting the Grass Roots Party. He was also recognized by High Times Magazine with induction into the Counterculture Hall of Fame in 2003.

Because he opposed the taxation and quantity limitations on the legislation, Herer had urged Californians to vote against the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 that will appear on the state’s November ballot. The Jack Herer Initiative (or California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative), which he proposed, would eliminate criminal sanctions for marijuana possession and impose strict limits on zoning and license requirements associated with cannabis distribution. The Herer effort did not have the backing of major marijuana-advocacy groups and is considered unlikely to achieve the required signature threshold for voter consideration.
Source: The 420 Times

Herer will be remembered as a unique individual and pioneer in the cannabis legalization movement in the United States.

Rest in peace Potfather !

In Tempe, een voorstad van Phoenix in Arizona (VS), is het Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change gevestigd. Dit instituut doet wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar de gevolgen van de huidige stijging van het CO2-gehalte in de atmosfeer op aarde. Hierbij probeert het Center om ‘in de context van het debat over klimaatverandering en CO2 gegevens aan te dragen waarmee de feitelijke realiteit van emotionele retoriek kan worden onderscheiden’ (mission statement). In een recent onderzoek werd gedurende een periode van zes weken met behulp van time-lapse-fotografie de groei vastgelegd van cowpea planten (familie van Kousenband) in kassen met verschillende niveaus van verhoogde CO2-concentraties. Dit leverde een aansprekende video op, die duidelijk visualiseert waarom koolzuurgas geen verontreinigende stof is, maar juist erg gezond voor planten.

Wij zouden ons op aarde niet zo druk moeten maken over verhoogde CO2-niveaus. Het is meer iets om naar uit te kijken. Ik roerde dat al eens eerder aan in een ander stuk op dit weblog.

Hieronder de overtuigende beelden. (N.B. Let in de video goed op de ppm-waarden onder de beide plantjes. Voor de goede orde: de gemiddelde waarde voor CO2 in de aardatmosfeer ligt momenteel iets onder de 390 ppm.)