Hemp History Archives

1925: The United States supports regulation of Indian hemp

1925: The United States supports the regulation of Indian hemp

1925: The United States supports the regulation of Indian hemp. In 1925 the United States supported regulation of Indian hemp, ...

1942: The film ‘Hemp for Victory’ encourage farmers to grow as much as possible

Hemp for Victory is a United States government film made during World War II and released in 1942 to encourage ...

1950: The Beat Generation experiments with marijuana

The Beat Generation was a group of American post-World War II writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, as ...

1951: New York wipes out wild cannabis plants

Ben Gocker, a librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library, discovered that in Brooklyn, in the early fifties, cannabis plants grew ...

1960: The Flower Power culture brought out the popularity of marijuana

1960: The Flower Power culture brought out the popularity of marijuana. Before marijuana became popular in the US, it was ...

1961: Cannabis is added to the list of internationally controlled drugs

1961: Cannabis is added to the list of internationally controlled drugs. The UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is a ...

1964: The discovery of THC is first described

1964: The discovery of THC is first described. In 1964, Israeli professor Raphael Mechoulam from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...

1971: Cannabis culture phenomenon 4:20 is born

1971: Cannabis culture phenomenon 4:20 is born. Cannabis culture phenomenon 420, Four-twenty, (4/20) stands for April 20. People worldwide celebrate ...

1985: Jack Herer rediscovers the versatility of cannabis

1985: Jack Herer rediscovers the versatility of cannabis. In 1985 American cannabis activist Jack Herer first published his work The ...

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