Category - Cannabis History

The annual stoner holiday is upon us, yet things feel slightly different this 420. After years of surreptitious celebrations, there’s an expectation that this may be one of the last illegal editions of the pot-fuelled...

In current scientific research, cannabis is being explored not only for remedies for various bodily illnesses, but also as a medicine for adverse mental conditions. After recreational cannabis became legal in some...

To celebrate Women in Weed week here at Seedsman, this blog will look at women’s ancient role in harvesting psychoactive cannabis resin (charas) [caras] in the Himalayas. Where Charas Comes From Making hashish...

In recognition of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we are writing Part 2 of Women in Weed: A Herstory. This article is part of Seedsman’s Woman in Weed week, which you can read more...

Cannabis consuming and weed growing women are on the rise, as are the numbers of us working in all aspects of the cannabis industry. Yet many women feel that this is still a male-dominated space and that women’s...

All that glitters is not gold. And not everything that looks like cannabis is cannabis. There are plenty of plants that look like weed. While most police officers are competent, some are less so. Full of the typical...

Since the cannabis plant was first classified by botanists in the 16th century, numerous theories have been proposed for its origins. The debate continues; the issue is not yet settled and agreed on by all botanists...

If you use a bong, or bubbler, to smoke weed, you’ll know just how dirty and smelly they get with repeated use. Sure, bongs are great, but the residue that builds up on the inside is… well…. nasty. If...

Quick test – open your cannabis grinder. How does it look? Spotlessly clean, hopefully. No? Well then. Shame on you. Get that grinder cleaned out this instant because your lung health is paramount. What’s that? You...

On the surface, the question “is weed vegan?” might seem like a relatively straightforward one. Cannabis is a plant, after all, so it must be vegan, right? Not quite. If you ask that question around your...

Depending on your personal, you can choose to smoke (or inhale) weed through a bong or a vape pen, consume edibles or lather your skin with full cannabis extract, a type of oil or concentrate. Sometimes though, nothing...

It is interesting to see how a movement in the USA against marijuana, led primarily by concerned mothers almost half a century ago, has recently been turned on its head in a campaign by mothers in the USA who are...

It’s late in the year, the nights are closing in and we’re all inevitably going to be watching a load of movies over the festive period. Instead of sitting through Love Actually or Home Alone for the ten millionth time...

Like its predecessor, 2021 has been a year that most of us would rather just move on from and forget, so the idea of a permanent memento of this sub-par 12-month period isn’t particularly appealing. On the flip-side...

Despite the best efforts of politicians to vilify cannabis throughout the 80s, the decade proved to be a seminal time for pot and saw several events that would lay the groundwork for today’s thriving scene. In amongst...

Traditionally, outside the cannabis community, pot smokers were seen as lazy, unproductive, and slow. Paranoid daydreamers with long hair and short attention spans. Perpetuated in part by experience, and in part by...

Federal prohibition of cannabis is on its last legs. Although, in reality, the illegality of weed has never stopped people from using it. Even those at the top of the American political system have been known to dabble...

By the mid-19th century, doctors and psychiatrists in Europe and America started to become aware of the pronounced psychoactive effects of cannabis. Although cannabis had been known and used as a folk-remedy and in...

The Cannabis Community is full of heroes throughout history who in their own way, contributed to the thriving and vibrant scene we’re all a part of today. Some, like Jack Herer or Frenchy Cannoli, are lauded and...

Whether religious or not, we have all heard of the miracles attributed to Jesus in the New Testament:  walking on water, turning water into wine,  helping blind men see, mute men speak, exorcising the possessed, and...

We’ve all been there: you’re out hiking, chilling at the beach, or camping in the woods and suddenly realise that you’ve run out of rolling papers. Perhaps you’re even in your own home and are just too lazy (or stoned)...

Afro-Americans have a history partially entangled with the global history of the spread of cannabis culture, and through cannabis, with India. International trade first brought cannabis culture from India to Africa;...

Halloween is upon us, once again invoking ideas of spooks, skeletons, and pointy-hatted witches casting spells from their cauldrons – but while the traditional image of witches with their broomsticks and cackling...

In the mid-nineteenth century, Paschal Beverley Randolph, a black American occultist, became the largest importer of hashish into the USA before the American Civil War (1861–1865). P.B Randolph, who was in different...

It’s no secret that legal cannabis is now a multi-billion-dollar industry, so it’s hardly a surprise that so many entrepreneurs are getting involved. In response to this gold rush, activists and politicians alike have...

Silly Spinach…The Devil’s Lettuce…..Giggle Bush – there are hundreds of classic euphemisms for cannabis, varying from place to place. Green, ganja, weed…… these names are well-known...

Telling your parents that you smoke weed can be a daunting prospect. My parents have both passed, but I recently told my older sister that I’ve been an occasional user for a few years. I had no idea what kind of...

An ancient group of people called the Yamnaya are often credited with helping establish the first major civilisation in Eurasia. Some researchers believe they may also have been the world’s first cannabis dealers...

We’ve all been there. Good music, good vibes, and a smoke-filled room full of giggles. You’re having a great time, and then, you’re not. Your eyes are red, your gums are dry, and standing up has gone...