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The Emperor Wears No Clothes
J
ack Herer thoroughly documents
the petrochemical industry's plot
to outlaw Hemp - a renewable
source of paper, energy, food,
textiles and medicine.
Despite an offer of $100,000 for anyone able
to debunk any of the claims made in the book,
after twenty-five years of publication, there are
no takers.
Cannabis has a long history and this book
points the way to discovering some of the
lore, uses and knowledge of the plant from
antiquity to the present. In that endeavor
alone, regardless of your personal choices,
the book and its author, Jack Herer, can be
regarded in the same light as one might think
of someone like Galileo, espousing unknown
or unpopular phenomena at great personal risk
and cost.
The title, "The Emperor Wears No Clothes"
or "The Emperor Has No Clothes" is often
used in political and social contexts for any
obvious truth denied by the majority despite
the evidence of their eyes, especially when
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proclaimed by the government. It is derived
from ‘The Emperor's New Clothes’ a Danish
fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen
and first published in 1837, and this tale has
its roots in older folk tales.
Here’s the list of chapters:
1 OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF CANNABIS
HEMP
2 BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE USES OF HEMP
3 NEW BILLION-DOLLAR CROP
4 THE LAST DAYS OF LEGAL CANNABIS
5 MARIJUANA PROHIBITION
6 MEDICAL LITERATURE ON CANNABIS
MEDICINE
7 THERAPEUTIC USE OF CANNABIS
8 HEMPSEED AS THE BASIC WORLD FOOD
9 ECONOMICS ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
10 MYTH, MAGIC & MEDICINE
11 THE (HEMP) WAR OF 1812, NAPOLEON &
RUSSIA
12 CANNABIS DRUG USE IN 19TH CENTURY
AMERICA