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Historical Documents on Cannabis

  • Historical and Literary References to Hemp - part 1 and part 2. Excerpts from classic scientific, historical and literary books with references to cannabis throughout the ages. Source: druglibrary.org.

  • Hemp for victory. US Department of Agriculture - 1942. Transcript of film done by the USDA to encourage farmers to grow hemp during World War II.

  • New Billion-Dollar Crop - Hemp. Popular Mechanics, February, 1938

  • Marijuana and the Bible. By The Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church. Source: druglibrary.org.

  • The Assassins. By Philip K. Hitti, In The Book of Grass: An Anthology on Indian Hemp, edited by George Andrews and Simon Vinkenoog.

  • The tale of two hashish-eaters (Traditional). From 1001 Arabian Nights.

  • The Tale of the Hashish Eater. In "The Tale of King Omar bin al-Nu'uman and his Sons Sarrkan and Zau al-Makan", The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Nights 142-143, Translated by Richard F. Burton. Source: druglibrary.org.

  • Artificial Paradises: on hashish and wine as means of expanding individuality. By Baudelaire. From drugtext.org.

  • A History of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky ( Excerpt). Lexington: University of Kentucky, 1951, pp. 4, 24-30, 132-40, 196.