Port Hope is trying to overcome the negative and work towards a green future. Will it be enough? Only time will tell. "Stonehedge Bio-Resources Inc. wants to convert hemp into a biomass energy crop. The...
opinion by freedomcrow | 12 wks ago | updated 10 wks ago 103 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
I am a simple plant. I am illegal for some reason. You may have smoked, boiled, or cooked me into food and ate me. I free your mind and body. I also may make you a little hungry. The most damage I can do is when you smoke me; I'll put a little tar onto your lungs. If you...
"ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss police said Thursday they stumbled across a large marijuana plantation while using Google Earth, the search engine company's satellite mapping software." The find led to the...
" Pamela Anderson wants marijuana to be legalised. The former ‘Baywatch’ star has written an open letter to US President-elect Barack Obama, outlining ways to make the country better. Pamela believes cultivating the illegal substance would “save children” and...
Cannabis Sativa has been farmed since the neo-lithic era in China, Mesopotamia, Egypt and Ancient Greece. The oldest finding of cannabis cloth was found in Katal Houjouk (Mesoptamia) dated at 8,000 bC. ...
created by mabone | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1544 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Andrew Lahde (hedge fund manager who became famous last year for earning nearly 1000% speculating on Subprime defaults) retires in his 30's as multi-millionaire, thanking the spoiled MBA idiots who took his trades, and calling for a post-capitalist system of government that...
opinion by Erik Larson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 761 views | 24 recommendations | 9 comments
If marijuana were legal but taxed like alcohol and tobacco, how much money could it bring in to cash-strapped state governments? One 2006 study called cannabis the top cash crop in the nation, worth more than corn and wheat combined. It was the leading crop in 12...
created by mabone | 1 year ago 484 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
8th September 2008, 6:00 WST The Ord irrigation region has produced a variety of crops in its 45-year history, but few have attracted as much interest from passers-by, and the occasional police officer, as current trials of Chinese hemp. Reaching 2m, the industrial crop was...
created by mabone | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 165 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Warning for NP readers: For some odd reason the uploader for the Firefox extension just uploaded several images aimed at other posts. So I apologise for any errors, yet, the images fit the American mindset...
created by angryindian | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 391 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
"CBS) HUNTINGTON, UtahCurtain Could Indicate That Miners Were Able To Find Good Air Images from a video camera lowered Wednesday into the mine where six men were trapped 10 days ago showed an undamaged shaft...
created by merrie | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 409 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Hemp has been used in agriculture for thousands of years, primarily as a thread for making a variety of garments. Sunn Hemp (Crotallaria juncea) is used in green manure, suppresses weeds, and slows soil...
created by ScienceDave | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 945 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"In bad news for its religious Jewish supporters, an Israeli pro-marijuana party announced Tuesday that pot is forbidden on Passover.Cannabis is among the substances Jews are forbidden to consume during the...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 608 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"In Search of George Mallory
by Ben H. Swadley
Sunday, May 2nd 1999.Conrad Anker stood in somber awe looking at a frozen body some 27,000 feet above the rest of the world and only 800 feet away from Everest's...
created by jakedai | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 11775 views | 1 recommendation | 3 comments