Happy 4/20! In honor of the informal holiday, we’re giving you this episode two entire days early!
If you celebrate, grab your favorite means of ingestion and listen as Larkin talks all things sticky and icky, breaking down the history of how cannabis was used as an excuse for racism and anti-immigrant sentiment, eventually leading to its criminalization. The movement against this hearty “herb” has fueled oppression, fed the prison-industrial complex, and stalled research about the potential benefits. Plus, the formerly social drug is now increasing social isolation among 1 in 15 American adults.
References
Kursgesagt - In a Nutshell “You Need to Quit Weed”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brm71uCWr-I
TIME Magazine article “420 Day: Why There Are So Many Different Names for Weed” Katy Steinmetz. April 20, 2017
https://time.com/4747501/420-day-weed-marijuana-pot-slang/
PBS Eons - “The Hazy Evolution of Cannabis”
https://www.pbs.org/video/the-hazy-evolution-of-cannabis-cyjdln/
Science Advances research article: “Large Scale Whole-Genome resequencing unravels the domestication history of Cannabis sativa” 16 Jul 2021 Vol 7, Issue 29
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abg2286
NPR Codeswitch: The Mysterious History Of 'Marijuana' Matt Thompson July 22, 2013
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/07/14/201981025/the-mysterious-history-of-marijuana
The MIT Press Reader: ‘Cannabis Through the Ages’ Linda A. Parker
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/cannabis-through-the-ages/
The MIT Press Reader. ‘A Brief Global History of the War on Cannabis’ Ryan Stoa
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-global-history-of-the-war-on-cannabis/
Dictionary definition “Marijuana”
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marijuana
The University of Sydney: Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics “History of Cannabis
https://www.sydney.edu.au/lambert/medicinal-cannabis/history-of-cannabis.html
HISTORY.com Authors: Marijuana
https://www.history.com/articles/history-of-marijuana
Lee, Martin A. “Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific” Scribner, August 13, 2013
Anslinger Testimony
https://www.hempology.org/ALL%20HISTORY%20ARTICLES.HTML/1937%20ANSLINGER%20TESTIMONY.html
ACLU Stats
https://www.aclu.org/the-war-on-marijuana-in-black-and-white
https://www.aclu.org/the-war-on-marijuana-in-black-and-white
Brownie Mary
Missouri Independent “Why some people believe ‘marijuana’ is a racist word, and why it doesn’t offend me: Latin American History Professor Isaac Campos recently published findings online of his study on the history of cannabis terminology” Rebecca Rivas. May, 2023
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