Marijuana and Culture

• Religion
  • Rastafarians and Ganja: about the Jamaican religion and their use of cannabis.
  • Marijuana and the Bible: by the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church. (81K)
  • Holy Smoke: news program transcript on the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church.
  • Freedom of Religion: the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
  • Hashish-Use in the Old Testament, pt. 1 of an article from a 1903 medical-history journal.
  • Hashish-Use in the Old Testament, pt. 2, in which a case is made for hashish use by Samson, Nebuchadnezzar, and Ezekiel.
  
  
• History
  • Discovery of hashish, Arabic and Persian legend.
  • Nectar of Delight: The early history of Cannabis, from India to Baudelaire. (32K)
  • History of Marijuana Use -- Medical: courtesy of the National Commission of Marijuana and Drug Abuse (41K)
  • History of Marijuana Use -- Intoxicant: also from the National Commission of Marijuana and Drug Abuse; with sources. (27K)
  • Assassins: The Hashish/Assassins connection.
  • Washington Grew Hemp: definitely for the fiber, possibly for the intoxication?
  • Ancient Marijuana Use: about an archeological find.
  • Orgies of the Hemp Eaters, 1895 newspaper article about a Syrian hemp festival.
  • Scythian Hemp Smoke Use, excerpt from The Histories of Herodotus.
  
  
• Writings
  • The Tale of the Hashish-Eater, humorous tale from the ArabianThe Thousand Nights and a Night.
  • The Tale of the Two Hashish Eaters, another 'Arabian Nights' story.
  • Hashish as aphrodesiac bawdy Persian verse (N.B. this doesn't actually happen).
  • Stages of hashish experience excerpt from Baudelaire's Artificial Paradises.
  • Hasheesh Sonnet, from An Essay on Hasheesh.
  • Also see: The Fitz Hugh Ludlow online library
  
  
• Political Poetry
  • Marijuana is Medicine: song lyrics: 'How sick do you have to be / to find compassion in society?'
  • Marijuana is Medicine: lyrics with guitar chords.
  • Marijuana: poem by Matty Wanna: 'What would you do / if it were true / that marijuana makes wonderful fuel?'
  • Also see: Drug Poetry's Marijuana section.
  
  
• Dancehall Reggae Ganja Songs ...samples from summer '95!
  • Bounty Killa - 'Smoke the Herb'
    • I just wanna say smoke ya ganja (189K, AIFF)
    • ...it was grown on King Solomon grave... (482K, AIFF)
    • ...ganja me smoke, and not coke (221K, AIFF)
  • Silvercat and Beanieman - 'Chronic'
    • ...sensimilla borrow from Solomon's grave... (482K, AIFF)
    • ...give me stamina... (320K, AIFF)
  • Future Troubles - 'Can't [bone?] in Peace'
    • Can't smoke the weed in peace... (423K, AIFF)
    • Weed must legalize... (239K, AIFF)
  • Screechy Dan - 'Ganja smoker'
    • You never know me as a cocaine user, you only go know me as a great ganja smoker (243K, AIFF)
    • Gimme ganja! (441K, AIFF)
  
  
• Contemporary
  • Headshop Etiquette: things you should and shouldn't do in headshops.
  • Great Stoner Stories: you know, the ones you tell when you're stoned.
  • Cannabis Cup: information from 1994.
  • Also see: marijuana trip stories

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