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Blog & Newsletter of THC Hemp Spot.
Ron Paul, the antipothead
The great Ron Paul gave a fantastic speech recently at the Mises Institute's 40th anniversary celebration. Over the course of almost 40 minutes, Dr. Paul took the audience down memory lane with story after story from his time in Congress and from his...
Ten drug warrior cops with sledgehammers 🔨
A major step forward in the fight for decriminalization of cannabis was actually started by a bunch of overzealous drug warriors. Everyone knows that cannabis can serve a wonderful tool for pain relief. It is regularly used by the sickest cancer and...
Suicide by cannabis prohibition
Two high school friends liked to smoke weed together. After school or on the weekends, they would hang out, burn some trees, and ride skateboards. They naturally grew apart post graduation, but both continued puffing the magic dragon. Friend #1...
Guess what made me applaud for some cops
What up! More often than not, when talking about cops in this email, it'll be to condemn them for behavior that would be considered criminal in any other context. The vast majority of the time, instead of solving & preventing actual violent crimes against...
Louisiana is going the way of California
What up! There are states people are moving to in droves, and there are states which are being abandoned by anyone with the financial resources to do so. California is always the first state that leaps to mind as an example of the latter, but the Empire...
Economics of the burgeoning cannabis industry
What up! Thc Hemp Spot's story is one that is filled with lessons in economics. This new market, born out of state prohibition is certainly one worth studying. After the Farm Bill of 2018 cracked open the door to industrial hemp prohibition, it took...
It’s 4:20 PM. Do you know where your buds are?
What up! Back in the day, prior to the 10pm evening news coming on TV, it was common for news anchors to ominously ask, "It's 10 PM. Do you know where your children are?" Rightfully, comedians & satire song artists turned this fear-mongering...
Laughing at the FDA
What up! On April 20, 2006, the FDA issued a memo stating, "No sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana for treatment in the United States, and no human or animal data supported the safety of efficacy of marijuana for general medical use."...
Guess which Founding Father Smoked Pot
What up! In George Washington's diary, in his entry for May 12-13, 1765, he wrote that he had, "sowed seeds at muddy hole by swamp." Then, on August 7, his entry reads, "Began to separate the male from the female hemp... rather too late." In order...
Hemp… a driving force of the American Revolution?
What up! How many times have you been reminded that Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper? Interestingly, colonial America's history with hemp is far deeper than that little anecdote. So important was the hemp plant - and...
Can the smell of cannabis get you arrested?
What up! The self-revealing nature of the cannabis plant - its pungent smell - has long been exploited by law enforcement & used as an excuse for them to destroy lives. Numerous times, this matter has been brought before the courts with the rulings being a mixed...
How the Delta-8 market solves the fentanyl problem
What up! We have all heard about fentanyl and all the people who are dropping dead from it. It's a tragedy. The places where could point our fingers in blame are numerous... the corrupt medical establishment, the war on drugs, and the propaganda,...
Uncle Sam’s boot on Canada’s face
What up! In 2018, Congress passed their annual Farm Bill - this time with a provision legalizing the cultivation of industrial hemp. Twenty years prior, in 1998, Canada did the same thing. Then, three years later, they legalized cannabis for medical therapeutic...
Politicians punting on pot prohibition relief
What up! Before the DEA, there was the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. In 1972, NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) and the American Public Health Association teamed up to petition for marijuana's medical value to be...