Finding the Truth About Marijuana History
As an activist I have developed an extensive background in marijuana history while conducting my own “primary source” research for a book I have been putting together on the history of cannabis in America and how to legalize it in the future . Living around the Denver, Colorado area for the past 16 years has enabled me to do extensive research in what was once considered the hub of prohibition in the early 1900’s, when marijuana was first federally banned. During my investigation into so called marijuana facts, I have taken research road trips to places like Pennsylvania State University to examine Harry Anslinger’s personal collection of drug war propaganda. Regrettably, my reefer madness research has resulted in finding an extensive amount of reference errors and fabrications in need of resolution. Once you start checking into the history of marijuana, and realize the numerous errors, fabrications and lies perpetrated by writers throughout the years, you’ll never feel the same about reading a history book again. However, the truth is out there, somewhere.
For help in finding the truth about marijuana history feel free to contact me.
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Lothrop hotel, Denver Colorado, picture or postcard wanted
January 24, 2010 | Research Requests
I would like to obtain a photograph, postcard or stationary from the Lothrop Hotel, 1755 Lawrence, Denver, Colorado that stood at the corner of 18th and Lawrence from 1906 through 1944. Looking for a photograph of the Lothrop hotel without
AGED DENVERITE GIVES VIVID LIFE PICTURE OF ‘ABE’ LINCOLN
November 3, 2009 | Abraham Lincoln
AGED DENVERITE GIVES VIVID LIFE PICTURE OF ‘ABE’ LINCOLN, Denver Post, Denver, Colorado, Feb. 8, 1927, pg. 13. Several years after compiling my initial Abraham Lincoln research, while conducting a completely different reference search, I happened upon this interesting first
Mr. Farley letter
October 28, 2009 | Selected Colorado Newspaper Articles On Early Marijuana News And Related Stories
Several Denver Post newspaper articles are thought to have inspired the Mr. Farley letter that resides in Harry Anslingers personal files at Penn. State University, Historical Collections and Labor Archives, Anslinger, Harry Papers (Box 3, Series: B: Correspondence, #6-1934). Background
Baca-Caldwell References
October 20, 2009 | U. S. District Court book
Compiling a list of reference that mention Moses Baca or Samuel R. Caldwell—Please feel free to contribute…
REEFER MADNESS, The History of Marijuana in America, by Larry Sloman, from Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1979, first edition, Baca-Caldwell pp.103-104.
COLORADO REEFER RACISM And The
Denver News
September 12, 2009 | Selected Colorado Newspaper Articles On Early Marijuana News And Related Stories
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Some researches have mistakenly referenced the “Rocky Mountain News” as the “Denver News”, but no such paper exists. As shown in the above image, the correct full name of the paper is “Denver Rocky Mountain News”.