Many
patients know of the popular sativa dominant strain Jack Herer, which
namesake comes from the legendary activist Jack Herer. Known as the
“Emperor of Hemp” he was a well known activist in the efforts to
decriminalize cannabis. He is well known as the author of
The
Emporer Wears No Clothes, and
was founder and served as director of Help End Marijuana Prohibition
(HEMP). Jack Herer made his presence at numerous Cannabis
conventions, rallies and festivals, speaking to crowds and manning
booths.(Source)
He ran for the United States Presidency in 1988 and 1992 representing
the Grassroots Party. (Source)
The
Emperor Wears No Clothes
Supported
by H.E.M.P America, Hanf Haus, the Texas Hemp Campaign, and Sensei
Seeds offers $100,000 to anyone who can disprove the conclusions that
the book The Emperor Wears No Clothes
claims first published in 1985. Author Jack Herer claims that:
“
If
all fossil fuels and their derivatives, as well as trees for paper
and construction were banned in order to save the planet, reverse the
Greenhouse Effect and stop deforestation is only one known annually
renewable natural resource that is capable of providing the overall
majority of the world's paper and textiles;
meet all of the world's transportation, industrial and home energy
needs, while simultaneously reducing pollution, rebuilding the soil,
and cleaning the atmosphere all at the same time... and that
substance is -- the same one that did it all before -- Cannabis
Hemp... Marijuana!”(Source)
Dr.
Hayo M.G. Van der Werf criticizes the book in that hemp is not as
exceptional as a high yield as other plants like corn, the production
amounts can't be as large as explained in the book because it is not
cost effective to transport it a long way and cellulose content of
hemp % is wrong in the book.(Source)
The
title of the book is an allegory of cannabis prohibition to The
Emperor's New Clothes by Hans
Christian Andersen.(Source)
Famous
Quotes From Jack Herer
Jack
Herer as an activist for cannabis has a lot of poignant quotes to
offer for the acceptance of cannabis in our society:
“If
you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'l add eight to
24 years to your life.”
“Growing
hemp as nature designed it is vital to our urgent need to reduce
greenhouse gases and ensure the survival of our planet.”
“But
you can count the dead bodies from alcohol, tobacco, and legal
pharmaceuticals by the millions.”
“I
don't want to wait 20 or 50 years for something to be done about
petrochemical pollution.”
“The
only dead bodies from marijuana are in the prisons and at the hands
of the police. This is ridiculous.”
“Well,
as I understand it, the main supporters are beer companies and the
pharmaceutical companies. I'd like them to show me the dead bodies
from marijuana. But they can't because there aren't any.”
“You
see, the Greenhouse Effect is a direct result of burning fossil or
old carbon fuels.”
“Rag
paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and the longest
lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to
full strength when dry.”
“Many
artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation –
from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most
irreverent satirists.”
“I
don't know if hemp's gonna save the world, but I'll tell you this...
it's the only thing that can.”(Hemp Industries Association HIA)
“Hemp
will be the future of all mankind, or there won't be a future.”
Jack
Herer in His Later Years
Jack
Herer in 2000 suffered a heart attack that led to speaking and
movement problems on the right side of his body. In 2009 suffered
another heart attack that he was unable to recover fully from leading
to his death leading to his death 7 months later on April 15, 2010,
he was 70.(Source)
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