first time grower growing 100+ plants

[the widowmaker]

1976 - 1977
Quality of Lebanese hashish reaches peak.

1978
Westerners make sieved hashish in Nepal from wild Cannabis.

Late 1970s
Increasing manufacture of "modern" Afghani hashish. Cannabis varieties from Afghanistan imported into Kashmir for sieved hashish production.

1980s
Morocco becomes one of, if not the largest, hashish producing and exporting nations.

1980s
"Border" hashish produced in northwestern Pakistan along the Afghan border to avoid Soviet-Afghan war.

Early 1980s
Quality of Lebanese hashish declines.

1983 - 1984
Small amounts of the last high-quality Turkish hashish appear.

1985
Hashish still produced by Muslims of Kashgar and Yarkland (NW China).

1986
Most private stashes of pre-war Afghani hashish in Amsterdam, Goa, and America are nearly finished.

1987
Moroccan government cracks down upon Cannabis cultivation in lower eleations of Rif Mountains.

1988
DEA administrative law Judge Francis Young finds after thorough hearings that marijuana has clearly established medical use and should be reclassified as a prescriptive drug. His recommendation is ignored.

1993
Cannabis eradication efforts resume in Morocco.

1994
Heavy fighting between rival Muslim clans continues to upset hashish trade in Afghanistan.

1994
Border hashish still produced in Pakistan.

1995
Introduction of hashish-making equipment and appearance of locally produced hashish in Amsterdam coffee shops.

Oct 23, 2001
Britain's Home Secretary, David Blunkett, proposes relaxing the classification of cannabis from a class B to class C. As of June 10, 2002, this has not taken effect.

 

[the widowmaker]

Marijuana being illegal is a more recent thing, as you can see from the timeline it has been openly used for centuries.

What would be good is if we went for all out legalization, its a plant for christ sake, if it was totally legal and anyone could grow it, it would no longer have any value, the drug crime would be reduced and dealers for pot would have no place.

This is what we should be pushing for

If the medical element is continually pushed then eventually the drug will end up in the hands of the big pharmaceutical companies in the shape of a pill, as describe in my poll.

 

[Runbyhemp]

I agree with everything you say above widow, but the FACT of the matter is that it is illegal now.

It is sold on the black market and as we all know, this attracts unsavoury characters who may not have the same peaceful attitudes as you. They are the ones that control the street drugs.

The majority of people into selling for money are not good people. The majority give the good minority a bad name.

I didn't make this the case, and don't like it, but that's the way it is.

If it's legalized, and if you didn't want to take a pill, you wouldn't have to. You'd be able to grow freely.

 

[the widowmaker]

but if it goes down the medical road and you better believe 100% that the pharmaceutical companies are working on it right now, if that pill comes out that will be the only medically available thing. Growing allowance will be removed.

Considering how many med patients and how many tokers and growers there are around the world and there are very very many, why are we letting these small minded few dictate to us.

It's a plant it used to be legal, and at one point if you had over a set amount of land in this country you were required to grow it.

People have stood up for themselves to get other laws passed we just can't seem to unite for this, some scared of getting busted others not wanting it to be legal because they know they would be out of a job.

 

[Runbyhemp]

It needs to be legalised outright, not just medically.

 

[85cannabliss]

hey that little history lesson is a little off topic for this guy. hes not getting the help he was expecting now is he?