Marijuana Culture

"If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take to Hashish."

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Ecce Homo

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