On The Trail of Marihuana: The Weed of Madness

[Tony Aroma]

You've probably all heard the reefer madness propaganda stories of the 1930s (up through the present day). Here's one more:

On The Trail of Marihuana: The Weed of Madness

The author and his son traveled around the country to put together this book.

The trail took us into dope dens, barbecue "joints," taverns, gambling hells, poolrooms, hot tamale stands, the secret haunts of reefer fiends, even to jails, penitentiaries, and insane asylums.

They learned lots of interesting and scary "facts":

We learned of "reefer parties," and the resultant debaucheries; and of marihuana's being used to lure country and small-town girls into a life of shame in the larger cities.

At first, authorities thought that only the flowering female plant grown in low altitudes, in hot climates, such as Mexico, was dangerous. Then they learned that the male flowering plant was equally deadly.

The peddler can and does use it when only a few inches high (it grows as high as sixteen feet), for even then the leaf tips contain enough of the narcotic to make them dangerous.

And just to make sure you know what you're getting yourself into when you smoke a reefer, here's a scientific analysis of the effects of marihuana:

We now know that marihuana -

1. Destroys will power, making a jellyfish of the user. He cannot say no.
2. Eliminates the line between right and wrong, and substitutes one's own warped desires or the base suggestions of others as the standard of right.
3. Above all, causes crime; fills the victim with an irrepressible urge to violence.
4. Incites to revolting immoralities, including rape and murder.
5. Causes many accidents both industrial and automobile.
6. Ruins careers forever.
7. Causes insanity as its specialty.
8. Either in self-defense or as a means of revenue, users make smokers of others, thus perpetuating the evil.

This is a great read. I highly recommend it for all you reefer addicts. For you growers, you should be happy to learn that leaf tips and male flowers are just as good as female buds. And especially for those trying to change the mind of prohibitionists. This is what you are up against. Sadly, too many people still believe this stuff.

 

[sunnydog]

I must be smoking the wrong strains!

 

[Happy 7]

Too bad that I'm so busy doing 1-8 of the 'We now know that marihuana -' list that I never have time nor am able to read books...

 

[sunnydog]

Awesome read!

Awesome read!

"After smoking opium, all a Chinese wants of life is his opium and peace. If allowed his opium, he will harm no one, and is an ideal slave."

Who knew? LOL

 

[supermanlives]

wheres all the small town girls? i will hook em up

 

[sunnydog]

When I see pix of that SERIOUSLY old-skool weed,(pic of male), doesn't seem like it could get anybody "floating"!

 

[Tony Aroma]

Yeah, that's about how I'd describe what happens to me when I smoke. Damn squirrels!

The marihuana user, freed from the restraint of gravitation, bumps his head against the sky. Street lights become orangoutangs, with eyes of fire. Huge slimy snakes crawl through small cracks in the sidewalk, and prehistoric monsters, intent on his destruction, emerge from keyholes, and pursue him down the street. He feels squirrels walking over his back, while he is being pelted by some unseen enemy with lightning bolts. He will thrill you with the most plausible accounts of desperadoes who lurk in the doorway ahead, waiting with long, sharp knives to pounce on him and carve him to pieces.

His first feeling of optimism and pleasure is followed by increasing sensations of terror and doom. A red rose in a friend's buttonhole becomes an angel, but a moment later the same red rose may be gushing blood.

 

[sunnydog]

Yeah, that's about how I'd describe what happens to me when I smoke. Damn squirrels!

They just don't make "devil weed' like they used too!

 

[zymos]

Nice find, and also a major blast from the past as far as the site goes.
I was one of the original moderators of the Lyceum back in the mid 90's- glad to know its still around...

 

[Max Headroom]

"After smoking opium, all a Chinese wants of life is his opium and peace. If allowed his opium, he will harm no one, and is an ideal slave."

Who knew? LOL

i guess the british did
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_wars

 

[mrcreosote]

Don't bother me with this shit...

I'm busy mainlining some THC right now.

And later I'll go hang around the schoolyard and look for little girls...

(Chortles insanely)

 

[greenmatter]

earle looked like one partying mofo. bet it was easy for him to connect with all the potheads back in the day. has a look on his face like he had been handing out reefers to the schoolgirls all day and still could not get lucky