On the Uganda Mamba landrace

Uganda mindi pipe

My very first memories of “Njaga” as cannabis is known in Uganda was back in the mid 90’s where at the slightest cough an infusion would be made from fresh Njaga plant as the main ingredient and administered as both a tea and a poultice. I carried this remedy in my heart, made through my …

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Mauritius Landrace Cannabis

In Mauritius, almost everyone smokes … but the law is very strict, even disproportionate. it is possible to be locked up in prison for a year for just having few seeds or a single joint or to come across as Pablo Escobar if you have more than 6 grams on you. The sentences are all …

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On Southern Italian Cannabis and its preparations in place of Cannabis indica

Indian hemp, Cannabis Indica, has always been present in the oldest herbariums as a remedy for various disorders. And the Cannabis Sativa? The Chinese referred to it as a medicine for all ailments already 4000 years before Christ, the Indians, in addition to the therapeutic virtues for the body, exalted the healing ones for the …

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Cannabis in the Greek world

The Greek World In ancient Greece, hemp was probably already used in Dionysian rites and, as J.L. Brau says, everything suggests that it was also used in the Eleusinian liturgies to reveal to the initiates the arcana of the myth of Demeter. The priests, who bore the name Eumolpidae (= singers of beneficial melodies), were …

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Cannabis: Why Choose Seeds from Plants Grown Outdoors

The plants that grow and develop in large populations under natural conditions and that manage to overcome the various stages of growth until they reach the flowering phase with minimum human intervention, are the most vigorous plants, they are the ‘winners’. These characteristics will be transmitted to the following generations and after a few years …

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