Tag Archive for cannabis

Bees on Pot?!

Yup. It’s happening. And it’s a good thing. Bees are dying out, but we humans need them to pollinate plants we eat and to nourish animals that become our food. We don’t think of that when we shoo them away or kill them.

There are things we can plant to help bring back the population. And if you’re growing marijuana in your back yard, you may already be doing your part.

This article explains the bees’ vital contribution to humans, what plants we can plant to sustain them, and the place cannabis crops have in helping these little creatures: If you want to save bumble bees, plant these flowers in your yard

Our Founding Fathers Used Cannabis

Don’t be shocked by this little-known fact from American history: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston comprised the committee appointed by the Continental Congress to write our Declaration of Independence.  They immediately sat down over a pile of cannabis. Well, actually, it was in the form of paper, since most paper of the time was made from cannabis hemp fiber. They finished the first draft of the Declaration on June 28, 1776, then the second on July 2, 1776. Because the final document was to be official, though, they printed it on parchment.

History does not report if they burned the two drafts–or if they inhaled…..