Learn Who Jack Herer Is and Why He Crusades For the Legalisation of Marijuana

                                                                                         

When looking for information on pro-cannabis campaigns around the world one name will come up again and again: Jack Herer. Jack Herer rose to prominence as a Republican politician in the United States before focussing his efforts on pro-hemp and cannabis activism.

Jack Herer cemented his position as the most prominent pro-cannabis activist in the USA with the release of his novel “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” in which he studies how useful cannabis can be as a plant and then investigates the impact that it could have had on industry and economy had it not been outlawed in the 1930’s. Using this information he studied the controversies surrounding the campaign against cannabis that gripped the United States media and ultimately resulted in the criminalisation of the drug in all of its forms(marijuana seeds were banned that were purely industrial, like hemp seeds, or also those that have medical benefits such as those from barneys farm), including those that had purely industrial uses and were completely lacking the THC (the active chemical that gives some forms of cannabis its psychoactive properties). The book provided concise arguments and many credit it with really kick-starting the pro-cannabis campaigns that have taken off in recent years.

After becoming renowned for his pro-marijuana campaign Jack Herer became a figurehead of the Grassroots political party. Established in 1986 the Grassroots Party were an independent leftfield political party that were primarily focussed on opposing drug prohibition. In his time with the party Jack Herer ran for United States president on 2 occasions, in 1988 and 1992.

Jack Herer believes that the United States government deliberately hides evidence of how useful the cannabis sativa plant can be in order to uphold the traditional manufacturing industries that would be under threat of the cheaper and more efficient methods of growing and cultivating cannabis plants. Hemp has been proven to be one of the most versatile plants on the planet. The cannabis plant can be used to create medicine, fuel, food, clothing and a huge amount of other products and Herer is devoted to educating the public on how useful the crop can be with the aim of having its production legalised across the USA.

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