This week I'll explore the social history of the cannabis plant including its use since ancient times as a fiber, medicine, and for its psychoactive properties both ritualistically and recreationally. I'll explore how cannabis first made its way to the Americas and how it became a main crop of colonial planters that they were actually required by law to grow. I'll explore it's use in 19th century American medicines and do some digging to find out why it came to be banned in 1937 following an influx of Mexican immigrants who brought recreational use of "locoweed" or "marijuana" with them. You're in for a wild ride!

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• NPR "The Mysterious History of Marijuana"
• CBS News "The man behind the marijuana ban for all the wrong reasons"
• DEA "Drug Scheduling"
• Wikipedia "History of Cannabis"
• American Addiction Centers "History of Marijuana"
• History.com "Marijuana"
• University of Georgia "History of Marijuana Regulation in America"
• Nature Magazine "A Potted History"
• Encyclopedia Britannica "Why Is Marijuana Illegal in the US?"
• Mount Sinai "Herbal Medicine"
• FindLaw "Marijuana Possession Laws by State"
• American Association of Medical Colleges "Alcohol related deaths are spiking. So why don't we take alcohol addiction more seriously?"
• Associated Press "US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it'll remain controlled substance"
• Wikipedia "Datura stramonium"
• National Park Service "Wildlife in the Tropical Rainforest"

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Thomas Alva Edison has always been portrayed as the greatest, most prolific by far American inventor. The man obtained over a thousand patents in his lifetime and is credited with inventing or improving upon devices that changed our world, our lives forever: the lightbulb, the phonograph, the motion picture camera, telegraphs, telephones, x-rays, and batteries. The list goes on. His contemporaries were blown away. But in recent decades, many have come to doubt Edison’s genius. More recent Edison critics take a look at his impressive body of work with scrutiny. "He didn't really invent all of those things," they say. Modern minds are split on Thomas Edison. He’s either a great American hero, inventor of our modern world, or an idea stealing fraud who ripped off other great minds and claimed the credit. But who was he really? Was Thomas Edison the real deal or do we need to rewrite the history books, giving back credit where credit is due? Let’s fix that.

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• Library of Congress "Life of Thomas Alva Edison"
• National Park Service "Edison Biography"
• US News "Many Minds Produced the Lightbulb That Illuminated America"
• Forbes "Nikola Tesla Wasn't God and Thomas Edison Wasn't the Devil"
• Ranker "Here Are All The Things That Thomas Edison Didn't Actually Invent, But Took The Credit For Anyway"
• Wikipedia "Thomas Edison"

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Check out zipOns from befree Adaptive Clothing here! This week we'll take a look at the 6 Hanoverian monarchs: George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, and Victoria. We'll examine how George I, a German, came to be king of Great Britain and Ireland despite being only 57th in line for the throne and how German monarchs continued to rule the country for the next 187 years and beyond. What mark did the Hanover dynasty leave on Britain? How does it still effect them today? I think you'll be surprised to learn just how German Britain actually is!

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• Historic Royal Palaces "The Georgians"
• History Hit "The 6 Hanoverian Monarchs In Order"
• Encyclopedia Britannica "House of Hanover"
• UK National Archives "The Death of Queen Anne"
• PBS "What Illness Did King George III Have?"
• German History Society "Britain and Germany: A Love-Hate Relationship?"
• BBC "Queen Nazi salute film: palace 'disappointed' at its use"
• The Guardian "Genetic study reveals 30% of white British DNA has German ancestry"
• The Telegraph "How German the Royal Family Actually Is"
• Indian Express "How German Are the British Royals?"

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