Author: Ana Vasic
About the author
Ana Vasic
PhD student in literature, who fell in love with cannabis culture some years ago, quite by chance. As luck would have it, I came across Greencamp and realized a myriad of cannabis and hemp issues needed urgent attention: consumer safety, environmental, legal, political, etc. I took it seriously and with all the scrutiny of a nerd. Now, when I’m not reading and writing about Shakespeare, I’m researching cannabis industry-related topics with equal passion. Hope we’ll live happily ever after.
The Little History of Cannabis and Literature (Part 2) – 20th Century
“We affirm you, method! We don’t forget that yesterday you glorified each one of our ages. We have faith in the poison. We know how to give our whole lives every day. Behold the time...
The Little History of Cannabis and Literature (Part 1) – The Classics
There’s a string of thought spanning the Western literary canon that values what they call “a noted weed” for its potential to fuel creativity. It isn’t recorded which poet was the first to discover cannabis...
Hemp Fuel: A Busted Myth or an Emerging Promise?
“The use of vegetable oils may seem insignificant today. But such oils may become in course of time as important as petroleum and the coal tar products of the present time.” (Rudolf Diesel, 1912, Historical...
Hemp Toilet Paper – “Silly” Solution to Serious Environmental Issues
After the COVID-infused spike, the demand for toilet paper is hopefully back to its rational limits. Perhaps now is the time to talk about alternatives – hemp! The most frequent question the NRDC (The Natural...
Corruption in the Cannabis Industry
It seems the latest corruption scandals in the cannabis industry could be just the tip of the iceberg. On December 19, 2019, an undercover FBI agent attended a meeting with two Calexico city officials, Bruno...
Hemp Car: 80 Years in the Making
Legend has it that Henry Ford made a car out of hemp fibers back in 1941 and had huge plans for using bioplastics in the automotive industry. According to the tale, Henry Ford was so...
Constructive Cannabis Capitalism – Weed with Tegridy
Is it high time we rethink the capitalistic model that’s usurping the cannabis industry? Spoofing the 2019 campaign that MedMen launched to announce we’re all in the new normal, the creators of South Park invite...
COVID Behind Bars: The Story of a Nonviolent Marijuana Offender
John Knock was sentenced to two life terms plus thirty for a marijuana-related offense. He’s 72 now. Amid the COVID crisis, he is waiting for a hearing or opinion on his motion for Compassionate Release...