Jack Herer
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Jack Herer is the author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes (ISBN 0-9524560-0-1) (several editions since c.1985), a book which has been used in efforts to decriminalize cannabis.
A former Goldwater Republican, Herer is now an outspoken pro-marijuana and hemp activist. He has written two books, the aforementioned The Emperor Wears No Clothes and Grass. There has also been a documentary made about his life. He believes that the hemp plant should be decriminalized because it has been shown to be a renewable source of fuel, food, and medicine, and can be grown in virtually any part of the world. He has devoted his life to the support of cannabis, hemp and marijuana.
Jack Herer is also the name given to a specific strain of cannabis that is considered by Herer to be among the world's finest (see CannabisHQ Strain Guide).
Herer ran for United States President twice, in 1988 and 1992 as the Grassroots Party candidate.
[edit] Quotes
- "CANNABIS/HEMP/MARIJUANA is the only known plant that can be grown from the Equator to the Arctic Circle and...Antarctic Circle...no other plant source can compare with the nutritional value of CANNABIS/HEMP/MARIJUANA."
- "If all fossil fuels and their derivatives, as well as trees for paper and construction were banned in order to save the planet, reverse the Greenhouse Effect and stop deforestation; Then there is only one known annually renewable natural resource that is capable of providing the overall majority of the world's paper and textiles; meet all of the world's transportation, industrial and home energy needs, while simultaneously reducing pollution, rebuilding the soil, and cleaning the atmosphere all at the same time...And that substance is - the same one that did it all before - Cannabis Hemp...Marijuana!!"
[edit] Strain
The Jack Herer strain is a cross between Skunk #1, Northern Lights #5 and Haze. It was named this way in honor of Jack Herer by Ben Dronkers founder of the Sensi Seed Bank. It has sativa dominant characteristics, flowering time up to 75 days
