Jack Herer
Jack Herer
Jack Herer, sometimes called the "Emperor of Hemp", was an American cannabis activist and the author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes, a book—in 2016 in its twelfth edition after having been continuously in print for 31 years - frequently cited in efforts to decriminalize and legalize cannabis and to expand the use of hemp for industrial use. Herer also founded and served as the director of the organization Help End Marijuana Prohibition. The Jack Herer Cup is held in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth18 June 1939
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Jack Herer quotes about
You see, the Greenhouse Effect is a direct result of burning fossil or old carbon fuels.
Hemp will be the future of all mankind, or there won't be a future.
Hemp is Earth's number-one biomass resource; it is capable of producing 10 tons per acre in four months.
In fact, marijuana lowers your stress level and lowers your body temperature. It actually seems that people live longer if they use it. If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add 24 years to your life.
Well, as I understand it, the main supporters are beer companies and the pharmaceutical companies. I'd like them to show me the dead bodies from marijuana. But they can't because there aren't any.
I don't want to wait 20 or 50 years for something to be done about petrochemical pollution.
Hempseed produces no observable high for humans or birds.
Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
I was 30 years old and this girl I knew found out I had never gotten high. Nobody had ever told me about marijuana.
Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry.
I was a normal American nerd.
The only dead bodies from marijuana are in the prisons and at the hands of the police. This is ridiculous.