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Jack Herer(b. 1939) 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 a 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 {Link without Title} ).

Herer ran for United States President twice, in 1988 (1,949 votes) and 1992 (3,875 votes) as the Grassroots Party candidate.

In July 2000, Herer suffered a minor heart attack and stroke, resulting in difficulties speaking and moving the right side of his body.http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/1620.html As of May 2004, Herer has mostly recovered, claiming psychedelic mushrooms were responsible for much of his recovery.http://freepress.org/journal.php?strFunc=display&strID=229&strJournal=27


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  • "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!!"


  • "Everything will be a lot more fun. There will be new jobs for everybody. The auto industry will build cars mostly from hemp. Computer companies will build computers of hemp. Furniture will be made of hemp cloth and hemp composite wood."



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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. It is a very popular strain, winning the ''High Times
'' several years running.


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