Hemp in the Harsh North: The History of Marijuana in Canada’s Settling Years
Picture this: It’s the early 1600s, and a band of French settlers huddles against the biting Atlantic winds of Nova Scotia, their ships’ sails frayed from the transatlantic voyage. Amid the chaos of building a new life—felling trees, planting corn, and fending off scurvy—they turn to a familiar plant from the Old World: cannabis. But […]
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