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Cannabis cigarettes: A Marlboro Skunk or rather a Camel Jack Herer?

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:00

The rumour, and the truth

Since the 1950s, there have been rumours in the cannabis movement that the tobacco giants have strategies in place, and even trade names up their sleeve, in anticipation of the legalisation of cannabis at federal level in the USA. To date, the rumours have not been substantiated by sources, although in 1969, Business Week did report that such a link existed. Recently, the US Federal Government published the “Tobacco archives”, which provide insight into the activities of the tobacco lobby, including actual and alleged overtures by the cigarette industry towards cannabis under various presidents. In the late 1960s and early 1970s in particular, there was great interest in cannabis, which now seems to have been slightly naive based on the documents that have become available. At present, none of the leading tobacco producers in the world are seriously considering entering into the ‘cannabusiness’,...

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