What kind of plant on this medal?

[ModernMiner]

I dug this today at an 1800's house. I thought it was a marijuana leaf on it, but another opinion said it was not. Possibly a pine of sorts?
Any ideas?
Thanks,
MM

 

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[The Monk]

According to Jack Herers book 'The Emperor Wears No Clothes':

"The United States Census of 1850 counted 8,327 hemp “plantations”* (minimum 2,000-acre farms) growing cannabis hemp for cloth, canvas and even the cordage used for baling cotton. Most of these plantations were located in the South or in the Border States, primarily because of the cheap slave labor available prior to 1865 for the labor-intensive hemp industry."

 

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[Monty]

Faux cannibus. Hemp fiber plant. Looks like marijuana but has no resin. I've never smoked dope believe it or not and I had tons of it at my disposal at one time. Now my sister in Dallas has to buy it from the local dealer because she has glaucoma and can't get it by prescription. Medicinally, she only has to take a few tokes to get relief for her eyes and she claims she don't smoke enough at one time to get high! I said "Sure"! I know it would be too tempting for me. Kinda' like the potato chips commercial, you can't smoke just one. Monty

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I wish I had known that they gave out medals for that kinda thing... 8)

LOL Back in the 60's we smoked Mexican weed; couldnt stop laughing. It was kinda mellow. Then Jamaican came around. Some Vietnamese came home. I think Colombian was next. The stronger it became the less funny it was. Truth is I never liked the stuff.... couldnt concentrate. Nowadays they got African, Hawaiian and highly selected Homegrown stuff germinated from selected seeds, cloned from a mother plant and hydroponically grown indoors under controlled atmosphere, with super nutrients, that will probably knock your socks off! Its just not for me.

 

[ModernMiner]

Man, I'm learning all kinds of things from this post.

Monk,
Thanks for the history lesson on the hemp plantations. Great info.

I wish I had known that they gave out medals for that kinda thing... 8)

Fryy-
Now THAT was hilarious!!! Had you known you may have taken the gold. Gold bud that is.

Faux cannibus. Hemp fiber plant. Looks like marijuana but has no resin. I've never smoked dope believe it or not and I had tons of it at my disposal at one time. Now my sister in Dallas has to buy it from the local dealer because she has glaucoma and can't get it by prescription. Medicinally, she only has to take a few tokes to get relief for her eyes and she claims she don't smoke enough at one time to get high! I said "Sure"! I know it would be too tempting for me. Kinda' like the potato chips commercial, you can't smoke just one. Monty

Monty,
Sorry to hear about your Sis.

Bigcypress,
With all of that info, you aren't fooling me man. I want to party with you Dude!

You just reminded me.....
When I was out in Calif last week, my wife & I went to the Haight / Ashbury district to view the hippies and get a few Grateful Dead items for our daughter. I took a picture of this pipe & bong shop there. I didn't think these places were even legal anymore.
Shows how out of tune I am.
Heck, I thought they were p*n*s pumps!!!
By the way, when did they get rid of 8-tracks?
-MM-

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Bigcypress,
With all of that info, you aren't fooling me man. I want to party with you Dude!

lol. I dont party anymore. lol 2 beers max for me now. I guess I just hung in the wrong crowd.

 

[ModernMiner]

Bigcypress,
With all of that info, you aren't fooling me man. I want to party with you Dude!

lol. I dont party anymore. lol 2 beers max for me now. I guess I just hung in the wrong crowd.

That's my life now too.
It's all good.
-MM-

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Faux cannibus. Hemp fiber plant. Looks like marijuana but has no resin.

I think only the female plant gets you high.

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

You know the old saying, right?

I don't party any more - or any less

B

 

[Cr4zyH0rs3]

I think marijuana has odd numbered leaves 5,7, 9 etc But it looks very similar to Japanese maple

I new you puffed on that Mia.

LoL!

 

[mellowcheddar]

[/quote] I think only the female plant gets you high. [/quote]

Correct

Also as to headshops, here in oHIo... As a poster in a local headshop once said, "If it starts with a 'B', and rhymes with 'song', it's WRONG WRONG WRONG!"

But what would a nice woman like me know about crazy junk like that?

For the record though, on topic, that doesn't look like a pot plant to me. The leaves are too needle-y.

 

[texan connection]

The female plant puts out more resign but males have enough THC to do the trick, In coloinial days it was grown for the fiber, not THC, so the wild cannibus you find up north (K weed) Is not potent enough to catch a buzz.
On ships Hemp rope was used as tobacco and Im sure it gave a little buzz To the then called "rope smokers". I was used as late as WWII for parachute production, and the seeds imported for Bird feed as late as the 60's.
It would actually make for a profitable industry if allowed to be grown agien (in the USA) for its fiber but America wont allow it.
Iv smoked it, grown it, and declined it many times. I dont do it anymore as I have to have a job and besides, it kinda makes you stupid. I know lots of folks that still do

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

...it kinda makes you stupid.

I agree Texan.

 

[ModernMiner]

...it kinda makes you stupid.

I agree Texan.

And don't forget the cottonmouth & headaches.
So I've heard.
-MM-

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

They are selling "pure hemp" rolling papers now (legally), for cigarettes.

But, of course, you have to be over 18 to buy them.

B

 

[gametalman52]

Headaches, what headaches??

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

munchies

 

[ModernMiner]

Headaches, what headaches??

The ones you got back then when you realized you just smoked the monthly rent money. Again!

 

[bronco]

Horse Chestnut/Buckeye (Aesculus spp.)
My NCSU Education allows me to positively ID this specimen

Cheers

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Horse Chestnut/Buckeye (Aesculus spp.)
My NCSU Education allows me to positively ID this specimen

Cheers

Are you sure? I googled it and its the same shape but the leaves dont look like pine needles at all. Do you have a better pic?
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...se+Chestnut%22&um=1&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&as_qdr=all

 

[bronco]

Modern,
I was being sort of sarcastic but its no pine. If it came over on a boat from the tropics all bets are off there are so many species of plants. If its North American I'm pretty sure it's a Buckeye, which would make sense since there's a good bit of lore about Buckeyes. Although I went to college I have no knowlege of hemp. All I know is its good for making rope and despite popular opinion is far inferior to pine as an alternative fuel prospect