Marijuana browing in Soviet Union

[backseatjuan]

Aga! You thought it was punished by death sentence? Absolutely not! Exceptional weed growers got recognition and medal.

There was even a postage stamp!

A weed growing calendar!

and agitation posters!

It was even on tv!

During cold war Americans stole the weed idea and made it illegal!

 

[Tictac]

There is no Soviet Union.

What decade are these from, the 1930s?

 

[Huffman]

There is some truth to it; weed was grown around the Issyk-Kul region of nowadays Kyrgyzstan, to be smuggled into USA, where it was supposed to disrupt public life and contribute to their downfall.

That was done only for a short time.

Actually wild Marijuana is still growing there next to the roads in rural areas.

 

[backseatjuan]

It was grown during Stalin era, 1925 - 1950. Medal says Kurskaya Oblast, that's near Moscow, where the largest tank battle take place. Hemp was used to produce ropes, shirts, pants, etc. Seeds were used to produce oil. During war hemp oil was used in product of bread.

In this movie it is noted that weed-growing (kanoplivodstvo) is an important part of farming in Soviet Union.

In Soviet Union even furniture was made out of hemp!

 

[backseatjuan]

If you google canibus cultivation on wiki basically Russian language article talks about ropes, furniture, oil, and English article talks about in door growing and drugs.


So in Soviet Union weed was grown en mass all across country to produce rope, shirts and pats, furniture, and oil, and in United States weed was smoked. No wonder Soviets went in space first.