Hello, I’m the person in the title question. Now at 77, I am a Christian, an author, and an American citizen. I’m very happy to see cannabis become part of the American Way of Life, at least in some states like California, Oregon, and Washington, locking up the West Coast.
Cannabis, as a seed-bearing herb, is found in the Bible before Man, in Genesis 1:11. Many churches either ignore this fact or do not understand the importance of this knowledge. In my opinion, the next commerce system will be cannabis-based, rather than money.
There were two men and two minds at the head of the cannabis culture. One was Dennis Peron who believed that all marijuana use was medicinal. His argument brought about Prop 215, the medical marijuana proposition which won at the polls and was made into law.
Though I didn’t ever meet Dennis, I did get to talk with his counterpoint who believed the entire plant was important. This was Jack Herer, and after a buttondown life, a girlfriend introduced Jack to the effects that cannabis has on music and sex. Intrigued, Jack wondered what else was effected and what the government really knew. The results were the published editions of historical facts aptly named The Emporer Wears No Clothes, after a time honored fable.
The initial meeting went fine until Jack remarked that “medical marijuana was the worse thing that ever happened to pot.”
Though I had a reply for Jack when I saw him six years later, what was important this time was a last name for Mary Jane that had come to me when I recently started writing a memoirs book. As I looked back at my life, Mary Jane (marijuana in Spanish) had been more than just a passing fancy. If my thought up last name had ever been used in a Mary Jane reference, I knew Jack would recall it.
The last name of ‘Green’ seemed a no-brainer, but surprisingly enough, no one had ever used it or thought to give Mary Jane a last name. The addition of a last name is what formally turned the idea of ‘Mary Jane’ into the personalization of the 420Nurses. There were just 6 members present and dressed like nurses when the organization formed in Hollywood on October 31 a few months later in 2009.
Cannabis History
Some of us learned about a period of time when the gods, people like Thor, walked the Earth during the same time as people. During this period, the gods tested or teased Mankind, often playing tricks on whatever mortal stepped into their path. The named days of the week are our main remainder from that period.
One such mortal from that time was Pandora, the most curious human female on the planet. To her was given the task to watch the box meant for Man, until the day the Earth was turned over to humanity. Inside the box were seeds which grew into food trees and bushes, so no farming was ever needed to grow food, tasty food. The Earth was a paradise with everything so there was no need for any medical or nutritional production. The gods didn’t like humans living in the paradise setting like they had; after all, they were gods, not humans. Humans would have to demonstrate that they deserved Paradise, since they weren’t gods. Hench Pandora.
Pandora knew the terms and the time limit. For 29 days she held her curiosity in check, but on the 30th day the wondering got to her, so she grabbed the box and fumbled in trying to open it. The lid did finally come open but in doing so, she dropped the box. When the box hit the ground, whatever was inside spilled out. All the seeds hitting the ground became useless and the gods laughed. There would be no paradise for the humans, and growing food by the sweat of your brow became the farmer’s creed.
But a curious thing happened. According to legend, what didn’t fall out when the box hit the ground, was the first joint of cannabis. Cannabis is mentioned in the Bible (Genesis 1:11) before Man and appears to have been brought to the Earth for Man by God. Also all, every mammal is hardwired for THC, and this includes all humans, no matter what creed, what status, what nationality, or religion that they come from.
This is like buying a Cadillac, seeing the carburetor, and wondering why all Caddies have one, if you have no knowledge of internal combustion. When you see all the rules for cannabis written by bureaucrats who have never smoked anything beyond cigarettes or drank anything beyond alcohol, it’s easy to see that a dollar sign is their only motivation. Thank goodness there is a medical marijuana market available and that research is still be being done, both in the lab and by the 420Nurses, who themselves are medical marijuana patients, every one. God bless them.
PASSING THE POT BATON
A foot race that relies on more than one racer per lane is a relay, and called such because a baton is relayed (or handed off) to various team runners until the final racer crosses the finish line. The pot race to become completely legal is a relay and as an award-winning activist (influencer), it is my pleasure to pass the cannabis baton to my beneficiary, Hurricane Silvis.
And just who is Hurricane Silvis you may wonder? Just the first born son of father Jimmy Silvis and Cha Cha VaVoom (Silvis), who came into this world on my birthday, June 29, a year ago. How’s that for a Cosmos ‘tip ‘o the hat to the cannabis cause?
Happy Birthday, Hurricane – 06/29
Uncle PT
The 420Nurses and Mathew 25, 1-13, Inclusive
(Editor’s Note) The following conclusion is just the latest “Well, I’ll Be” in a series of such that started six months after the first story concerning the Christian cannabis group appeared. The religious designation appears because both Cha Cha and Jimmy were baptized and raised Catholic, though any religious affiliation between Cha Cha, Jimmy, or with any other 420Nurse is purely accidental. All that being said, here is the latest insight into the international group.
For those who are familiar with the ‘good book’ and see the work more seriously, whether or not any faith or belief is attested, the following passage shines another type of light upon this ancient book. Matthew 25, 1-13, popularly known as the ‘parable of the ten virgins’ and given as something that happens in the period known as the ‘Last Days’, appears to be like the movie ‘Back To The Future’, staring Michael J. Fox.
In the movie, the main plot point is the reveal of a lightning bolt strike which stops a city hall clock when hit. The movie hero then goes back, via time machine, to before the lightning bolt hits. But what if you could actually predict when something cosmic might happen? What would that mean? Let’s look again at Mathew 25, 1-13.
The time for the parable is the future but we aren’t given a time or season period. We only know that Jesus has sent both girl groups an invite to a wedding (his), he is late, and at around midnight, the call goes out that the bridegroom is coming, so get ready.
There is a flurry of getting ready by both groups but mention is made about ‘oil’ for lamps or vessels. One of the two groups is said to be foolish and one group is wise. It appears that the wise group takes both the lamps/vessels and enough oil for them, plus any others who want to partake. The foolish group appears to not have enough oil to go around, and certainly not enough for a wedding and party.
We now flash to the present. The first group I met after my official book publishing of ‘Memoirs of Mr. Pete & Mary Jane Green’ was the 420Nurses. They invited me to join the group, and so I did. As I got to see the cannabis scene of LA, I got to know the members who started things and groups. The only bunch of people who didn’t flee the religious cannabis side were the 420Nurses. All the other groups tented to give Mother Nature the credit.
As I went through the various organizations and groups, most were political but not religious. High Times, however, through Editor Chris Bennett, illuminated the Biblical history, and I cheered. Then I reasoned that any group not Jewish, would be pagan in JC’s time. The number of five for each group showed a small number, not a church. Recently a person who had also read and researched the passage, added the knowledge that the ‘small’ number also represented a ‘council’, showing a head organization or governing body.
After reading the historical roots of cannabis culture, the only other religious group to stand out was Muslim. It is the Sufis, the beatnik or hippie types of Muslins. I was satisfied that my religious conclusion was correct. No other groups fit the history.
However, it was when I came to know the San Fernando Valley better, especially along Sherman Way, that all the pieces fell into place. You see, Sports Fans, the School of Sufism is located a couple of neighboring cities over along Sherman Way, and on the same side of the street as the HQ of the 420Nurses. So like Marty McFly, I have some future knowledge about an event that is scheduled to happen. And now I know where, if not when.