Jack Herer Has Died

jack´s 1985 book The Emperor Wears No Clothes is probably the biggest single influence behind the modern hemp movement. Originally self-published, Emperor is currently in its 11th edition and has sold over 600,000 copies.

The book makes a powerful argument for personal freedom to grow and use psychoactive cannabis and also describes how large-scale industrial hemp cultivation can help humans to stop destroying the planet through deforestation, pollution and over-reliance on petrochemicals.

The Emperor Wears No Clothes confirmed in great detail what many cannabis enthusiasts knew or suspected - that the forbidden weed and the world´s best natural fibre were one and the same. The book also argues that one of the main reasons cannabis was prohibited in the 1930s was to prevent it from being a serious (and superior) competitor to wood-pulp paper, cotton, synthetic fibres and patentable pharmaceutical medicines.

Jack Herer inspired Sensi Seeds founder Ben Dronkers in such a way that he started the first Hemp processing company in the Netherlands and as a token of his gratitude named a new cannabis strains after his hero Jack Herer.

Jack Herer devoted more than half of his life to fighting for the cause of cannabis, which also made him an activist for the environment and freedom. The Emperor Wears No Clothes was followed by a second book, Grass and Jack was the subject of a biopic entitled The Emperor of Hemp. A film version of The Emperor Wears No Clothes, featuring other famous friends of cannabis reading from Jack´s magnum opus is due to be released soon.

Above all, Jack Herer was never one to rest on his laurels. For over 30 years, he continued travelling, speaking and drawing attention to the countelss positive aspects of cannabis, spreading the message that hemp can literally save the planet when its irrational prohibition is finally ended.

Thanks to Jack Herer, that day is now closer than ever. He will always be remembered and honoured by the cannabis community for his massive contribution to the cause.