The emperor wears no clothes / by Jack Herer ; cover, book design and 11th edition editing by Leslie Cabarga.

Cannabis and the conspiracy against marijuana

How hemp can save the world

Van Nuys, CA : Ah Ha Publishing, 2000.

xi, 288 pages : black and white illustrations ; 28 cm

Eleventh edition, thirteenth printing.

Originally published: Van Nuys: Ah Ha Publishing, 1985.

Overview of the history of cannabis hemp -- Brief summary of the uses of hemp -- New billion dollar crop -- The last days of legal cannabis -- Marijuana prohibition -- Medical literature on cannabis medicine -- Therapeutic use of cannabis -- Hempseed as the basic world food -- Economics : energy, & environment -- Myth, magic & medicine -- The (hemp) War of 1812, Napoleon & Russia -- Cannabis drug use in 19th century America -- Prejudice : marijuana and Jim Crow laws -- More than sixty years of suppression -- The official story : debunking "gutter science" -- The emperor's new clothes.

Includes bibliographical references.