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Fighting a civil liberties battle during the War on Drugs was just another day-in-the-life for the folks of Humboldt. Corrupt Sheriff? Military raids? Seen it, destroyed it. Operation Green Sweep was designed to be a 10-day gravitas before rolling the program out in all 50 states. The People of Humboldt shut it down in just 5 days.

This week's edition includes archived news blurbs, a clip from my interview with the case's prosecuting environmental attorney, Jonathan Leo, court docket info, and the judge's opinion on the matter. FREE READ

https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/how-humboldt-hippies-changed-federal

100% human written & edited. No AI! I grew up in EmTri during the War on Drugs and work to preserve the history here. Thanks for your support! ✌️

Rare exceptions for this heavy-handed approach...to aid after weather catastrophes, during violent riots that risk public safety, and oh yeah--that one time to eradicate some plants in the wilderness of Southern Humboldt.

Read (or listen in the app!) about the history of WHY this operation played out (as a show of optics to impress Latin America), WHAT it entailed, and HOW it ended (5 days early due to loud local protest).

This 2-Part edition extends into next week (Part 2 is set for 7/2 @ 4:20p) covering the local backlash, subsequent lawsuit against BLM, and the consequences of Operation Green Sweep.

https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/the-time-armed-soldiers-invaded-the

100% human written, no AI (typos and all!). I grew up in EmTri during the War on Drugs and work to preserve that history. FREE READ!

Reviewing the War on Drugs (War on Weed) in broad strokes and how things changed as we near 100 years of cannabis prohibition. Before that, it was in apothecary jars at our local pharmacy! As hippies know, it's been a roller coaster powered by heavy indoctrination, man. Misinformation still held by conservatives here in EmTri, some of whom run our counties and FB community group pages, blocking further education or discussion. Learn (and teach others) all about the true history of the War on Drugs quickly with this timeline snapshot. I know from my folks and their friends that having a thread of common knowledge is an important part of hippie counterculture... https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/war-on-drugs-timeline-historical

100% human written--no AI (typos and all! lol). I grew up in the Emerald Triangle, now a local history writer. Super grateful for your readership! FREE READ If you like it, kindly tell a friend 💚✌️

Reviewing the War on Drugs (War on Weed) in broad strokes, and how things changed as we near 100 years of cannabis prohibition. Before that, it was in apothecary jars at our local pharmacy! It's been a roller coaster powered by heavy indoctrination still held by conservatives here in EmTri, some of whom run our counties and FB community group pages, blocking further education or discussion. Learn all about the history of the War on Drugs quickly with this timeline snapshot. https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/war-on-drugs-timeline-historical

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100% human written--no AI (typos and all! lol). I grew up in the Emerald Triangle, now a local history writer. I'm grateful for your readership, likes, and shares! 💚 FREE READ

This week we're going into some depth on the stigma around being a stoner, including a historical timeline of the stoner stereotype, as well as the 1988 breakthrough discovery in the human body's own endocannabinoid receptor system. Also, how celebrities helped bust through the BS.

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100% human written and edited! Free read! I truly appreciate your support. Thank you!

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https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/breaking-the-stoner-stigma

This week we’ll dig into the dirty truth of Agent Orange sprays in the Emerald Triangle by the government from the 1960s-1980s. The USFS swore it was “safer than table salt”. Hear about first-hand accounts of residents who were sprayed, and a court case filed by Mendocino County after children were sprayed at a school bus stop, as well as the historical after-effects of it all.

FREE READ! 100% human written & edited by me, an EmeraldTriangle author. :)

https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/herbicidal-maniacs-of-the-emerald

What do you know about Back To Land hippies? The legacy farmers made the Emerald Triangle what it is today. Learn about the hippie culture and what it was like, hear 2 first-hand stories shared by BTLers about their life here, and find out what happened to all those hippies as America evolved from their influence.

FREE READ! Local writer, 100% human created, no AI.

https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/back-to-lander-hippies-the-heart

What do you know about Back-To-Land hippies? The legacy farmers made the Emerald Triangle what it is today. Learn about their hippie culture and what it was like, hear 2 first-hand stories shared by BTLers about their start here, and find out what happened to all those hippies as America evolved from their influence.

FREE READ! Emerald Triangle local writer, 100% human created, no AI.

https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/back-to-lander-hippies-the-heart

This post with a short video answers the decades-old question about how and when The Emerald Triangle officially got its name: https://substack.com/@theemeraldtriangle/note/p-178155312?r=4ax63

No one in 3rd grade wanted to be a drug mule when they grew up, right? It’s just one of those jobs someone naively falls into, then gets trapped. But how? And what was it like being a drug mule in the Emerald Triangle during the height of the War on Drugs?

This week, a long-retired 1980's drug mule survivor from the Emerald Triangle breaks her silence. Not all lived to tell their story.

Free read! I'm a writer in (and from) the Emerald Triangle, preserving regional history. My work is 100% human written and edited.

https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/the-drug-mules-of-the-emerald-triangle

In this edition of Inside The Emerald Triangle we do a deep dive into the different Sheriffs in the 3 counties of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Trinity during the height of the War on Drugs in the 1980s. The front line of that war was the Sheriff's Office in each county. Some Sheriffs were more honest than others. Some were less sober than their counterparts. We're pulling back the curtain on the Sheriff shitshow during the War on Drugs in the cannabis epi-center of it all, the Emerald Triangle. 100% human written & edited. No paywall. Hope you enjoy! https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/1980s-emerald-triangle-sheriffs-during?r=4ax63

At just 24, Dirk Dickenson was murdered in a botched raid in Humboldt County, California in 1972. The media only ever called him a "narcotics suspect", not a victim, despite not finding the drug factory they expected.

Learn all about the corruption...13 fires in Southern Humboldt in 3 months & none investigated, 3 other homicides by Humboldt law enforcement around the same time, shoddy policework, many other botched federal drug raids, a drunk Sheriff, and local hatred of hippie culture. Read exactly how the raid went down. Loaded with deets...buckle up! 🤓 AI-free...100% human written & edited.

https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/how-cops-murdered-dirk-dickenson-413

For those interested in cannabis history, true crime, and counter culture, I write a weekly article about the history of the War on Drugs in the Emerald Triangle, and my life growing up there during that crazy time. No paywall, paid subscription is optional to support my work.

My latest article is about Trimmigrants, the one before that was about Narcs & Informants, next week is about Drug Mules...all true crime, Emerald Triangle history.

I'm working with Cal Poly Humboldt to preserve this historical legacy of the area. On Substack @theemeraldtriangle.