# Cannabis History - Nostalgia circa 1973 **URL:** \ **Category:** Videos\ **Created:** [July 12, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/cannabis-history-nostalgia-circa-1973/70834 "2021-07-12T09:31:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/cannabis-history-nostalgia-circa-1973/70834/1 "2021-07-12T09:31:53Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/d/9/d/d9d023797e44c3170880ea5d352ebb76e4502725.jpeg "Historical Footage of Wild Cannabis in America") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_q9tpsczQg) ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 9:44am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/cannabis-history-nostalgia-circa-1973/70834/2 "2021-07-12T09:44:19Z")
I was an outdoor grower back then. I grew up in a small town in the midwest close to a lot of farm land. We used to plant around the perimeter of corn fields where it was not likely to be spotted by cannabis unfriendly people. ---
**Author:** ![Oldguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/oldguy/32/389947_2.png) [@Oldguy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Oldguy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/cannabis-history-nostalgia-circa-1973/70834/3 "2021-07-12T09:47:40Z")
Thanks for the trip down memory lane brother. Appreciate the lil bit of history. Remember the uproar over the 2 4 D. 🤦‍♂️ ✌🙏🤙 ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/cannabis-history-nostalgia-circa-1973/70834/4 "2021-07-12T09:50:51Z")
> [@Oldguy](#): > > uproar over the 2 4 D 2 4 D? Please refresh my memory? ---
**Author:** ![Oldguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/oldguy/32/389947_2.png) [@Oldguy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Oldguy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 9:54am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/cannabis-history-nostalgia-circa-1973/70834/5 "2021-07-12T09:54:11Z")
Wasn’t that what they used to spray the feilds to kill it off ? I thought there was some objection to using it. My memory may be fuzzy tho. Wasn’t yesterday. 😁 ✌ ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/cannabis-history-nostalgia-circa-1973/70834/6 "2021-07-12T09:55:16Z")
Yeah. I just Googled it. I missed that at the time. We were pretty backwoods at the time. ---
**Author:** ![CMichGrower](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/cmichgrower/32/511471_2.png) [@CMichGrower](https://ilgmforum.com/u/CMichGrower)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/cannabis-history-nostalgia-circa-1973/70834/7 "2021-07-12T10:21:17Z")
I remember our government poisoning us with Paraquat during the mid 70’s. Trying to protect us from the harms of cannabis. ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/cannabis-history-nostalgia-circa-1973/70834/8 "2021-07-12T10:22:38Z")
> [@CMichGrower](#): > > Paraquat There are still active class action lawsuits involving paraquat. ---
**Author:** ![dbrn32](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/dbrn32/32/533801_2.png) [@dbrn32](https://ilgmforum.com/u/dbrn32)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/cannabis-history-nostalgia-circa-1973/70834/9 "2021-07-13T20:58:23Z")
You can still find it around by me, but not anywhere near that kind of quantity.