MENDOCINO CO., CA., 6/5/26 —The Mendocino County Museum is seeking those with experience in Northern California’s unique cannabis culture to contribute stories and illustrations for an exhibit that will travel the state for three years.
The museum aims to steward and share stories of the social behaviors, rituals, and communities centered around marijuana, especially in Mendocino County, to preserve the history of its influence in the region.
The museum wants all kinds of stories and art relating to cannabis culture, from snippets of everyday life to sagas of impactful events. Submissions may be anonymous, the museum said.
The museum said the exhibit will be compiled with the collaboration of the Cannabis Culture Museum in Willits and HappyDay Farms in northern Mendocino County. It will be displayed in the county museum in Willits starting in October for eight weeks, then travel to educational institutions around the state with the help of Exhibit Envoy, a California non-profit.
The exhibit may travel for up to three years, staying for eight weeks at a time at each location, according to the county museum.
The deadline for submitting stories and visuals is June 27. Anyone who wants to submit something should contact the Mendocino County Museum at (707) 234-6365 or museum@mendocinocounty.gov or stop by the museum at 400 E. Commercial St. in Willits.
“Excuse me, I have to vomit”
Dave’s not from around here so he doesn’t understand. He can go to the museum and learn.
Well, Sonny, since the cops was out to get us if we grew any ganja on our own property and they’d try and take our land and put us in prison for years if they caught us, we started hiking onto lumber company property. There was a lot of room out there for us to go bigger! It was peaceful and beautiful and we could tend big rows of flowers along the curves of the hills. We never anticipated it’d turn into a war with helicopters and troops and all that. Those first years were quite a time. Friends bringing back seeds from their travels around the world and we’d put some out and see what happened. Panama Red coming in around thanksgiving! Thanksgiving! Anyway let me tell you how we started crossing that Hindu Kush with the Oaxacan! That was a trip!
Olde Rootstock: yep. Please put all those sweet memories in the museum and just watch the people pay to line up just to see it and read all about it. By the hundreds for sure.
Oh, and sorry about the vomit on your shoes. Garbage, open sewers and some other things do that to me.
Here’s a good story for the museum. About 20 years ago my neighbor Mike was growing Dope on his property. I’ll make it short. He had 3 dogs a cat and 2 young children. Mike went to Safeway one day to get some brownie mix. When Mike came home he had found all three of his dogs acting strangely. They were panting heavily and vomiting and having seizures. He took them to the vet where test were done and all three tested positive for THC. Two of his dogs died at the vet. When he brought the third dog home I asked him where the other dogs were and he told me the story. He said the youngest dog survived because she was only 2 years old while the other dogs were 10 years old and had to be put down. A week later his cat was found dead in his crop. A couple days later his young children were rushed to the Emergency room due to consuming laced brownies. Mike still grows dope every year.
Are you kidding me.
This drug has ruined so many lives and families.
The negative consequences that come from the abuse of this substance outweigh any positivity in my opinion.
And then there are all the families it put dinner on the table for & the kids who it put through college so that they could have a better life instead of having to grow a plant & risk prison like their fathers did.
Anne, the 1930s called, and invite you back!
“Ruined so many lives and families,” HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Your opinion has been noted and placed right into the trash where it belongs.
I agree Anne
Mm mm bad
https://marijuana-anonymous.org/
Generally, society falls into two camps:
1) those who support cannabis;
2) those who support alcohol.
Almost all “oh noes, the scourge of marihuana!” types are pro-alcohol.
Actually John, I’m just sober after 30 years of being high.
I first bought my 30 acres 12 miles up Spy Rock road in 1971 from the Simmerly estate.. During many weekends on the land and living there for 15 years I sold in 2010. What began as a peaceful paradise in 1971 grew into a jungle of chaos with fences, locked gates, barking guard dogs, gun shots, generators 24/7, grow lights all night long, convoys of the law, home invasions, and material awards beyond comprehension for the “non-material” back to landers. But there also were communities that grew with many parties and sharing of the wealth. Some growers could get 10 lbs per plant which at $5,000/lb was no small potato.
My suggestion for a museum banner:
1. Don’t do stupid things.
2. Don’t hang around with stupid people.
3. Don’t find yourself in stupid places.
But Dave will
Never say he’s an actual Mendocino resident. Never.