Dr Hal Bradley sits with Pete A Turner to discuss the history of California’s Emerald Triangle. During the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, growers, smugglers, Vietnam vets, and a collection of town folks grew marijuana across Trinity, Mendicino, and Humboldt counties. The state of California and federal agents combated this movement.

This three-county swath of Northern California drove the nation’s marijuana trade. The independent nature of folks who lived in towns like Garberville fueled a heavy resistance to legal norms. Hal lived this life. His friend Greg Shipp also worked the Emerald Triangle. Greg’s life working to grow better plants continues 60 years later. His products reduce suffering and “cure cancer.”

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