Tobacco
Nicociana tabacum (Commericial) | Nicociana rustica (Traditional)
With large, thick, sticky leaves, tobacco is one of many indigenous, medicinal plants that has become villainized, but also weaponized into the commercial toxic products we find ourselves addicted to at alarming rates. Essential to many indigenous cultures as a beloved herb, tobacco has been very misunderstood in our capitalistic post-colonial world.
Related Resources
Traditional Tobacco | Keep it Sacred, National Native Network
Respecting tobacco: ceremonial vs. commercial tobacco use? | Breathe: The Lung Association
The Fight to Keep Tobacco Sacred | Scientific American
Leading tobacco producing U.S. states from 2017 to 2021 | Statistica (#1 - North Carolina, #2 - Kentucky)
“Tobacco Is the Chief Medicinal Plant in My Work”: Therapeutic Uses of Tobacco in Peruvian Amazonian Medicine Exemplified by the Work of a Maestro Tabaquero | Frontiers in Pharmacology
The Searing Beauty, and Harsh Reality, of a Kentucky Tobacco Harvest: At a family farm in Shelby County, a group of 26 men from Nicaragua and Mexico perform the grueling seasonal work that Americans largely avoid. | New York Times
Tobacco Plants Contribute Key Ingredient For COVID-19 Vaccine | NPR
