Some Useful History

The American Botanical Council, Inc. (ABC), a non-profit educational organization headquartered in Austin, Texas, helps preserve and extend knowledge about herbs and plants. About 60% of all pharmaceutical drugs are based on plants. For 60% of the world's population, natural plant medicines are vital to health care. Besides their medical value, herbs and spices motivated early world trade and exploration. They flavor foods, fragrance personal products, quell bad odors, and influence our lives in dozens of ways. Urbanization and modernization threaten herb al knowledge, and entire ancient systems of medicine, through loss of habitat and traditional values. Check out ABC's publications:       Bob Lee is a Houston activist who earned the affectionate title, "da Mayor of da 5th Ward", through years of community service, from being a Black Panther Party organizer to being a social service worker helping inner city AIDs patients and elderly folks.
     When Multiple Sclerosis struck him, Bobby refused to give it power over his life, and stays active without prescription drugs.
     His "outsider art" collages have been called "highly-charged" and "startlingly direct" -- Bobby pulls no punches!
     Click on the links next to Bob's portrait to see how he copes with MS, despite government disapproval. Click on the portrait to see him talk about it in videographer Vicki Hartin's production.

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