History of Marijuana Use in Medicine
Experts all over the world vary in their opinion about the origin of marijuana. Some consider that it was the offshoot of the Mexican word “Mary Jane” while other attribute its origin to the Portuguese word marigu-ano, which refers to “intoxicants”. In any case, its origin goes back to three thousand [...]
Unfortunate History of Marijuana Prohibition in the United States
Most Americans associate marijuana use with the hippie movement of the 1970’s. Little do most know, marijuana was very important to this country when it was founded. In 1610 the Jamestown colony mandated that every household cultivate the native Indian hemp. They used it to make clothes, fiber, [...]
A History of Marijuana Foods
If you’ve grown up in the United States, you may be surprised to learn that the use of Cannabis has quite a long and illustrious history. Many United States’ anti-marijuana “activists” might have you believe that cannabis-use is a vice limited to hippies, deadbeats or liberal-arts college kids; yet some of the [...]
The History Of Marijuana
Marijuana has been consumed for its medicinal uses since ancient times, as archeological finds from many countries prove. For example in Germany hemp seeds or akenes have been found dating around 500 B.C. In China the emperor Shen-Nung recommended marijuana to cure “malaria, beri-beri, constipation, rheumatic pains, absent-mindedness, and female disorders.” Clearly marijuana [...]