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Tuesday 8 October 2013

The Story Of Medical Marijuana: From 3000BC Till Present

By Smokey Joe


Blow, or pot, is a native batch of central and south Asian regions. The 1st documented use of Marijuana dates to 3000 BC. Many Chinese and Asian relics found in grave sites and funeral spots contained marijuana leaves and resin. Apart from Chinese and eastern Asian regions, the traditional text "Vedas" mentions a plant that was worshiped and considered a medical relief. "Soma" is associated to marijuana by many followers of text. Marijuana is naturally found in the Himalayan mountain range, and is consumed and exported as a money crop. Areas that are associated with native pot production include Nepal, India, Kashmir, and Pakistan.

People have used marijuana for meditational purposes since traditional times. Many Nepali monks still meditate using the plant, which helps them purify their mind and use it for concentration. It's been used as a medical herb all though its history. Its far-reaching usage began with the export of weed seeds and plants for medicinal purposes to northwards African regions, where it then made its way to Europe. This trade goes back as early as 500 A.D. In the western world, it was used as a source of fiber. Weed plants were cultivated in spades in the troublesome times of World War II as the supply of hemp to the western world from Asiatic sources was halted due to tensions made by the war.

In the 19th century, many literary classics mention cannabis and try to describe its mental effects, the trance it causes, and how it is consumed, Les Paradis Artificiels by Charles Baudelaire and The Hasheesh Eater by Fitz Hugh Ludlow are well-liked examples of such literature.

In the United States of America, marijuana was employed as a pharmaceutical till 1942. It was used as a prescription drug to ease work pains, revulsion, and fits. Many people used it for its stimulating effects as well , even at that point. A campaign was launched by the Bureau of Drugs that portrayed marijuana use as addictive and a potent mind stimulant. This finally gave birth to one of the most sterile disinformation films, Reefer Madness, which was produced by a church group. During the 1950s it was used by beatniks as a stimulant, while in the 1960s it was employed by hippies as a technique to fight with "The Man". This was when Buddhist/south Asian influence was high in music and literature of that time, and many individuals were rebelling against war and adopting a more peaceful way of life by meditating with weed. Int the Buddhist way of living, the adoptation of weed use like their Buddhist teachers (as mentioned above) was natural.

In the 1970s, weed was classified a schedule I drug, which basically meant it was one of the most abused drugs and had no medical use at all. Most of the marijuana made its way through the southern border of US from Mexico, but political pressures and actions by authorities ceased the trade to a large extent. In the 1980s, the Reagan administration applied a nil toleration policy which eradicated all of the drug trade from the southern borders, which ended in indoor cultivation. California changed into a hotbed for cannabis production. These stern policies ended in decreased marijuana use in the late 1980s. Marijuana was legal in India till 1980s, although it was made illegal by political pressure from the US and the administration's harsh policies. The 1990's once again saw a rise in weed consumption, especially among high school students.

Since the 1990s, dialogues about the medical properties and potential use of the plant have taken place all round the country, leading over 15 states in the U. S. to either legalize its medical usage or decriminalize it.




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