Posts Tagged ‘history of marijuana’

History of Cannabis – A Light Hearted Look

Posted by admin on March 19th, 2009 under articlesTags: ,  • 2 Comments

Although cannabis has been used in Eastern medical traditions for several thousand years, it was the mid-nineteenth century before it came into regular pharmacological use in the west; in fact, the Victorian era saw the publication of over one-hundred learned papers extolling its use for various ailments.Prior to this scientific interest, though, marijuana was used [...]

Medical Marijuana History

Posted by admin on March 5th, 2009 under articlesTags: , ,  • 2 Comments

Plants have always been used as a source of medicine, so why not use medical marijuana to help patients?
If we are honest, most of us think of marijuana or weed, ganja, chillums, cannabis, pot, skunk, and any number of alternative names (see marijuana slang) as a drug that induces feelings of happy tranquillity. The truth [...]