Saturday, 5 October 2013

The Story Of Medical Marijuana: From 3000BC Till Present

By Smokey Joe


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

Folk have used cannabis for meditational purposes since ancient times. Many Nepali friars still meditate using the plant, which helps them purify their mind and use it for concentration. It's been used as a medical herb throughout its history. Its widespread usage began with the exporting of weed seeds and plants for medicinal purposes to northerly 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 dependable source of fiber. Marijuana plants were cultivated in abundance 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 weed and attempt 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 popular 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 labor pains, queasiness, and fits. Many individuals used it for its overwhelming effects as well , even at that point. A campaign was launched by the Bureau of Drugs that portrayed weed use as addictive and a potent mind stimulant. This finally gave birth to one of the most pointless indoctrination films, Reefer Insanity, which was produced by a church group. In the 1950s it was employed by beatniks as a stimulator, while in the 1960s it was used by hippies as a method to fight with "The Man". This was when Buddhist/south Asian influence was high in music and literature of that time, and many people were rebelling against war and adopting a more tranquil lifestyle by meditating with weed. Int the Buddhist strategy for living, the adoptation of marijuana use like their Buddhist instructors (as discussed above) was natural.

In the 1970s, weed was classified a schedule I drug, which fundamentally meant it was one of the most abused narcotics 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 zero tolerance policy which eradicated all of the drug trade from the southern borders, which ended in indoor cultivation. California changed into a hotbed for production. These strict policies resulted in decreased weed use in the latter 1980s. Marijuana was legal in India till 1980s, though it was made illegal by political pressure from the US and the administration's strict policies. The 1990's once more saw an increase in marijuana consumption, especially among high school scholars.

Since the 1990s, dialogues about the medical properties and potential use of the plant have occurred all around the country, leading over 15 states in the United States to either legalize its medical usage or decriminalize it.




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